Lorenzo Fioramonti

Academic Director and Ecosystem Catalyst at NATIVA

Rome, Latium, Italy

About

I am the Academic Director of NATIVA Campus, a new training academy for regenerative leaders. I was the Founding Director of the Institute for Sustainability at the University of Surrey (UK) and a former member of Parliament and Minister of Education, University and Research in Italy. I am also a member of the Club of Rome. I am passionate about sustainability education and research and my books include: Wellbeing Economy: Success in a World Without Growth (MacMillan 2017) and The World After GDP: Economics, Politics and International Relations in the Post-Growth Era (Polity 2017), which have been featured – among others - by Bloomberg and the Financial Times. My opinion pieces have been published by The New York Times, Financial Times, The Guardian, Foreign Policy, Harvard Business Review, TruthOut, Die Presse, The Conversation, Das Parlament, Der Freitag, The Mail&Guardian, Business Day and www.opendemocracy.net. I am also a sought-after public speaker on issues regarding sustainable wellbeing, governance innovation and purpose-driven business.

Experience

  • Academic Director at NATIVA
    Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Senior Policy Advisor at Ecologic Institute, Berlin, Germany
    Jun 2020 - Present · 6 yrs 1 mo

  • Founding Director, Institute for Sustainability & Full Professor of Sustainability at University of Surrey
    Sep 2022 - Jan 2025 · 2 yrs 5 mos

  • Extraordinary Professor at School of Public Leadership at Stellenbosch University
    Oct 2016 - Jan 2023 · 6 yrs 4 mos

  • University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria (South Africa)
    • Full Professor of International Political Economy
      Nov 2013 - Jan 2023 · 9 yrs 3 mos

    • Director, Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation
      Sep 2012 - Mar 2018 · 5 yrs 7 mos

    • Associate Professor of Political Science
      Apr 2012 - Oct 2013 · 1 yr 7 mos