Director of ICATALIST, member of the European Scientific Council on Climate Change, lead author of IPCC Working Group II on Adaptation, Vulnerability and Impacts. She collaborates as an expert in the Spanish Citizens’ Climate Assembly.
At ICATALIST her role focuses on the development of strategic projects related to climate change adaptation and sustainability for different stakeholders, social innovation and innovation-based public policy. She leads an interdisciplinary team to implement projects that aim to have a positive impact, based on a range of products and services around shared values.
Founder and Director of ICATALIST. Elena completed her PhD at King’s College, London. She holds a Master’s degree from Cambridge University and a Master’s degree in Investigative Journalism, Data Management and Visualisation from the Juan Carlos I University with the newspaper “El Mundo”.
She was Associate Professor at IE Business School and Visiting Senior Fellow at the London School of Economics as Alcoa Research Fellow.
Professionally, Elena has worked with several organisations, including UNESCO, FAO, UNDP, the EU Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, universities and basin agencies, as well as with the private and third sectors.
She has published on a variety of topics mainly related to water security, social innovation, collaborative decision making, water governance, climate change adaptation, policy evaluation, knowledge management and transfer.
Its current main focus is on climate change adaptation, collective action and the role of green infrastructure, as well as strategic (ground) water management.
" We only reflect the world. All the tendencies present in the outer world are found in the inner world. If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change."
- M. Gandhi
– CEO and founder of Icatalist
– President of the BRIGAID Connect Association
– Lead author IPCC
– Member of the European Climate Change Advisory Council
– Expert at the Citizens’ Climate Assembly
Graduate in Biology from the Complutense University of Madrid, specialising in Environmental Biology. He visited national parks in Spain and Chile, where he had the opportunity to learn first-hand about ecosystem restoration and conservation projects, and also came into contact with the management of public use and environmental education in these areas.
After this first professional experience, she decided to specialise by taking a Master’s degree in Ecology (UAM). During her time at UAM, she collaborated with the research group “Laboratorio de Socioecosistemas” and with IMIDRA, within the AgroLAB project.
Later, he had access to a one-year scholarship at the Fundación Biodiversidad, followed by a short period as an external technician. During this stage, he had contact with urban renaturation and river restoration projects in different Spanish cities, learning about BDS, participation and project management mainly.
At Icatalist, Óscar works on national and international projects, supporting the Climate Change Adaptation and Citizen Participation work streams.
There are other worlds, but they are in this one.
- Paul Éluard
Junior Researcher at ICATALIST
