Alessandro Sanches Pereira

Currently, Alessandro is the Executive Director of the Instituto 17 (i17), a nonprofit organization, founded in 2018, to enable the dissemination of the sustainable development objectives (SDGs) and propose solutions based on circular economy, environmental protection and local development. He is an associate researcher at EGI, enrolling his second PhD in Energy Technology.  His previous degrees are: a PhD in Environmental Engineering from UNICAMP State University of Campinas (2012), a MSc in Environmental Management and Policy from the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE) at Lund University (2004) and bachelor degree in Sanitation Technology from the Technology Faculty at Unicamp, Brazil (1995). During his master studies, he has been awarded a scholarship from the Stiftelsen för Internationalisering av Högre Utbilding Forskning (STINT), Sweden. Alessandro has 10 years professional experience working with the private and public sectors in topics related to cleaner production and industrial ecology. This includes developing lectures in environmental engineering programmes, planning and development of projects, and evaluating environmental impacts.