Piergiuseppe Morone is Full Professor of Economic Policy working on green innovation and sustainable circular bioeconomy. He is the coordinator of the Bioeconomy in Transition Research Group (BiT-RG) and the director of the School of Sustainability Studies and Circular Economy (SUSTAIN). Moreover, he is/was involved in several European projects (including: H2020, BBI-JU, Life, Erasmus+, COST, Horizon Europe and CBE-JU) acting as scientific coordinator, vice-chair and WP Leader. He was Economic advisor to the Italian Minister of the Environment. His works regularly appears in prestigious innovation and environmental economics journals. He is Editor in Chief of Societal Impacts (ELSEVIER) and vice-chair of the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) Scientific Committee.