Lauren Hermanus (BA Hons, MA, MPhil) a sustainable development practitioner focused on green economy, urban resilience and energy innovation. She has worked in research, and policy, strategy and programme development in both the public and private sectors. She has been the lead South African researcher on the GreenWin project, while maintaining a focus on sustainable energy and governance issues in South Africa through the State Capacity Research Project. She works with NGOs, businesses, academic institutions and governments, and is focus on sharing her ideas through the media (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqbi-i4kvxQ). From 2016, she has been part of the founding team of the Massive Small Collective (www.massivesmall.org), connecting a global network of urbanists to imagine new, sustainable futures together.