I am a Research Scholar in the Novel Data Ecosystems for Sustainability (NODES) Research Group of the IIASA Advancing Systems Analysis Program. I have a PhD in Sustainability Transitions from the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU) in Austria. My research interests are sustainable development, data and statistics, Earth Observation, and citizen science as theory, practice, and evidence-base for policy development. I have worked in the areas of data governance and data management, including research on citizen science data quality. I have led and contributed to citizen science projects related to marine litter, land use land cover, as well as other environmental issues funded by the European Commission, UN agencies, and other donors. I have published scientific papers in areas of sustainable development, data and statistics, citizen science, and Earth Observations, and contributed to several UN reports such as "Measuring Progress: Environment and SDGs" and "Understanding the State of the Ocean: A Global Manual on Measuring SDG 14.1.1, SDG 14.2.1 and SDG 14.5.1" by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). I have several board memberships with scientific communities, the UN, and other global initiatives, including the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network Thematic Research Network on Data and Statistics (SDSN TReNDS), the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Resilience Frontiers and the Group on Earth Observations (GEO), among others. I am also involved in the organizing committees and scientific advisory boards of several European and global conferences including the UN World Data Forum. Last but not least, I am the Managing Director of the Citizen Science Global Partnership and a Consultant for the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).