Andrea Alberto Dutto received a dual PhD in Architecture from RWTH Aachen and Politecnico di Torino in 2017. Andrea is a practicing architect and postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Architecture and Design at Politecnico di Torino, where he works with the research group Geografia e infrastrutture territoriali nell’architettura delle ciclovie (GITAC). In collaboration with Riccardo Palma, he recently published a handbook on cycle-station design Ponti abitati e ciclovie (Boves: ArabaFenice, 2019).

Nadine Plachta is Visiting Assistant Professor of Geography in the School of Integrated Sciences at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia (USA). She is a human-environment social scientist, with training in Global Studies, Social Anthropology, and Religion. Nadine’s research examines the intersections of Indigeneity, environmental and climate justice, and sustainable development. Within this framework, she studies environmental management and land rights, infrastructure development, and the relationships between biocultural diversity, climate change adaptation, and community-led conservation. Most of her projects focus on high mountain regions in South Asia, and in particular Nepal, where she served as Resident Director of Heidelberg University’s South Asia Institute in Kathmandu from 2014-2019. Prior to joining James Madison University, she was Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Toronto.