Albert Santasusagna Riu received his Ph.D. in Geography, Spatial Planning and Environmental Management (University of Barcelona, 2017), an M.Sc. in Spatial Planning (University of Barcelona, 2013) and B.A. in Environmental Sciences (University of Barcelona, 2011). He is a full-time lecturer in Regional Geography (Department of Geography, University of Barcelona), a member of the GRAM research group (2021SGR00859), the scientific coordinator of urban transformation node at the Global Sustainability Hub (HubSG) and a member of the UB-Agbar Chair on Territorial Studies and Resilience. He was awarded the best doctoral thesis in Geography (2017) and the extraordinary end-of-course prize in his B.A. (2011). He is the Academic Coordinator of the Master's Degree in Spatial Planning and Environmental Management (University of Barcelona), and he has served as the Academic Secretary of the Water Research Institute (IdRA-UB), which brings together more than thirty research groups related to water studies.