Dr Ria Lambino (Masters and PhD, Kyoto University) is Director of the Future Earth Center at the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN) and Deputy Director of Future Earth Global Hub Japan.  Her experience spans 20+ years as a practitioner and researcher focusing on environmental conservation and sustainability in Asia.  She has worked at WWF Philippines — including as Vice president for Sustainable Production — undertaking collaborative multi-stakeholder projects at different scales, at RIHN engaging in various transdisciplinary projects, and at Future Earth coordinating diverse research and knowledge-action networks.  She works as a boundary-spanner in the in-between spaces of science and policy, research and practice, and transdisciplinarity.