Rosario Turvey is Associate Professor of Sustainability Sciences and Geography at Lakehead University. She obtained her PhD in Geography from the University of Waterloo where she completed a Master in Applied Environmental Studies. She also holds a Master in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of the Philippines. She has been a PhD Fellow of the United Nations University’s Institute of Advanced Studies on Sustainability (UNU-IAS). As Development Economist, she served in projects of the United Nations Development Programme and the UN Office for Project Services in the South Pacific. Her research has been published in economic diplomacy, geography and sustainability science journals such as the International Journal in Diplomacy and Economy, International Journal of Society Systems Science, International Journal in Information Systems and Social Change, and the GeoJournal. She is a member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Social Science and Associate Editor for the Sustainability Collection, Common Ground Publishing. Recently, she co-edited a book on Environmental Sustainability published in 2016.