Ignacio Valero has a PhD from UC Berkeley. He is presently an Associate Professor at California College of the Arts, San Francisco, and was formerly the following: Professorial Research Fellow, TU Wien; Dean, School of Fine Arts, CCAC; Presidential Advisory Council (environment), new Colombian Constitution; Acting Director & Deputy Director, Colombian Environmental Agency-INDERENA; Latin American Coordinator, CIFCA/UNEP, Madrid; Coordinator, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Eco-Development Pilot Project; Environment/Science/Technology, COLCIENCIAS; Sustainable Development Consultant IDB/US–AID/UNDP. He lectures internationally and his current research includes: EcoDomics; Emotional platform capitalism/Psycho-power/the Emotariat; Artificial aesthetic(s)/Media/Design thinking; Social movements/Common(s)/Post-capitalist markets/Post-growth.