Sara Cortesi is a researcher, working since 2012 for ENEA – Italian National agency for new technologies, energy, and sustainable economic development, in the Bologna Research Centre. Her research, dissemination, and teaching activity is focused on Life Cycle Assessment and Product Environmental Footprint, eco-design, and eco-innovation, specifically targeting Small and Medium Enterprises. Since November 2024 she is the project manager for ENEA of the project NiCE | From Niche to Centre - City Centres as Places of Circular Lifestyles.