Swantje Nilsson has more than two decades of experience in the fields of sustainability, climate, food and agriculture issues, working in governmental institutions, mainly on the national and multi-lateral level, with a focus on organizational development and reform processes, and strategic communication. In search of a holistic perspective, she started her education in biology and majored in social anthropology and language studies. With a passion for interdisciplinarity and cross-cutting themes like the rural- peri-urban – urban continuum or gender, she enjoyed the privilege of playing a role in intergovernmental and multi-stakeholder processes for rights-based approaches like the right to food, the Agenda 2030 or the Paris Agenda, and their implementation. Presently she supports TMG as a consultant with her base in Rome.