Veronica Petrencu

Veronica Petrencu serves as Projects Coordinator & Research Fellow at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) and University of Lausanne (UNIL) through the Education for Sustainability (E4S) initiative. She leads the True Cost of Food project and E4S Food and Agriculture platform while contributing to the E4S Master program development and project coordination.

Her academic foundation includes a Ph.D. in Economics from University of Lausanne, with dual research trajectories spanning contemporary sustainability science and prior expertise in migration studies. Current work focuses on systemic food system transformation and consumption ethics, while earlier research examined international migration dynamics and policy integration.

Veronica's publication trajectory reveals a strategic pivot toward operationalizing sustainability metrics, with recent work establishing frameworks for Green Domestic Product accounting (2024), Switzerland's food system True Cost Accounting implementation (2023), and responsible consumption pathways (2022). These publications demonstrate methodological innovation in bridging economic modeling with environmental and social impact assessment across industrial sectors.

Through E4S's collaborative ecosystem, she engages with multidisciplinary teams on transformative education initiatives, thematic workshops, and sector-specific activation tools that translate research into practical sustainability solutions for industry and policy stakeholders.