Dr. Avri Eitan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Spatial Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He previously served as a senior researcher at the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development at Utrecht University. With over a decade of experience across environmental and energy policy arenas, Dr. Eitan has held senior roles in public authorities and private consulting, contributing to the design and implementation of regulatory and environmental policy frameworks. Dr. Eitan’s research focuses on environmental governance and environmental innovation, examining how institutional arrangements, regulatory practices, and societal dynamics shape both environmental decision-making and the development, diffusion, and adoption of sustainable innovations. Drawing on geography, environmental studies, public policy, and economics, his work addresses core environmental challenges under conditions of uncertainty, technological change, and competing priorities, with energy transitions serving as a key empirical domain.