Elena Silvestrini

Elena Silvestrini is a senior project manager and research associate at the Lisbon Council. Before joining the Lisbon Council, she spent five years leading and designing participation initiatives at Platoniq Creatividad y Democracia, a Spanish non-profit, and co-founded Chayn Italia, an organisation committed to fighting gender-based violence. Ms Silvestrini sits on the global steering committee for the design justice network and is an experienced group and process facilitator. She holds a master of science degree in gender, development and globalisation from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a bachelor’s degree in political science and international relations from the University of Roma Tre, Italy.