Silvia Gullino is a scholar with an interdisciplinary background in Architecture and Urban Planning. Her academic ethos is rooted in understanding cities as profoundly intricate socio-economic, physical, environmental, and political systems. She recognises that addressing urban challenges for long-term sustainability requires integrating diverse knowledge systems and using innovative, creative methodologies. Her distinctive contribution to these challenges reflects a cutting-edge approach to city-making, active citizenship, and gendered well-being, fostering diverse, creative, and inclusive communities through transdisciplinary practices. This commitment—acknowledged nationally and internationally in both professional and academic contexts—continues to shape her research pursuits and leadership.