Lilyan Berlim has a PHD in Social Sciences from UFRRJ and a master's degree in Environment from UFF; author of the book Fashion and Sustainability, a Necessary Reflection (2012) (among others) and researcher at the Laboratory for Research and Sustainable Practices at ESPM. Member of the scientific committee of the Global Fashion Conference; Invited professor of the master's degree at Nottingham Trent School of Business (UK), and of graduate and undergraduate courses at ESPM, and the European Institute of Design, among others. And she is also an innovation and sustainability consultant at SEBRAE RJ.