PhD in Administration from the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), with a sandwich doctoral internship at the Center for Applications of Life Sciences at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (Germany). He is an Adjunct Professor III at UFSM, teaching engineering courses, and a permanent faculty member of the Graduate Programs in Production Engineering (PPGEP Master's and Doctorate) and in Administration and Accounting Sciences (PPGACC Master's and Doctorate). He holds academic and institutional leadership positions as Head of the Social Incubator and Social Innovation Hub of the Dean of Extension, integrating the 2030 Agenda Implementation Committee and the Teaching, Research, and Extension Council (CEPE). He has more than 350 publications and 5,500 citations, with an H index of 50 on Google Scholar, H 17 on Web of Science, H 21 on Scopus, and H 23 on ResearchGate. He coordinates research, development, and innovation projects funded by CNPq, CAPES, FAPERGS, as well as partnerships with the Ministry of Regional Development and INCRA. He is a member of international research networks, such as the Inter-University Sustainable Development Research Programme (IUSDRP) and GERBRAS-SCIENCENET (Germany), and acts as Coordinator of the MetaRed ESG/ASG Brazil Working Group. He is Associate Editor of the International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education and Guest Editor of the journals Discover Sustainability (Springer Nature) and Sustainability (MDPI). He leads the Research Group on Innovation and Organizational Sustainability (GRIN) and has extensive experience as an academic manager, consultant, and entrepreneur, working in the areas of entrepreneurship, innovation, organizational performance, sustainability, ESG, circular economy, and climate change. In human resources training, he has supervised 19 completed master's theses and is currently supervising 15 doctoral, master's, and undergraduate theses. Contact: [lucas.avila@ufsm.br](mailto:lucas.avila@ufsm.br).