Rania Bourouha
DC27: Regenerative Ecosystems
Rania is a doctoral researcher and MSCA Fellow in DREAM+PLAN, Employed at Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, Lithuania & Co-enrolled at RMIT University in a Double Degree Position.
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Rania's Story
Rania Bourouha is a sustainability researcher focused on regenerative ecosystems and the governance structures that enable effective multi‑stakeholder collaboration. With a multidisciplinary academic foundation, including a master’s degree in Sustainability and Green Business from AEI International School in Paris, she brings a systemic and research‑driven perspective to ecological and social transition challenges.
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Her academic work has explored topics such as sustainable finance, eco‑innovation, biodiversity accounting, SDG governance, and social‑ecological resilience. Through projects involving policy evaluation, stakeholder mapping, and systems thinking, she developed a strong interest in how organisations navigate complex sustainability paradoxes and how governance models can support regenerative pathways.
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Rania also gained exposure to sustainability practice through roles in the banking industry and a hard‑to‑abate industrial sector, where she contributed to ESG reporting, strategic sustainability planning, and research on just transition dynamics. These experiences deepened her understanding of how real-world organisations deal with tensions between economic priorities and ecological imperatives.
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Her PhD research addresses a central question: How can multi‑stakeholder collaborations enable regenerative ecosystems while managing systemic tensions?
She investigates how collaborations emerge, what governance models support them, and how organisations can jointly navigate contradictions to achieve long‑term resilience and ecological restoration.
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Pursuing a double‑degree PhD between Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) and RMIT University, she combines European and Australian perspectives to understand regenerative systems across diverse contexts. Her goal is to produce academically rigorous, practitioner‑oriented, and policy‑relevant insights that support the transition toward just and regenerative futures.
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Rania is excited to join the DREAM+PLAN project which treats research as a catalyst for real-world change. DREAM+PLAN encourages interdisciplinarity, creativity, and deep collaboration, all essential for understanding and enabling regenerative systems.
