Alex Putzer wrote his dissertation on the Rights of Nature in Cities at Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies in Italy, with affiliations at MIT, UPenn, and The New School in the United States. He has taught at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, Austria. As a United Nations Harmony with Nature Expert and member of the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature Academic Hub, Alex employs multiple strategies to develop his field. As a Fulbright-Schuman Visiting Scholar at New York University, he explores how novel rights regimes influence urban policymaking.