Before joining Nature Research, Aiora was lecturer at the University of Cambridge and research consultant at the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), working on sustainable livelihoods and human perspectives on conservation. Aiora studied Environmental Sciences and doctoral courses in Ecological Economics at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. She holds an MSc in Environmental Policy from the University of Oxford and a PhD in Land Economy from the University of Cambridge, focused on motivations and incentives for sustainable behaviour. Aiora is based in the London office.