**About the Editors**

**David F. Murphy** is Senior Lecturer in Strategic Collaboration and Sustainability, and Academic Lead of the Initiative for Leadership and Sustainability (IFLAS), at the Ambleside campus of the University of Cumbria in the heart of the English Lake District. David has extensive international experience working on multi-stakeholder engagement and collaboration with senior leaders and change agents in academia, business, government, NGOs, and the UN system, including related teaching, applied research, and consultancy on partnerships for sustainable development. He holds a Ph.D. in International Policy from the University of Bristol that explored business–NGO relations in sustainable development. Recent research projects include an international study on collaboration for deep adaptation to climate change and a review of the transformational potential of place-based partnerships for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

**Leda Stott** is an international specialist in multi-stakeholder collaboration and sustainable development. Over the last 25 years, she has managed and conducted partnership research, training and evaluation activities with intergovernmental bodies, bilateral development agencies, and a wide range of foundations, businesses, and non-governmental organizations in different countries and regions. She has a Ph.D. on the topic of partnership from the University of Edinburgh and has taught postgraduate programmes relating to this theme at universities in the UK, Spain, Norway, and South Africa. She is a Research Fellow at the Innovation and Technology for Development Centre at the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (itdUPM) and Learning Advisor for the Partnership ´ Brokers Association. Leda's recent research work has included exploration of the potential of SDG 17, place-based collaboration, and participatory approaches to partnership evaluation.
