Dario Fazzi is Professor of Transatlantic and Environmental History at Leiden University and the Roosevelt Institute for American Studies in Middelburg, the Netherlands. His research focuses on the socio-ecological impact of the US military-industrial complex. Fazzi is also active in teaching innovation and leads the Erasmus+ Cooperation Partnership Teaching Resilience and Environmental Democracy (TREnD), which aims to advance environmental education through collaborative assignments, virtual exchanges, and VR/XR experiences.