Gabriela Carmen Pascariu is Full Professor in European Economics and Policies at Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania. She is Director of the Centre for European Studies, Jean Monnet professor and Team Europe expert having more than 30 years of teaching and research experience in the field. She published 30 books and book chapters as author, co-author or editor and over 60 papers, she presented over 150 conference papers at national and international scientific events, and she participated to 33 research programs or research/development grants, from which she acted as director or local coordinator for 16 projects. Her research interests focus on: economics of integration; regional development and European Cohesion Policy; core-periphery development pattern; resilience, tourism and regional development, EU’s Eastern Neighbourhood. Currently, Gabriela Carmen Pascariu is expert evaluator for: European Commission - EIC Accelerator: SME Instrument; Fund for Scientific Research–FNRS, Belgium; Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) and reviewers for various journals, including journals indexed in WoS, such as: JCMS-Journal of Common Market Studies (Q1), Journal of Contemporary European Studies (Q2), Development and Change (Q2), Regional Studies (Q1), Journal of European Integration (Q3), others. She is also member in various professional associations (Regional Studies Association, Romanian Regional Science Association, Regional Science Association International, and North -East Regional Agency’s Council for Smart Specialization), member of the Regional Innovation Consortium 2014-2020 - North East Development Agency, and expert in the Regional Committee for drawing up the North-East Regional Development Plan 2014-2020 - Agency for North-East Regional Development. She is also Editor in Chief of the Eastern Journal of European Studies: Eastern Journal of European Studies (indexed in SCOPUS, ESCI-WoS, ProQuest), regional editor for Regional Science Policy & Practice (RSPP), a Regional Science Association International journal (Regional Science Policy & Practice (wiley.com), (indexed in SCOPUS, ESCI-WoS), and member of the editorial board of other several publications in European Studies and Regional Development (CSIE Working Papers, Romanian Journal of Regional Science; Romanian Economic Journal; Ecoforum; Eurolimes Journal, CES Working Papers, The Romanian Journal of International Relations and European Studies, Studies and Scientific Researches. Economics Edition, Romanian Journal of European Affairs (RJEA).