Sofia Bakirli, PhDc, is the Interim Associate Dean at the European Business School in Munich and holds a lecturing position in HRM. She has 20 years of experience in multinational and international companies in managerial or consulting positions focusing greatly on empirical research in entrepreneurship-innovation and social policy. She holds a BA in Educational Psychology, an MSc in International Human Resources, and is a Doctoral Researcher in Business Administration at the European University of Cyprus.