Nataliia Gavkalova is a Doctor of Economics and Full Professor specializing in economics, public administration, economic policy, and management. She has held senior academic leadership roles for over a decade, including Head of the Department of Public Administration and Economic Policy at Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics, and currently serves as Professor at Warsaw University of Technology. Her research focuses on public governance, regional socio-economic development, decentralization, and circular economy implementation, with strong integration of European policy frameworks. Prof. Gavkalova has authored 350+ scientific publications, including 25 monographs and numerous articles indexed in Scopus and Web of Science, and has presented at 150+ international conferences. She coordinates major Erasmus+ and Jean Monnet projects, collaborates extensively with European universities and public institutions, and actively contributes to higher education quality assurance and regional development strategies, generating tangible societal and policy impact.