Manolis Christofakis is Professor of Regional Development and Policy in the Department of Business Administration and Dean of the Business School of University of the Aegean (for the period 1/9/2024 to 31/8/2027). From 2004 to 2015, he was a faculty member of the Department of Economic and Regional Development of Panteion University at Athens. He has published books and scientific articles in refereed journals (such as the journals Sustainable Development, Transport Policy, Local Economy, European Transport Research Review, Journal of Property Investment and Finance and Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies), collective volumes and conference proceedings, on regional and local economic development, regional policy and economic planning, transport economics and policy, innovation strategy, tourism development, location of entrepreneurial activities, local productive systems, entrepreneurial clusters, etc.

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Dr. Eleni Gaki is an associate professor with expertise in "Statistical Methods in Regional Analysis" in the Department of Business Administration at the University of the Aegean. She is a graduate of the Department of Business Administration at the University of the Aegean and holds a doctoral degree in Economics and Regional Analysis with the title "The Impact of Transport Networks and Geographic Discontinuities on Regional Development" from the same department. Since her appointment as a lecturer in the Department of Business Administration at the University of the Aegean in 2010, she has taught a variety of undergraduate and postgraduate courses, including Regional Analysis Methods, Statistics, Data Analysis, Sustainable Development, Economic Geography, Business Location, and Research Methodology. She has been involved in 18 research programs. Her research interests revolve around fundamental issues in regional development, with an emphasis on the use of statistical methods and techniques for its study. Specifically, her focus is on topics such as regional resilience, sustainable development, smart city studies, the impact of transportation and information and communication technologies on regional development, spatial analysis of economic activities, and spatial behaviour of sectors such as tourism.