Sajal Kabiraj is an academic faculty member of Strategy at LAB University of Applied Sciences, Finland, and a Visiting Research Fellow at the Regions and Cities Governance Lab (Re-LAB) of the United Nations University – CRIS in Belgium. His research explores how the UN can foster sustainable governance within the EU, focusing on interactions between regional organizations and the multilateral system. At LAB, he teaches Strategy and Innovation in the Faculty of Business and Hospitality Management. Formerly a tenured Full Professor in China, Sajal has received multiple Best Teacher Awards and has extensive experience supervising MBA, MSc, and PhD theses and examinations.