Ineta Geipele, Dr.oec., Professor with the Faculty of Engineering Economics and Management, Director of the Institute of Civil Engineering and Real Estate Economics, and a Head of the Civil Construction and Real Estate Economics and Management Program of Riga Technical University (RTU), Latvia. Ineta obtained a Doctor's degree in Economics (1998) and a Master's degree in Economics in Engineering Sciences (1995) from RTU. She improved her professional skills in Austria, Germany, Denmark, and England. Ineta is an author and co-author of more than 400 scientific publications. Ineta is an Expert of the Latvian Council of Science, a board member of the FIABCI-Baltic Multinational Chapter and of the Cunfte of the Facility Management of Latvian Housing, as well as a member of the Latvian Union of Civil Engineers. Her current research interests are sustainable development of the real estate market, construction industry, land use management and institutional economics. ORCID iD: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2963-087X