Alexandra Fratila (Adam) is an Associate Professor at Bucharest University of Economic Studies, specialising in quantitative economics, public finances, sustainable economic development, and financial markets. She also holds an economist position within the Research and Analysis Division of the Ministry of Finance, Romania. During her Ph.D. and post-Ph.D. studies, she focused on monetary and fiscal policies, combining the research with the practice as she held an economist position at the Romanian Fiscal Council and then at the Romanian Ministry of Finance.