Dr. Ioana Manafi holds the position of Associate Professor at the Department of Economic Informatics and Cybernetics at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies. Her research focuses on Macroeconomics, Migration, and Industrial Organization. She teaches Macroeconomics, Game Theory, and Microeconomics, and she was involved as a researcher in international projects financed through Horizon 2020, such as MIMY (“Empowerment through Liquid Integration of Migrant Youth in Vulnerable Conditions”, GA 870700) and MOVE ("Mapping Mobility—Pathways, Institutions and Structural Effects of Youth Mobility in Europe”, GA 649263).