Živilė Gedminaitė-Raudonė, PhD in Social Sciences (Economics) is a chief researcher at the Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences, Institute of Economics and Rural Development. Her main research focus is sustainable regional and rural development, climate change, circular economy, innovation ecosystems, servitization and transformative tourism, among others. Živilė Gedminaitė-Raudonė is an author and co-author of more than forty scholarly articles, chapters of books. She has rich experience in the management and coordination of many international research and development projects of different international, EU and national programs focusing on new knowledge creation using co-creation and cooperation principles. She actively participates in internships and exchange programs (Italy, Belgium, Ireland), international scientific conferences with presentations, moderate sections. She is a member of the global Social Responsibility Research Network, European Rural Development Network, Eurasia Business and Economics Society.