Mariusz Czupich—Department of European Integration and Regional Studies, Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland. A consultant in the field of regional development strategies, expert on revitalization programmes, author and co-author of expertises for the European Union's Committee of the Regions. A member of the Centre of Central and Eastern Europe Studies of Nicolaus Copernicus University, and the Scientific Society in Toruń.