Beatriz Tovar is Full Professor at Las Palmas University, and member of the University Institute for Tourism and Sustainable Economic Development, a leading research team at international level in the field of innovative and sustainable tourist development and transport. She is an expert in utilities and maritime economics and has been actively involved in contracts and research projects with the World Bank, CEPAL, etc. Beatriz’s research in efficiency and productivity analysis covers several fields. She has published in several respected international journals including Energy Economics, Journal of Production Economics, Tourism Economics, Transport Policy, Transport Review, Transportation, Transportation Research Part A, Part D, and Part E, among others. She does also act as a reviewer for several international journals and she is a member of the Editorial advisory board (EAB) for the journal Transportation Research Part E and also a member of the EAB for the journal Sustainability (Sustainable Transportation Section).