Silviu Gheorghe is an interdisciplinary expert in sustainable tourism, energy transition, community development, education, and project management, with over 20 years of professional experience. He is currently a Doctoral Researcher in Tourism at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, where his research focuses on collaborative governance, stakeholder participation, sustainability values, and sustainable tourism in sensitive destinations. He is a member of TUDISTAR (Research Group on Tourism and New Socio-Territorial Dynamics in Rural Areas) and participates in the working group of the CITURGED-Interior (Conflicts and Transformations in Tourism: Governance and Development in Inland Territories) research project. He holds two Master’s degrees: a Master’s in International Leisure, Tourism and Event Management from NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands, where his research focused on sustainability and energy transition in nautical tourism, and a Master’s in Tourism Engineering and Management from USAMV Bucharest, Romania. His professional and research background includes sustainable tourism, energy transition, community development, stakeholder engagement, training, and ecological and cultural tourism. He is the author and co-author of scientific publications in these fields.