Assoc. prof. Ing. Kamila Turečková, Ph.D., MBA is a member of the Silesian University in Opava, Faculty of Business Administration in Karviná. In the field of professional and pedagogical studies, she focuses on regional development, regional economics and politics, spatial economics, localization issues, public economics and traditional microeconomics and macroeconomics. Her current scientific research activities focus on brownfields, urbex and the concept of smart and resilient cities, in the past she focused on income inequality, regional disparities and sectoral analyses. She is the author of more than a hundred scientific articles and scientific publications and a member of the editorial board of 4 external journal editorial boards.