Anastasia Stratigea is currently Professor in Spatial Planning and Policy at the Dept. of Geography and Regional Planning, School of Rural, Surveying and Geoinformatics Engineering, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece. She holds a Diploma in Rural and Surveying Engineering from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1984) and a PhD from the National Technical University of Athens (1996). She has participated in a number of National and EU Projects. She is member of several scientific national and international associations and networks (NECTAR, COST A22, EFONET, EU-MED, SMART-MED, Smart Grid – Smart Cities Network, Commission IGU-COMB, etc.). She is reviewer in international journals and member of scientific committees of international/national conferences. She has published her work in books, edited volumes, international journals and conference proceedings. Main research interests: Sustainable Development, Spatial Planning and Policy, Integrated Urban and Regional Planning, Participatory Planning, Culture and Urban/Regional Development, Cultural Planning, Tourism and Urban/Regional Development, Tourism Planning, Smart cities and citizens’ engagement, Foresight methodologies.