PhD Ioan Sebastian BRUMĂ has worked as an Established Researcher (R3) at Romanian Academy, Iași Branch, since 2004. He has experience in organic agriculture, agrotechnics, organic food consumer behavior, organic farming, short food supply chains, rural development, transfer ecosystems, rural entrepreneurship, and knowledge transfer. He has published 30 peer-reviewed papers (14 in WoS journals), 3 papers in conference proceedings, and 2 books. He has participated in 60 national and international conferences and scientific symposia, and he has been a member of 24 research projects (5 of which were in Horizon 2020, Cities2030, RUBIZMO, SureFarm, LIFT, and SHERPA). He is the coordinator of the activities in Romania of the RURALITIES project (Horizon Europe). He is a deputy member of the Regional Consortium of Innovation, Northeast Region, Romania, and president of the Rural Development Research Platform. ORCID: 0000-0002-0549-5474.