Marta Mackiewicz PhD, is an assistant professor at the World Economic Research Institute, Warsaw School of Economics (SGH). She deals with issues related to the innovation of enterprises, clusters and competitiveness of regions. She was involved in the implementation of over 100 research and evaluation projects, including Horizon 2020 project investigating the impact of the Innovation Union. She worked in the consultancy company Ecorys (Polska) for 12 years, where she carried out research and evaluation projects commissioned by public institutions. At Ecorys, she led the research team as the director of the Policy & Research Department. Currently she is responsible for a cluster policy at the Ministry of Economic Development, Labour and Technology. She is an author of publications, expert opinions and analyses for government institutions, the European Commission, and the European Investment Bank.