Arkadiusz Michał Kowalski is an Associate Professor, Head of the Department of East Asian Economic Studies and Deputy Director of the World Economy Research Institute at the SGH Warsaw School of Economics. He graduated with a Master of Science in Economics from the University of Southampton in 2006, winning Taught Postgraduate Student competition organized by Regional Science Association International British and Irish Section. His research and academic teaching focus on innovation policy, clusters and international competitiveness. He has been involved as a manager or researcher in different European or domestic research projects in these fields, which resulted in more than 80 publications, including books, chapters, articles in scientific journals and expert’ reports.