PhD Mariola Zalewska is the director of the University Center for Research on the Natural Environment and Sustainable Development at the University of Warsaw. Her research focuses on sustainable development and quality of life, including measurement, monitoring, evaluation, indicator systems, competitiveness of entities and territorial units, clusters, forecasting and simulation, and experiments in management sciences. In the 2012-2016 and 2016-2020 terms, she served as a Senator at the University of Warsaw and chaired the Senate Committee on Social Affairs. She is a graduate of the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics, and Mechanics at the University of Warsaw and Hautes Études Commerciales Paris. She holds a Ph.D. in economic sciences with a specialization in management. She is involved in the activities of the 4EU+ Alliance on behalf of the University of Warsaw and the Working Group on the Social Responsibility of Universities at the Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy. She serves as the Sustainable Development Coordinator at the Faculty of Management of the University of Warsaw within the PRME (Principles for Responsible Management Education) framework. She actively participates in research, training, advisory projects, and collaborates with NGOs.