Angeliki Mitropoulou is a PhD candidate in the Department of Environment at the University of the Aegean, holds Master’s Degrees in Human Resource Management and International Relations from Cardiff University of Wales and a Bachelor’s degree in Communication and Marketing. She is currently working as a Research Projects Director in a research company and as a tourism and islandness expert in the University of the Aegean. In the past, she has worked as a consultant and as a key account manager in an advertising agency but also as a public policy expert . She has also been publishing for more than a decade articles in various media on issues of social and cultural interest. She is a member and a research associate of ENA Institute since its establishment.