Przemys¿aw¿leszy¿ski (born 1973) is Professor at the Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization of the Polish Academy of Sciences and Member of committees of the Polish Academy of Sciences: Committee of Geographical Sciences PAS (scientific secretary), Committee of Demographic Sciences PAS, Committee on Migration Research PAS and Spatial Management Committee of PAS. He is Vice-Chairman of the Polish Geographical Society and Chairman of its Commission on the Geography of Settlements and Population, Member of the Main Urban Planning and Architectonic Commission and the Society of Polish Town Planners and Chairman of the Task Committee of the Geographical Olympics. He deals with socio-economic geography and spatial management, including spatial structures of population and enterprises, urban and regional development, migration, transport geography, spatial planning and landscape aesthetics. He is Author of over 400 works in this field, including more than 20 monographs (including about 100 works in English), and Coordinator and Participant of several dozen grants and projects, realized for international institutions (among others, ESPON, INTERREG programs) and central and local governmental public entities, including for 15 years Coordinator of government reports on the state and progress of planning works in municipalities. He is also Author of the "List of medium cities, losing their social and economic functions" and other solutions, which are included in the key strategic documents of Poland: The Concept of National Spatial Development 2030 (2011) and the Strategy for Responsible Development (2016). Maciej J. Nowak (born 1982) is Professor at the West Pomeranian University of Technology, Head of the Real Estate Department and Member of the Presidium Committee for Spatial Economy and Regional Planning, Polish Academy of Sciences. He is Author of over 200 works in this field, including more than 30 monographs, Participant of several dozen grants and projects, realized for National Science Center, polish ministries and central institutions and regional/ local governments, Member of government teams developing changes in the spatial management system in Poland, Author of recognized legal commentaries on spatial planning regulations and Legal Advisor participating in numerous court and administrative cases related to spatial planning. In the implementation of projects and publications, it has an extensive cooperation with representatives of other countries (including the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Latvia, Ghana and Germany) Paulina Legutko-Kobus (born 1974) is Assistant Professor at the Department Public Policy at Warsaw School of Economics. Her research works are related to sustainable development, governance, participation and local development. She is an expert cooperating with local governments (e.g., Kielce, Mszczonów, Mi¿sk Mazowiecki, Wi¿zowna, Pomiechówek, Biäystok, Olsztyn, Ostro¿¿ka, county P¿ock). She is Member of the Presidium of the Committee for Spatial Economy and Regional Planning, Polish Academy of Sciences, and Member of the Polish Association of Environmental and Resource Economists. She has participated in numerous national and international projects among others: HORIZON 2020 "Welcoming Spaces - Investing in "Welcoming Spaces" in Europe: revitalizing shrinking areas by hosting non-EU migrants" (2020-2024), "European and Macroregional Territorial Monitoring Tool" (2018-2020), MPA 44 "Development of Urban Adaptation Plans for cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants in Poland" (2017-2019), "Implementation of the certification model for mentors in the subsector of ecoindustry" (EcoMentor) (2018) and CLIMCITIES "CLIMate change adaptation in small and medium size CITIES" (2017).
