Sabina Baraniewicz-Kotasińska – political scientists, assistant professor at the University of Opole. Fulbright Scholarship holder at the University of California in Berkeley in 2019-2020 (Political Science Department). She conducts research on contemporary concepts of governing and managing cities. Author of a book Smart City. Kto rządzi w inteligentnych miastach? (“Who governs in smart cities?”). She also works on projects related to global education and sustainable development. Co-author of Global Studies. Academic Handbook awarded by the Global Education Network Europe. She conducted her research in Denmark, Jordan, Iceland, USA, and on Spitsbergen, as well as in Songdo – a smart city built from scratch in South Korea.