About the Book
Specialists worldwide strongly believe that competency-based education helps individuals in the best way possible to create a green future for all, centered mainly on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Additionally, building a green future means accelerating the green economy by supporting research and innovation to position the global goals in the center of all business practices. Furthermore, building a green future focuses on shaping and implementing sustainable development commitments that strongly promote international green, just recovery cooperation, and partnerships for these goals. Addressing Sustainable Development Goals Through Competency-Based Education provides an updated view of the newest trends, novel practices, and latest tendencies concerning the benefits of finding sustainable solutions for a greener future for all, while targeting a better understanding of the competency-based education programs as well as competency-based education frameworks. Covering topics such as service-learning initiatives, algorithmic learning systems, and preserving culture, this book is an excellent resource for environmentalists, quality managers, policymakers, professionals, researchers, scholars, academicians, and more.
About the Author :
Cristina Raluca Gh. Popescu is Full-Professor Habil. at the University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania, PhD. Supervisor and Doctoral School Member at The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania, and an Award-Winning Scientific Researcher. Having more than 23 years of experience, focuses on helping students learn and apply the subjects more effectively, and centers on improving scientific research excellence. Values a special environment where her in-depth knowledge of creative thinking and academic writing can help deliver accurate research results. She is focused on becoming an outstanding researcher, centered on interdisciplinary topics, in a multicultural environment, constantly driven by passion in promoting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Showing a positive attitude in exploring the endless possibilities of the transformative power of individuals deeply concerned with health and well-being, education, innovation, and responsible production and consumption may be found among the top priorities on her agenda. Her most important skills are: analytical ability and foresight, attention to detail, collaborative spirit, communication skills, creativity, critical thinking, flexibility, intellectual courage, objectivity, persistence, time management, and thirst for knowledge. She is deeply centered on adopting a healthy and balanced lifestyle, thus improving efficiency and productivity in order to be a good and valuable researcher. She is skilled in Business Administration, Economics, Management, Accounting, and Audit. Collaborations: The National Institute for Research and Development in Environmental Protection (I.N.C.D.P.M.), Romania; National Research and Development Institute for Gas Turbines COMOTI, Romania; University of Craiova, Romania; Ministry of Research and Innovation, Romania. She is Member of Chamber of Financial Auditors of Romania (CAFR), Romania as Financial Auditor, and Member of Authority for the Public Oversight of the Statutory Audit Activity (ASPAAS), Ministry of Public Finance, Romania as Financial Auditor. Single author and coauthor of more than 400 scientific works, with national and international publishers, having national and international coauthors: books, book chapters, articles, congress, conference, and symposium papers. She has more than 3000 citations in national and international publications. Single author and coauthor of numerous scientific works indexed in WorldCat - the world's largest library catalog. Editor and Editorial Advisory Board (EAB) Member, IGI Global - Publishing House (Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA). Guest Editor (GE) and Academic Editor (AE), Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI, Basel, Switzerland): Mathematics; Sustainability; Journal of Risk and Financial Management (JRFM); Businesses. Guest Editor (GE) and Academic Editor (AE), Emerald Group Publishing (Journal of Management Development), EnPress Publisher, USA (Journal of Infrastructure, Policy and Development (JIPD)). Topic Editor, Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI, Basel, Switzerland): Mathematics, Businesses. Editorial Board Member (EBM), Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI, Basel, Switzerland): Sustainability. Scientific Committee (SC) Member: International Congress of Management, Economy and Policy (ICOMEP), Turkey, 2022, 2023; Symposium on Migration and Asylum in Turkey, 2022, 2023; International Congress "Multidimensional Sustainability: Transitions and Convergences", Polytechnic Higher Institute of Gaya (ISPGAYA), Portugal, 2022, 2023; 6th International Academic and Professional Congress on Happiness, "Happiness Management. A Social Well-Being Multiplier. Social Marketing and Organizational Communication", University Network of Happiness, University of Salamanca, 2022; 7th International Academic and Professional Congress on Happiness, "The Triple Helix of Social Well-being: Organizational Communication, Social Marketing and Happiness Management", University Network of Happiness, University of Seville, 2023; 2nd International Congress on Teaching Innovation, Education and Knowledge Transfer (CIINECO), 2023; "The 2nd International Symposium on Marketing", Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University, Tekirdağ, Turkey, 2023; "1st International Symposium on Political Science and Public Administration", Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University, Turkey, 2023. Editorial Board (EB) Member: International Journal of Internet Marketing and Advertising (IJIMA), 2022, 2023; Journal of Emerging Economies and Policy (JOEEP), DergiPark, Turkey, 2022, 2023; Journal of Recycling Economy & Sustainability Policy (RESP), Turkey, 2022, 2023. Keynote Speaker/Invited Speaker: "International Congress of Recycling Economy & Sustainability Policy", Baku Eurasian University, Baku, Azerbaijan, 2023; "13th International Congress on Agriculture, Animal Sciences and Rural Development", Usak University, Turkey, IKSAD Institute of Economic Development and Social Research of Turkey, 2023; "The 2nd International Symposium on Marketing", Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University, Tekirdağ, Turkey, 2023; "1st International Symposium on Political Science and Public Administration", Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University, Turkey, 2023; "6th CIRIEC Colombia Colloquium: Challenges of the Solidarity Economy and its Links with the Popular and Community Economy", Colombia, 2023; "5th CIRIEC Colombia Colloquium, "Local Pacts on Work, Formalization and Consolidation of Circuits in the Social and Solidarity Economy", Medellín, Colombia, 2022; First Ibero-American Conference of Social Economy and Socio-Ecological Innovation, "Ethics, Social Responsibility and Sustainability in Social and Solidarity Economy Companies", Cali, Colombia, 2022; On-line International Congress of Management, Economy and Policy (ICOMEP'22), Ankara Social Sciences University, Düzce University, Trakya University, Bursa Uludağ University, Giresun University, Bandırma Onyedi Eylul University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2022. Reviews for national and international publications: more than 300 reviews. Review Board Member (RBM): IBIMA Conferences and IBIMA Publishing, USA (Journal of E-Government Studies and Best Practices, The MENA Journal of Business Case Studies); International Conference on Decision making for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (DEMSME 2021, 2023); IGI Global - Publishing House (Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA) (Journal of E-Business Research (IJEBR)); University of Bucharest (International Journal of Health Economics (IJHE)); The International Academy of Organizational Behavior Management (IAOBM) (International Journal of the Academy of Organizational Behavior Management (IJAOBM)); Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI, Basel, Switzerland) (Energies, Economies, Sustainability, Mathematics, Journal of Risk and Financial Management, Businesses, Foods, Microorganisms, Forests, Computation, Agriculture, Water, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Urban Science, Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity, Risks, Agronomy, Symmetry, Administrative Sciences, World, Informatics). Invited Reviewer: Management Decision (MD), Sustainable Development (SD), Corporate Social Responsibility & Environmental Management (CSREM), Journal of Business Economics and Management (JBEM), Engineering Economics (Inzinerine Ekonomika), International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning (IJSDP), Transformations in Business & Economics (TIBE), Open Research Europe (ORE), Coffee Science (CS), Journal of Management and Economics Research (JMER); Journal of Infrastructure, Policy and Development (JIPD).
