Joanna Sanetra-Szeliga is a Deputy Head of Europa Nostra Heritage Hub in Kraków, Poland. Holding a PhD in economy, she is also an assistant professor at the Cracow University of Economics (UNESCO Chair in Heritage and Urban Studies) and a consultant in the Centre for Cultural Statistics of the Statistical Office in Kraków. She has experience working for the public administration (Department of Culture Strategy and European Affairs in the Ministry of Culture),the cultural sector (Research Institute for European Heritage at the International Cultural Centre in Kraków) and the non-governmental sector (as the Polish coordinator of the Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for the Dialogue Between Cultures). She is a researcher, a lecturer and an author and an editor of publications on the links between culture and socio-economic development, urban development, cultural policy (incl. the European Capitals of Culture).