Daniel Pop, PhD, is an associate professor at the Universitatea „Babeș-Bolyai” din Cluj-Napoca in Romania. Prior to this, Professor Pop has served as a public policy specialist at the Universitatea Tehnica Din Cluj-Napoca working on the project “Cadru strategic pentru adoptarea și utilizarea de tehnologii inovative în administrația publică 2021 – 2027 – soluții pentru eficientizarea activității.” Pop has also worked as a Senior Education Advisor at the Open Society Foundations, Head of Research at the Ethnocultural Diversity Resource Center, and President of the Public Policy Centre. He holds a PhD in Political Science from the Central European University and a Master’s degree in Public Policy from the University of Denver.