Dr. Teuta Hazizi is a Lecturer in the Business Administration Department at the Faculty of Economy, University of Elbasan “Aleksandër Xhuvani”. She graduated in Business Administration and completed a Master's programme in Marketing at the University of Tirana, and another Master's in Risk and Financial Management, collaboration between the University of Bologna, Italy, and the Catholic University Our Lady of Good Counsel, Tirana, Albania. She completed her doctoral studies in economic sciences at the European University of Tirana, earning the title "Doctor of Economic Sciences" in 2016. With around 18 years of experience since 2006, she has been a lecturer in management, business communication, negotiation, and leadership at the University of Elbasan, initially as a guest lecturer while working as a Branch Manager at the Customs House Elbasan Office, and at ProCredit Bank. Since 2015, she has been a full-time lecturer. She has attended different postgraduate courses and trainings in her field. Her scientific research contributions include several publications in scientific journals and papers presented at international conferences. Throughout her career, she has worked on various national and international projects, conducting desk research, needs analyses, and reports. She has been a team member of research projects led by London Metropolitan University, UK, such as “Exploring Lecturers’ Inclusive Formative Assessment Practices (IFAP) in Higher Education”, “Women in Finance: Closing the Gap”, and “Neurodiversity in Higher Education”. She coordinated a national project funded by UNIEL, “New Entrepreneurs in the Natural Tourism Sector: Their Leadership Model”.

Since December 2012, he has been a lecturer in the Department of Law at the Faculty of Economy, University of Elbasan “Aleksandër Xhuvani”, covering subjects such as Commercial Law, International Commercial Law, and Public Transport Law. From the academic year 2015-16, he has held the position of Professor, after being awarded the title of Assoc. Prof. in April 2015. He is an accredited external researcher in the Department of Legal Sciences "A. Cicu" at the University of Bologna, collaborating scientifically with Prof. Stefano Zunarelli. His main field of study focuses on business law, EU legislation studies, competition, and the law of obligations. He graduated from the University of Bologna in 2009, with a score of 110/110 magna cum laude, defending his thesis "Le Autorità creditizie nel sistema finanziario albanese" (Business Law). He continued his academic pursuits with doctoral studies in European Transport Law at the University of Bologna, where he defended his thesis on "Le gestioni aeroportuali e dei servizi aeroportuali nel diritto europeo e nazionale". He is active in academic and professional journals and is part of various research groups. He serves on editorial boards, scientific ommittees, and as a reviewer for several scientific journals, both in Albania and internationally. A lawyer since 2013, he currently practices as a lawyer and consultant. Since 2020, he has led the Jean Monnet Chair at the Department of Law, Faculty of Economy, University of Elbasan “Aleksandër Xhuvani”. The chair aims to enhance awareness and teaching in EU law within the University of Elbasan, create a panel of high expertise for debating on EU acquis adoption, perform quality research, and reach a large number of beneficiaries through deliverables.