Liliya is a lecturer, researcher and practitioner in the field of organizational behavior, leadership, andragogy, entrepreneurship and strategic design in the context of tourism, leisure and hospitality. She holds a PhD in the field of Economic and Organizational sciences of Leisure, Hospitality and Tourism. Apart from the leisure and tourism background, Liliya holds a Master degree in “Management of Adult Education”. She has more than 15 years of experience as a researcher, project consultant and trainer in the non-government, educational and business sector on tourism, leisure, leadership, entrepreneurial learning, creative entrepreneurship, strategic design, Imagineering institutional capacity building and organizational development. She has significant international work experience in Bulgaria, China, UK, Malta, settling in the Netherlands as well as has been of a series of international projects in Germany, Vietnam, UK, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Palestine, among others.