Jolanta Vaičiūnienė is an expert in the field of public administration, focusing on local democracy and civil society issues, local governance, community development, migration, sustainable public procurement, citizen science and social policy. She is the Head of the Municipal Training Centre at Kaunas University of Technology and Visiting Professor of Practice in the Center for Public and Nonprofit Management at the University of Central Florida (United States). While working at the Centre, she has gained more than 20 years of experience in leading international and European projects in higher and vocational education sectors. Jolanta has managed a variety of projects that have strengthened the capacity of municipal governments throughout Lithuania and has provided knowledge sharing for public officials, NGO leaders, students in other European communities, and in other post-Soviet countries. Also, she is a member of the Research Group “Civil Society and Sustainability” at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities. She is co-editor of Palgrave Macmillan’s book series “Rethinking University and Community Policy Connections”.