Krzysztof Leja graduated from the Faculty of Applied Physics at Gdansk University of Technology, PhD in economics, DSc in management. Associate professor and v-ce dean for research at the Faculty of Management and Economics, Gdansk University of Technology. His fields of interest include research of HEIs and policy studies. He is an expert of Polish Rectors Foundation and Ministry of Science and Higher Education. He led and participated in few projects regarding higher education management and development, and at present he is a national expert in “European Tertiary Education Register” (ETER II). He is an author of two books and many papers regarding management concept and dilemmas of contemporary HEI – see profile on Researchgate:https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Krzysztof_Leja and blog:  http://www1.zie.pg.gda.pl/blogi/quovadisacademia/.