Joanna KUROWSKA-PYSZ is an associate professor at the WSB University in Dabrowa Gornicza (Poland) and also works as the Director of the Research Institute on Territorial and Inter-Organizational Cooperation. She is a doctor of economic sciences with a habilitation.
She participates in many international research projects funded mainly by INTERREG, Erasmus Plus, and Horizon 2020. She is a member of ERSA, AMA, Polish Academy of Sciences, and international research groups: ARAM (Spain), VALORIZA (Portugal) and LABOTER (Brazil).
She is the author or co-author of more than 150 papers, chapters and monographs.
She combines academic activities with a professional career in consulting services.
She was an expert in the EC REGIO (2019-2021). Since 2022 she has been an expert in the EC REGGIO program: b-Solutions.