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### **About the Editors**

Wojciech J. Cynarski PhD is a Full-Professor with degrees from the University of Technology in Rzeszow (building engineering), the University of Rzeszow in Rzeszow (sociology), and doctoral studies at University of Physical Education in Warsaw (physical culture sciences). Since 2005, he has worked as a Professor at the University of Rzeszow and was appointed Head of Chair of the Socio-Cultural Foundation for Physical Education and Sports. He has published over 800 scientifc works, including 20 books (monographs and manuals). His major scientifc interests concern sociology (of culture, tourism and sport), coaching and pedagogy, and martial arts.

Bożena Gajdzik, PhD, (hab.) Eng., is a Professor at the Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland. Her interests include manufacturing, management, restructuring, sustainability, industrial transformation, digitalization, resource management, human factor, energy consumption, decarbonisation, and industrial engineering. She is an expert on the steel market in Poland and collaborates with business practices, particularly with steel companies. She has experience in the industrial transformation of the European market and ranks second place in the list of top global scientists. She is the author/coauthor of more than 600 scientifc publications, including 30 books and monographs. Her monographs concern the restructuring of the steel sector in Poland and the transformation of steel mills within Industry 4.0. Her writing centres on business management and organization development, as well as industry transformation to changing socioeconomic conditions. Her output includes ranked foreign and domestic scientifc publications on the implementation of changes in manufacturing companies in hard and soft areas of management. She is a reviewer of scientifc publications for recognised publishing houses. In recent years, she has reviewed extensively on papers of signifcance on green economy. She is a member of the Editorial Boards of recognized scientifc journals. Her H-index is 19, with more than 800 citations on WoS.
