Editorial Team & Peer Reviewers

Dr. Abola currently serves as Assistant Professor, Associate Dean for Academic & Student Affairs, and Director of DBA Studies at European International University (EIU-Paris), where she oversees academic quality across undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral business programs. Her responsibilities include curriculum oversight, doctoral supervision, research proposal review, supervisor assignment, academic governance, and the design of value-added scholarly activities. She plays a central role in ensuring academic rigor, student progression, and alignment with institutional and accreditation standards.

In addition to her leadership roles, Dr. Abola has extensive teaching experience as an Adjunct Professor at multiple international universities, delivering courses in research methodology, evidence synthesis, survey design, statistics, ethics, and interdisciplinary perspectives in business. She has supervised graduate and doctoral research across clinical, behavioral, and business research domains and is actively engaged in scholarly publishing and international conference presentations.

Dr. Tan serves as Assistant Professor (Cond) at the European International University, Professor of Practice at Golden Gate University, and Adjunct Faculty across multiple Singapore institutions, including Nanyang Polytechnic, Singapore Polytechnic, Singapore Institute of Management, and Kaplan Higher Education Academy. His teaching portfolio includes modules in organizational behavior, leadership, consulting skills, workplace learning, human resource management, and adult education. He has taught courses such as Dynamics of Leadership and Organizational Behavior, Leading Complex Change, Organizational Behavior and Development, and Consulting Skills, demonstrating both breadth and depth in his pedagogical practice.

As a researcher, Dr. Tan has developed a strong publication record across peer-reviewed journals in leadership, technology-enhanced learning, workforce development, and psychological safety. His works include studies such as Transformational Leadership and Employee Performance in Singaporean SMEs, Online Learning Dexterity: A Multidimensional Model Predicting Academic Performance, and A Structured Equation Model Predicts Para-Counsellors’ Counselling Self-Efficacy. His emerging research explores AI adoption, doctoral student well-being, and policy feedback mechanisms. He is methodologically versatile, with expertise in SPSS, G*Power, and PLS-SEM, and has authored comparative methodological analyses to support doctoral researchers.

Dr. Tan is an active contributor to the global academic community. He has presented at major international conferences, including the European Conference on Education (ECE2025), Applied Learning Conference 2025, and the International Conference on Multidisciplinary Innovation in Science, Technology, and Business. His presentations have addressed topics such as online learning acceptance, post-pandemic digital pedagogy, and the well-being of doctoral students through the lens of the Job Demands-Resources model.

Dr. Toshpulotov currently serves as a Professor in the Department of Business and Management Studies at European International University (EIU-Paris). In this faculty role, he contributes to the institution’s academic environment through advanced instruction, research development, and scholarly engagement in business and economic disciplines.

With an extensive academic track record, Dr. Toshpulotov has authored and co-authored over 70 scientific publications, including peer-reviewed journal articles, high-impact research indexed in Scopus (Q3), and several collective monographs. His high-tier research is widely recognized and fully encompasses papers indexed in the Higher Attestation Commission (VAK) lists (Categories K1 and K2) and the Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI). Beyond higher education, his diverse pedagogical experience includes years of teaching mathematics, physics, and English, making him a versatile educator capable of bridging the gap between quantitative analysis and international communication.

Her research asks a deceptively simple question: how do trust, disclosure, and epistemic integrity survive once people and machines start working side by side?

Dr. Pirushi currently serves as an External Peer Reviewer for the EIU Journal of Action Research, assessing manuscripts on governance, leadership, and applied research and giving authors and editors structured, evidence-based feedback measured against international publication standards. She is also the Founder and Chief Executive of The Milestone Hub Ltd, a UK-based strategic partnerships consultancy through which she runs a proprietary program that helps early-stage organizations turn their expertise into lasting client relationships. Alongside this, she works as an independent generalist expert consultant to a global AI talent platform, reviewing and evaluating AI training tasks across business, legal, policy, and strategic domains.

Her academic work rests on more than twenty years of international experience across the United Kingdom, Europe, and the Middle East, including over a decade in B2B strategic partnerships and account management. Earlier in her career, she led a non-governmental organization, through partnerships with the European Union, the Swiss Cooperation Office, and private foundations. She also delivered legal advisory work and a ministry-wide digital-transformation program at the Ministry of Justice, and managed procurement on World Bank-financed infrastructure programs. It is this breadth, spanning governance, law, and commercial strategy, that gives her such a grounded, practical sense of how institutions really work.

Beyond her own projects, Dr. Pirushi stays closely involved in the wider scholarly and professional community. She sits on the Global Advisory Board of Academy Achievers, an AI and STEM education organization, and serves as a UN Women UK Ambassador working on women’s economic empowerment and policy advocacy. She is also the author of The Business Currency is Love, in which she sets out the belief that runs through all of her work: that human connection and trust are the real currencies of business.

Dr. Leontjeva's teaching interests are Human Resource Management, Knowledge Management, Cultural Issues in Business, and Leadership. She was a member of several professional associations, including NISPAcee, the Regional Studies Association, and the Society for Human Resource Management.

She has worked in education in Europe for more than 10 years and has experience working with international NGOs, also participating in the European scientific project “Volunteering as a key to active citizenship” (V-Code), and the European Commission, Human Resources and Security Department in Brussels.

She currently serves as Chief Operating Officer & Pedagogical Expert at CCE Finland, contributing to international work in school development, teacher education, curriculum innovation, and Finnish-inspired pedagogy. Dr. Ballani is the author of From Cradle to Boardroom: Foundations of Leadership Begin in Early Years and is actively engaged in academic research, scholarly writing, and research review as part of her postdoctoral academic engagement. Her work connects research with practical educational transformation, with a focus on creative, inclusive, and future-oriented education.