Daniel Balsalobre- Lorente is PhD in Economics and Full Professor (Tenure) inthe Department of Applied Economics I, at the University of Castilla-La Mancha,Spain.

At the academic and research level, Daniel Balsalobre is an expert in public finance, energy economics, economic growth and environment, tourism, and innovation and globalization processes. In recent years I have published more than 150 articles in Web of Science and more than 200 research documents in journals and book chapters of reputed prestige and international scientific impact, including Energy Economics, Energy Policy, Resources Policy, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Journal of Cleaner Production, Sustainability, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Energies, and Journal of Public Affairs, among others. Prof Balsalobre currently serves as editor-in-chief of Evaluation Review (SAGE) and associate editor at Heliyon (Elsevier) and Environment, Development and Sustainability (Springer) and Gondwana Research (Elsevier). I am also a guest editor for Resources Policy (Elsevier), Renewable Energy (Elsevier), Utilities Policy(Elsevier), Energy Sources Part B (Taylor), Sustainability (MDPI), Energies(MDPI), among others, being an expert reviewer of more than 300 articles forhighly indexed journals and handbooks.