Editorial Board
Meet the editorial leadership of CACTUS Journal, including editors, managing team, and technical partners.
Editors-in-Chief
Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Claudia-Elena Țuclea, Professor, PhD, is an experienced academic editor and senior scholar in business and tourism studies. She holds a PhD in Business Administration (2004) and has extensive expertise in strategic management, human resource management,…
College of Business and Economics at Longwood University, Virginia, USA
Dr. Vincent Magnini is Chair of the Department of Management and Marketing and Professor of Management in the College of Business and Economics at Longwood University (USA). He was named to the Stanford/Elsevier list of the world’s top 2% of scientists in…
Associate Editors
University of Szczecin, Poland
Adam Pawlicz is a professor at the University of Szczecin, Poland, and the author of over 100 scientific publications focusing on tourism economics, ICT in tourism, the sharing economy, and tourism policy. He serves on numerous scientific boards and is an…
Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Gabriela Țigu, Professor, PhD, is a senior academic at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Faculty of Business and Tourism. Her research and teaching expertise includes Tourism Operations Management, Destination Management, Ecotourism and…
Sakarya University of Applied Sciences, Türkiye
Umit Sengel, PhD, is an Associate Professor at Sakarya University of Applied Sciences (Türkiye), with research expertise in tourism management, destination marketing, cultural heritage, consumer behavior, and strategic management, as well as emerging topics…
Editors
Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Andreea Fortuna Schiopu (Șchiopu) is a professor of business communication, business administration, and hospitality and tourism management at Bucharest University of Economic Studies. She has an MBA degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro…
Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Alexandru Gavriș teaches at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Department of Tourism and Geography. As a lecturer he teaches Tourism Geography, Geopolitics, and Academic Writing among others. His research covers methodologies in various contexts…
University of Messina, Italy
Grazia Calabrò, PhD, is a senior scholar with extensive expertise in commodity science, quality certification, and environmental management. Her research focuses on environmental and ethical certification, circular economy, tourism and environment, and food…
University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
María Cordente Rodríguez is an Associate Professor of Marketing at the University of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain), a position held since 2020. Their research interests focus on consumer behavior within the hospitality and tourism sectors, with a particular…
Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Maria Cristina Iorgulescu is a university lecturer in the Department of Tourism and Geography, Faculty of Business and Tourism at Bucharest University of Economic Studies and has 13 years of teaching experience. Her PhD thesis on promoting creativity and…
Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Olimpia State, PhD, is a senior academic with expertise in Human Resources Management, Operational Techniques in Tourism, and Organizational Culture. She is the author and co-author of 10 academic books (including a volume awarded the Romanian Academy "Virgil…
University of Montpellier Paul Valéry, France
Stefan Bratosin is a Full Professor of Communication Sciences at the University of Montpellier Paul Valéry. His academic and research work focuses on public and political communication, mediatization theories, public space, culture, religion, and…
University of Côte d'Azur, France
Vincent Meyer is a Full Professor of Information and Communication Sciences at the University of Côte d'Azur (France). His research expertise includes organizational and public communication, the social uses and acceptability of digital technologies, and…
Ethics Editor
Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Daniel Bulin is a lecturer at the Faculty of Business and Tourism of the Bucharest University of Economic Studies (BUES) and Senior Researcher II at the Institute of World Economy (IWE) of the Romanian Academy. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Business…
Methods Editor
Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Diana-Maria Vrânceanu is a professor, Ph.D. at the Faculty of Marketing, the Bucharest University of Economic Studies. Her research interests focus on areas such as: pricing strategies, behavioral pricing, marketing ethics, tourist behavior, corporate social…
Managing Editor
Bucharest University of Economics Studies, Romania
Luciana-Floriana Poenaru (Holostencu) is an assistant professor in the Tourism and Geography Department within the Business and Tourism Faculty at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies. She has been performing both didactic and research activities,…
Production and Communications Editor
Bucharest University of Economics Studies, Romania
PhD candidate in Business Administration at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies (since 2022). Holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration in Tourism (2020–2022) and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration in Commerce, Tourism, Services,…
Technical Editing
Editor coordinator Publishing House, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Final proofreading Publishing House, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Founding Editor
Gabriela Cecilia STĂNCIULESCU (1947-2023)
View ORCiD Profile →Professor Gabriela Stănciulescu's scientific activity was very complex and varied and was expressed in numerous books, studies, university courses, scientific articles, national and international research funding contracts. She has been awarded several prizes for her scientific research activities, such as: Nicolae Georgescu Roegen Diploma for Research, ASE Bucharest - 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004; National…