Sanja Arsova is a Doctoral Researcher at the South-East European Research Centre (SEERC, Greece) and a PhD graduate at the University of Sheffield (UK). Her PhD was part of the ReTraCE Project (Realising the Transition towards the Circular Economy), funded by Horizon 2020 EU’s Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks, aiming to support the implementation of the European Commission’s Circular Economy (CE) strategy. Her research is focusing on implementing CE policies at the regional level, and their links with smart specialisation strategies (S3). She has been involved in other EU projects related to the CE transition - completing secondment mobility with the ProCEdS project and co-authoring an E-Book for the JUST2CE project.

Before this engagement, Sanja had worked at the European Central Bank for two years, as a trainee in Directorate General Finance, and as an analyst in Directorate Internal Audit. She has also been involved in a transnational research project, which had the goal to enhance the research collaboration and cooperation between the EU and India.

Sanja holds a First-Class degree from the International Faculty of the University of Sheffield (City College, Greece) and during her BA (Hons) in Finance and Accounting, she was awarded as a Highly Commended Entrant in Economics Category (2017) and Business Category (2016) from the prestigious Undergraduate Awards.