Vasilii Erokhin is an Associate Professor, School of Economics and Management, Harbin Engineering University, China. Since 2017, Dr. Erokhin is a researcher at the Center for Russian and Ukrainian Studies (CRUS) and Arctic Blue Economy Research Center (ABERC) Harbin Engineering University, China. In 2018, Dr. Erokhin also joined Key West University (Florida, USA) as an Adjunct Professor in Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, and History of Economic Thought. Dr. Erokhin is an author of over 170 scientific works in the areas of international trade, globalization, sustainable development, food security issues with a focus on emerging markets, developing countries, and economies in transition. His major book titles include Global Perspectives on Trade Integration and Economies in Transition (2016), Establishing Food Security and Alternatives to International Trade in Emerging Economies (2017), and Handbook of Research on International Collaboration, Economic Development, and Sustainability in the Arctic (2018). Dr. Erokhin is a Guest Editor at MDPI Sustainability and MDPI Economies; an Associate Editor at Springer’s Journal of Knowledge Economy; a member of the Editorial Review Board at IGI International Journal of Sustainable Economies Management (IJSEM); an editorial board member at a number of international journals and publications. Dr. Erokhin is a holder of the honorary awards from the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. He is a holder of Publons Peer Review Award 2018 “Top 1% of Reviewers in the Spheres of Environment and Ecology” for elite contribution to scholarly peer review and editorial pursuits internationally and outstanding commitment to protecting the integrity and accuracy of published research.
Gao Tianming is an Associate Professor, School of Economics and Management, Harbin Engineering University, China. He obtained his Bachelor degree in Industrial External Trade from Harbin Engineering University, Master degree in Management from the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation, and Ph.D. degree in International Economics from Moscow State Institute of International Relations under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. He has over 15 years of professional experience as a general representative of Chinese transnational corporation in Russia and the CIS. He is a Director and Chief Expert of the Center for Russian and Ukrainian Studies (CRUS) and Arctic Blue Economy Research Center (ABERC) at Harbin Engineering University, Deputy Head of the Heilongjiang International Economic and Trade Association, leading consultant of governmental bodies and commercial organizations in the sphere of economic collaboration between China, Russia, and the Republic of Korea. Dr. Gao is an author of many publications related to China’s Arctic policy and developments, China-Russia and China-Nordic collaboration in the spheres of economic development, industrial policy, and investment. He is a member of the Scientific Board of the Research Network on Resources Economics and Bioeconomy (RebResNet) and a regular member of the editorial boards in Marketing and Logistics journal, Public Administration Aspects journal, Grani almanac, and Agricultural Bulletin of Stavropol Region.