Elona Karafili
2024-11-01 19:47Elona Karafili
Dr.
ELONA KARAFILI
Departament:
Research Center in Architecture, Engineering and Design
Contact:
elona_karafili@universitetipolis.edu.al
ACADEMIC PROFILE
Elona Karafili is a qualified professional in the field of economic development. She is a lecturer and researcher at POLIS University, Tirana, Albania since 2007. She holds a PhD in Urban Planning from Ferrara University and Polis University. Elona currently holds the position of the Deputy Rector of POLIS University. Her main topics of interest and expertise include regional economic development and territorial competitiveness, which she has explored through a number of projects that focus on place-based innovation.
Dr. Karafili has extensive experience in designing and directing research and capacity building projects. She is enthusiastic to strengthen the innovation ecosystem in Albania through fostering co-creative processes, academia–business collaboration and knowledge transfer, startup support and commercialization of research.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Karafili, E., Aliaj, B., Sula, A., & Tafaj, M. (2024). The Challenges of Higher Education Reform in Albania in the Post-Communist Transition Period. IntechOpen. DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.1005534
Karafili, E.; Nientied P. (2023) “Polis University after the lean startup”, International Business Research; Vol. 16, No. 2, Canadian Center of Science and Education https://doi.org/10.5539/ibr.v16n2p40
Karafili, E.: Aliaj, B.: Nientied P. (2022) “Review of the regulatory framework and provision of post-secondary and higher vet in Albania”, UNDP, Tirana https://www-dev.undp.org/albania/publications/review-regulatory-framework-and-provision-post-secondary-and-higher-vet-albania
Karafili, E. (2021) “Cluster Dynamics in Transition Economies – the case of Albania”, Springer, DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69842-3
