Ewa W. Maruszewska is a professor of accounting at the University of Economics in Katowice (UEK), Poland. Dr. Maruszewska has been a teacher and researcher at UEK since 1999 and has in parallel practical experience, including the position of chief accountant and financial director in an international corporation (2003-2018), expert of the behavioral team in the Ministry of Finance (2018-2019, 2023-present), and economic advisor in the National Bank of Poland (2019-2020). She also takes participation in field tests performed by EFRAG (2020-2022). She has expertise in money laundering, cash flow analyses for prosecutor’s offices and courts, and the scope of applying accounting regulations for the Supreme Audit Office. Her main research interests focus on ethics and decision-making in accounting, investigation of international financial reporting standards’ application, and accounting for business combinations. She greatly appreciates cooperation with researchers from other countries interested in different areas of economics, allowing for broad perspectives and interdisciplinary research.