Timo Aarrevaara is a Professor of Public Management at the University of Lapland, and has professional experience in public administration as well as in research and teaching. Aarrevaara has participated and conducted in several evaluating and auditing projects including evaluation of Arctic Smart Specialization, Public Engagement innovations for Horizon 2020 and Assessment of the Finnish research institutes and funding reform. Professor Aarrevaara has strong international higher education research links, and is a co-editor of Springer’s The Changing Academy Series and author or co-author of several papers and book chapters.