Mirjana Čižmešija, PhD, is a full professor at the Department of Statistics, Faculty of Economics and Business Zagreb (FEB). Her doctoral thesis titled Statistical and methodological background of business tendency surveys was defended in 2001 at FEB. Her research interests include business and consumer surveys, statistical methods for management decision-making and business forecasting. She has been working on numerous research projects, out of which, founded by the Croatian Science Foundation, stand out: The role of economic sentiment in explaining macroeconomic trends: methodological improvements and new areas of application (as a project leader) and Economic sentiment: statistical, political, behavioural, and media aspects of its influence on economic activity (as a researcher). She has published more than 100 scientific articles and studies. She has been a reviewer for many respectable international journals, some of which are Quality & Quantity, Economic Research and The World Economy. She is a member of the review panels by Croatian Science Foundation and by the Swiss National Science Foundation and the member of the editorial board of several scientific journals and conferences. She was the Head of the Department of statistics and the president of the FEB Graduate studies committee.