Dr.oec. Natalja Lace is a professor at Riga Technical University Faculty of Engineering Economics and Management. She is the Head of the Finance research and academic group and the Director of the Business Finance Master’s program, a Member of the Editorial Board of several academic journals and an expert on the Latvian Council of Science. Her pedagogic activities encompass bachelor, master, and doctoral programs: lecturing, supervising, and reviewing bachelor, master, and PhD theses.
Natalja is also an author, co-author, and editor of more than 100 scientific papers and books. She is involved in executing research projects sponsored by the Latvian Government and the Scientific Council of the Republic of Latvia. Her research interests are focused on critical success factors of small and medium-sized enterprises and innovation, as well as financial aspects of business. Natalja views that aesthetic and embodied learning for democracy and arts based and embodied learning methods bring new insights into pedagogical and research life, allowing not only the promotion of holistic students’ professional and personal development at the university, but also to contribute to the transformations in education in Latvia.