Sophocles P. Geroules is a Leadership Researcher and Journalist, graduating as a valedictorian with distinction from the School of Journalism and Mass Media Communication, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, while continuing to study Risk Communication and Crisis Journalism at a postgraduate level. He has been a scholar of the Fulbright Foundation and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, while working as a researcher and academic associate in a series of academic projects, in cooperation with multiple international organizations. His main academic and professional interests focus on the development of strategic leadership.