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Daniel Meyer is a professor in the College of Business and Economics (CBE) at the University of Johannesburg (UJ), South Africa. He is a National Research Foundation (NRF) rated researcher. Daniel is a development economist and a specialist in regional and local economic development analysis and policy development. He has developed various innovative measurement tools, indexes, and scales to analyse regional economies. He has recently established a research unit with a focus on index development. He also has a research focus on macroeconomics and the links with good governance. He has authored more than 150 international peer-reviewed research papers since 2015 and has also presented more than 60 international conference papers, including a number of keynote addresses. His research is multidisciplinary through the combination of development economics, business, public management and governance. He has established a large international network of research partners with a strong focus on the Visegrad group of countries. He has also successfully completed and delivered more than 40 regional development strategies for local and provincial governments. He is active in the media with regular opinion pieces and involved in media interviews and discussions. He is also involved in various community development projects in his communities. During his academic career he has received a number of awards which include: most inspiring lecturer in 2012; Vice-Chancellor’s award for community engagement via the Vaal LED warrior initiative in 2016; media person of the year in 2016; most productive senior researcher on the NWU Vaal campus in 2016, 2017 and 2018; most productive senior researcher in the NWU Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences in 2019; runner-up most productive senior researcher in 2020 at NWU; and top 10 research award in the College of Business and Economics at UJ in 2022. His motto in life is: “Give more than you take!”