Karima BOUZIANE is an Associate Professor at Chouaib Doukkali University. She holds a Doctorate degree and a master’s degree in Cross-cultural Communication and Translation Studies from the same university. Her areas of interest are Cross-cultural Communication, New Media, Advertising, Audiovisual Translation, ESP and Translation. She serves as the head of a Research Team at the ALCS Laboratory (FLSH-UCD), focusing on Cross-cultural and Media Studies. Currently, she is supervising doctoral research projects related to gender-based issues in translation, multimedia news stories translation and cross-cultural engagement, machine-human hybrid translation (MT-HT). Furthermore, she is passionate about fostering research collaborations, particularly in the domains of cross-cultural communication and AI-powered translation, where technology and language converge to shape the future of communication. She is the editor-in-chief of the International Arab Journal of English for Specific Purposes (IAJESP), and of the Interdisciplinary Journal of Human and Social Studies (IJHSS). In addition to her editorial duties, she holds the position of President of the (scientific) Association for Management, Economics and Human Development. She is a researcher-collaborator at CEOS.PP ISCAP Portugal contributing to interdisciplinary research endeavors. She is coordinator of several Erasmus+ Mobility agreements and events (since 2016), through which more than 32 students benefited from Erasmus grants in different countries in Europe. In collaboration with her national and international colleagues, she has played an instrumental role in coordinating a series of noteworthy international events, including: The International Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences: Key Levers for Post-Covid Recovery, 4 July 2022, EL Jadida, Morocco, https://hss-22.sciencesconf.org/; and the 2nd Edition on Humanities and Social Sciences: Fostering Global Resilience through Cross-cultural Collaboration, 27-28 November, ISCAP, Porto, Portugal. https://hss23.sciencesconf.org/. She has also organized a number of Erasmus Staff Days focused on Internationalization. Now, Professor BOUZIANE is actively seeking new opportunities and a new role related to internationalization, research, and cooperation (at the national or international levels). She is enthusiastic about applying her expertise and knowledge to foster cross-cultural collaboration in academia and research.