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Dr. Vana Chiou is a faculty member (Laboratory Teaching Staff) at the Department of Geography, University of the Aegean, Greece. Her research interests focus on contemporary teaching methods, assessment, teacher training, and inclusion in education. She is also a co-editor of the book series Voices from the Classroom (Waxmann Publications). She has contributed to various publications, including edited volumes, book chapters, and articles in both Greek and international journals. Additionally, she has participated in and co-coordinated several European projects..
Lotte Geunis is a political advisor with a proven track record on open government reforms, gender and inclusion. Lotte has consulted for the United Nations Development Programme, the World Bank, International IDEA and the Open Government Partnership. She is a PhD fellow at Maastricht University, focusing on political elites and youth participation. Lotte is the co-editor of three books and the author of over a dozen publications. She holds an MPhil from the University of Oxford and a BA from the University of Warwick..
Oliver Holz, Prof. Dr. phil., M.A. (1970); MA in educational sciences and psychology; PhD in educational sciences; coordinator and organiser of European network(s); research with the emphasis on comparative educational science; employed at the KU Leuven, various publications on relevant educational subjects..
Working at Izmir University of Economics, School of Foreign Languages since 2008, Nesrin Oruç Ertürk has earned her PhD degree from Anadolu University in 2007, assigned as an Assoc. Prof. Dr. in 2014 and appointed as Prof. Dr. in 2019. Her main interest areas are Lifelong Learning, teacher training, and second language acquisition. She has published many books and has many articles published in national and international journals. She has carried research and taught abroad in departments of linguistics at different universities (State University of New York, SUNY, USA; Universidad de Alcala, Spain). Since 2015, she has been assigned as the director of EKOSEM (İzmir University of Economics, Continuing Education Center) and is a member of the Executive Board of TUSEM (The Council of Turkish Universities Continuing Education Centers)..
Justyna Ratkowska-Pasikowska, assistant professor at the Department of Educational Sciences of the University of Lodz. Specialist in the scope of Psychological Aid in the Area of Sexology. Author of numerous scientific publications. Her interests include human sexuality, femininity, initiation, as well as psychoanalysis as a tool of text interpretation..
Fiona Shelton, Doctoral Candidate, MAEd, BEd, FHEA, MCCT. Current doctoral research focuses on memories of primary school from 1944 – 2009. Master of Arts in Education focusing on the role of the stakeholder in curriculum design. Fiona has 25 years of experience in the education sector in schools and Higher Education, Fiona is currently Dean of Students and Head of the Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching.