Savaş Karagöz, PhD is a Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at Aksaray University, Türkiye. He received his PhD in Curriculum and Instruction from Gazi University in 2014, following an MA in Educational Sciences from Erciyes University (2005) and a BA in Curriculum and Instruction (1999).

His research focuses on the history of Turkish education, teacher education, curriculum studies, and values education, with particular emphasis on the transition from the late Ottoman period to the early Republic. His work also addresses contemporary issues such as distance education, migration and education, and 21st-century skills.

Professor Karagöz has published extensively in national and international peer-reviewed journals and has presented at numerous international conferences. He is the author of several scholarly books, including works on Republican-era education reforms and the historical development of teacher training institutions in Türkiye, and has contributed chapters to edited volumes in the field.

He has been serving at Aksaray University since 2015, where he currently holds the position of Professor and Head of the Department of Educational Sciences. Prior to his academic career, he worked as a classroom teacher and school counselor under the Ministry of National Education (1999–2015).

He was born in Çanakkale. He graduated from the Biology Education undergraduate program of Kazım Karabekir Faculty of Education, Atatürk University in 2003. He worked as an English teacher at Erzurum Atatürk Primary School in the 2003-2004 academic year. He worked as a research assistant at Atatürk University in 2004, at Rize University (Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University) in 2008, and at Karadeniz Technical University in 2009. In 2011, he participated in the Erasmus Program (Erasmus IP) on sustainable development organized in Daugavpils University, Latvia. In 2012, he conducted research for 12 months in middle and high schools in the Los Angeles area through California State University, Long Beach with a TUBITAK Doctoral Sequence International Research Scholarship. In 2014, he completed his PhD in Biology Education in the Department of Secondary Science and Mathematics Education at KTU Institute of Educational Sciences. That same year, he was appointed assistant professor in the Faculty of Education at Bartın University. Between 2014 and 2016, he served as both Head of the Department of Science Education and Associate Dean. He was awarded the title of Associate Professor in Biology Education in 2019. He was appointed Professor in 2024. He currently teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Biology Education, conducts research on socioscientific issues, the use of technology in education, measurement and evaluation, and teacher education, and continues to serve as a faculty member in the Department of Science Education at Bartın University's Faculty of Education.

PhD in Art History (Universitat de València, 2005). He has taught at the Universitat Politècnica de València and the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. Since 2010 he teaches Art History and Film History at the Universitat de València.

As curator he is responsible for several international exhibitions dedicated to HR Giger (València 2007; Sant Sebastià 2009; Gruyerés 2017; Nantes 2017, Ciutat de Mèxic 2019; Barcelona 2021; Tabasco 2022), José Hernández (València, Madrid 2016; Denia 2022, Alcoi, Villena 2023), Joan Castejón (València 2017; Denia 2022), Film Design (València 2009) and Fantastic Art (València i Alacant 2013; Sant Sebastià 2014; Tabasco 2023).

In addition to conferences and lectures on art, film and avant-garde art, he has published numerous articles in specialized magazines and exhibition catalogs related to art and fantastic cinema.

As a screenwriter he has worked in television (Culto Cinemascope, Rolling Stone Colombia 2021) and film (Bayne Studios, New York, 2023).

Serkan COŞTU, who is married and has 3 children, was born in 1980 in Karabük. He completed his primary education at Karabük Demir-Çelik Primary School and middle school at Karabük Anatolian High School. Then, he attended his education at Çankırı TOBB (Süleyman Demirel) Science High School. After that, he started his education at Gazi University, Faculty of Education in Elementary Mathematics Teaching Program. He completed bachelor degree in 2003 and started his career as a teacher at Trabzon MoNE. He resigned from his job and November 2004 at started to work as a research assistant at Kafkas University. Later on September 2005, he was appointed do postgraduate education at Karadeniz Technical University. In 2009, he completed his master's degree in Elementary Mathematics Education. Between the years of 2009-2011, he take part in his doctoral studies and attended some projects and researches in Sweden and Denmark. After returning to Turkey, he gave his doctorate qualification and he participate in various projects within the scope of his work. In 2016, he went back to Kafkas University and is currently working in the Department of Elementary Mathematics Education at Dede Korkut Education Faculty.

Lisans: Hacettepe Üniversitesi

Yükseklisans: Amasya Üniverstiesi

Doktora: Gazi Üniversitesi