Dr. Barış Eriçok is a faculty member at Ordu University, Faculty of Education. He holds a BA in English Language Teaching, an MA in Educational Administration, and a PhD in Educational Administration, Supervision, Planning, and Economics from Hacettepe University. His doctoral research focused on the internationalization policies of higher education in Türkiye. Currently, he is a postdoctoral researcher at the University College of Teacher Education Vienna (Pädagogische Hochschule Wien), Austria. His research interests include internationalization of higher education, educational leadership, international mobility, quality assurance, academic brain drain, and the implications of artificial intelligence for education. Dr. Eriçok actively contributes to national and international academic journals as an author and reviewer and is open to interdisciplinary research collaborations. Contact: barisericok[at]gmail.com

Dr. Melike Günbey is an assistant professor of Educational Administration at Faculty of Education at Giresun University, Türkiye, specializing in higher education administration and graduate education. She holds a Ph.D. in Educational Administration from Ankara University (2022), where her research focused on academic identity construction during doctoral education. Her research interests include higher education, academic identity, inclusive education and early career researchers. In addition to her research, Dr. Günbey teaches undergraduate in introduction to education and inclusive education and master degree courses in higher education administration and qualitative methods. Dr. Günbey is currently conducting her postdoctoral research project titled “A Guide for Early Career Researchers: An Identity Development Program” at Campus Fryslan, University of Groningen.