Born in 1953, Durmuş Günay has made significant contributions to the field of higher education as an academic and administrator. He held faculty and administrative positions at various universities, rising to the rank of professor in 1999. He has researched and published articles and books on the philosophy of science and technology, higher education, and cultural issues in these areas. He served as a member of the Executive Board of the Council of Higher Education (YÖK) from 2008 to 2016.

Ronald Barnett is Emeritus Professor at the Institute of Education, University of London. He is a leading philosopher, theorist and analyst of higher education and, for the past thirty years, has been developing a social philosophy of the university, in which work he has been combating a ‘double undermining’ of higher education but also advancing practical principles and novel concepts as a way of glimpsing spaces for new kinds of understandings and practices.

He is the author of many influential books (several of which have won prizes), a noted speaker (having been a guest speaker at over 40 countries) and a consultant on higher education matters. For over twenty years, he taught on postgraduate courses and supervised doctoral students and continues to act as an external examiner.

Prof.Dr. Michael F. Shaughnessy is currently Professor of Educational Studies at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales, New Mexico USA. He has served as Editor in Chief of Gifted Education International and can be reached electronically at Michael.Shaughnessy@enmu.edu. His orcid i.d. is 0000 0002 1877 1319. His current research interests include talent development and intellectual assessment as well as the role of personality in giftedness, talent and creativity.

Dzintra Iliško is a Daugavpils University, Center of Sustainable Education, Latvia professor. She has Ph.D. at Fordham University, Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education, USA. Since 2019 she is an editorial member of IEJES International e-Journal of Educational Studies. E-ISSN: 2602-4241; Since 2010 A Member of the International Editorial Board of the JOURNAL OF TEACHER EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY, SCOPUS, and Since 2010 a member of the International Editorial Board and co-editor of DISCOURSE AND COMMUNICATION FOR SUSTAINABLE EDUCATION, ERIH + Since 2005 BBCC – Baltic & Black sea Circle Consortium in educational research) member

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2677-6005

Prof. Dr. Mehmet Şükrü Bellibaş completed his undergraduate education in Educational Sciences at Istanbul University (2009) and his doctorate in Educational Administration at Michigan State University (2014). Bellibaş, who became an Associate Professor in 2017, became a Professor in the field of Educational Sciences in 2024. Prof. Bellibaş currently works for the University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. Prof. Bellibaş has more than 50 articles published in journals indexed in respected national and international directories. Prof. Bellibaş's research area is educational administration.

Email: ch.maheshkar@gmail.com ; chandan.maheshkar@cdgi.edu.in

Professor Tilak economist of educatoin, specialist in educational policy and development studies, interestd in school and higher education.   Publsihed extenisvley.

Prof. Dr. Şahin Karasar, lisans eğitimini Anadolu Üniversitesi İletişim Bilimleri Fakültesi’nde, yüksek lisansını Marquette University Wisconsin’de ve doktorasını Anadolu Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü’nde tamamlamıştır. 2001-2004 yıllarında Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi’nde bölüm başkanlığı, dekan yardımcılığı ve rektör yardımcılığı görevlerini üstlenmiş, 2004-2005 yıllarında Kırgızistan-Türkiye Manas Üniversitesi'nde Radyo, Televizyon ve Sinema Bölüm Başkanı olarak görev yapmıştır. 2005’te Maltepe Üniversitesi’nde Dekan Yardımcısı olarak göreve başlayan Karasar, 2007-2010 yılları arasında Güzel Sanatlar Fakültesi Dekanlığı ve Rektör Yardımcılığı yapmıştır. 2010’da Türk Hava Yolları’nda Eğitim Başkanı olarak çalışmış, 2013-2022 yılları arasında Maltepe Üniversitesi Rektörlüğü görevini yürütmüştür. 2022 yılında T.C. MEB Şikago Eğitim Ataşeliği’ne atanmıştır. Halen İçişleri Bakanlığı Jandarma ve Sahil Güvenlik Akademisi Öğretim Üyesidir.