lecturer at the Institute of Landscape Architecture. She is also a vice dean for international relations of the Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Engineering SUA in Nitra. She has long‐term experience in coordinating international research and educational projects, organizing training schools and workshops. She is currently coordinating a national research project on green infrastructure in urban areas and landscapes, in the context of changing climate. Her research interests include assessment and design of the various types of urban greenery; assessment of the recreational potential of the open spaces and landscapes; new trends and smart solutions in the fields of landscape architecture and presents of the fruit trees and activities of urban gardening in the cities. She is the author and co‐author of 15 publications in the WOS and SCOPUS databases, 1 scientific monograph, with 73 citations (in WOS and SCOPUS databases – 49 citations). She is a member of Steering Committee of Slovak Association for Garden Design and Landscaping.
Marwa Biltagy received the prize of Best MSc and PhD thesis at Cairo University in 2005 and 2010, respectively. She was also awarded the Encouragement Prize from Cairo University in the field of Humanities and Educational Sciences in 2016 and has received many awards from Cairo University for Outstanding Scientific Publishing in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020. In addition, she won the State Incentive Award for Women in the field of Social Sciences in 2020. She is a member in several professional associations, such as American Economic Association (AEA), Middle East Economic Association (MEEA), and International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFE), and her work has been published in many publications in prestigious international journals.
Brett Bligh is a lecturer in the Department of Educational Research, Lancaster University, UK. His research interrogates the nexus of institutional change and technology through an activity theory lens. Much of his research concerns adult learners and, particularly, the higher education sector. Recurring themes include co‐design, interventionist methodologies, and the roles of the built environment in educational institutions. He is co‐director of the Centre for Technology Enhanced Learning and co‐editor of the diamond open‐access journal Studies in Technology Enhanced Learning. He is currently leading on a project co‐producing a new communal garden space with university, further education college, school, and local community stakeholders.
Sarah Briggs is a Sustainability Project Officer at Keele University, UK. She has a BSc in Environment and Sustainability and is currently studying for an MA in Higher Education Practice. In her role, she works across estates and operations, and student and academic spheres, and provides direct support to students who are interested in developing their own sustainability projects. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
S. Caeiro holds an undergraduate degree in Environmental Engineering from NOVA University of Lisbon and a master's in Science in Coastal Zones from the University of Aveiro. She also holds a doctorate in Environmental Engineering from NOVA University, and in Habilitation in Sustainability, Environment and Global Changes from the Universidade Aberta (UAb). She is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Science and Technology at UA and a Senior Researcher at the Centre for Sustainability and Environmental Research (CENSE) at NOVA University. She also collaborates with the e‐learning laboratory of UAb. Her main research and teaching areas include environmental management and assessment, education for sustainable development, e‐learning, and environmental sciences. She is the coordinator of the PhD in Social Sustainability and Development, and vice‐coordinator of the Complementary Program for Environmental Engineering at UAb. She is Associate Editor for the Journal of Cleaner Production, Elsevier.
Kristína Candráková is a referent actively working with projects and courses at the Project Grants and Lifelong Learning Center at the Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Engineering at Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra. She is currently working within the EU‐supported project “Support of information activities focused on flood risk mitigation and on objective information about negative impact of the climate change.” She is also responsible for administering accredited courses and for co‐organizing scientific conferences and similar events.
Madawa Chandratilake, MBBS (Colombo), MMEd (Dundee), PhD (Dundee), is the Chair and Professor of Medical Education, at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, and an external tutor for the Centre for Medical Education, University of Dundee, UK. He has extended his consultancy services in medical education to many countries, including the UK, Malaysia, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Oman. His interests in medical education embrace professionalism, assessment curriculum development, and quality assurance. He has been an invited speaker at many national and international conferences and a resource person for many workshops. He has edited a book, authored many book chapters in medical education, published research papers extensively in well‐reputed academic journals, and presented these papers at national and international conferences. He has expanded his research interests to clinical reasoning and the use of augmented reality and virtual reality technologies in supplementing health professions education.
Erandika K. de Silva uses an interdisciplinary approach to voice her concerns for social justice. She is a lecturer in English Literature at the University of Jaffna. Her first degree is a BA (Hons) in English from the University of Peradeniya. She was an APMA scholar funded by the European Commission's European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) and holds an MA in Human Rights and Democratization from Mahidol University, Thailand. She is currently pursuing her graduate studies in English.
Estela Díaz is a researcher and lecturer in the Department of Business Management at Pontifical University Comillas‐Madrid, and is an activist for human and animal rights, non‐governmental organization (NGO) advisor, and humane educator. She holds a PhD in Economics and Business Administration (Universidad Pontificia Comillas), a master's in Sustainability and CSR (UNED and UJI), a master's in Research in Economics and Business Administration (Universidad Pontificia Comillas), and a degree in Law (University of Granada). Her principal area of research focuses on ethical and transformative consumption, human–animal relations, gender, sustainable transitions, theories of power, and education. She also supervises doctoral students, has presented papers in conferences and seminars, and has published in high‐impact journals such as Human Ecology Review, Psychology & Marketing, Macromarketing, Sustainability, Anthrozoös, and Society & Animals.
Samanmala Dorabawila is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics at the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, and was the Head of the Department of Law at the same University. She was a Visiting Scholar at the American University Washington, DC, and completed the Graduate Certificate on Gender Analysis in Economics. She received her MA. and PhD in Economics from Clark University in the US, and her M Sc in Applied Statistics from the Postgraduate Institute of Science, University of Peradeniya. Her research interest lies in labor, gender, health, and development economics. Currently, she functions as a member of American‐ and European‐funded projects and was the coordinator of a project funded by the World Bank.
Varunadatta Edirisinghe holds a bachelor's degree in Western Classical Culture from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, a master's in Latin, and a PhD in Greek and Latin from Indiana University in the US. She is a Senior Lecturer attached to the Department of Classical Languages, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, and, among other courses, teaches ancient Greek and Latin, Greek and Latin literature, and literary criticism. Her research interests include Greek and Latin poetry, drama, philosophy, comparisons of Greek, Latin, and Theravada Buddhist literature, and art and disability.
Iman El‐Kaffass is an academic and international consultant with proven expertise consulting with international development and donor organizations as well as with government agencies, public and private enterprises, and local non‐governmental organizations (NGOs) around the world. Her consultancy work, teaching, and publications focus on education transformation, youth, and women entrepreneurial development, and organizational assessment and development. She has worked and consulted in sub‐Saharan Africa, the Near East and North Africa, Central and Southwest Asia, and the Americas. She is a holder of a PhD in Higher Education Administration from