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Anoma Abhayaratne is a Professor in Economics, at the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. She received her PhD in Economics and MA in Econometrics from the University of Essex, UK, and her MPhil and BA (Hons) from the University of Peradeniya. During her 37 years of teaching career at the university, she served in administrative positions including Head of the Departmen and Dean of the Faculty, and was a member of the Governing Council of the University. She was a Visiting Professor at the University of Essex, UK, Rouen University, France, University of Malaya, Malaysia, and South Asian University, India. Her research interests are in the areas of development‐related issues including poverty, FDI, foreign aid, social welfare, and the empowerment of marginalized persons. She has wide experience in coordinating international projects and is currently the coordinator of two international projects.

Saira Ahmed works at the Capital University of Science & Technology (CUST) in Pakistan as the Director of the Directorate of Sustainability and Environment. She is also the founding director for the research group on Solutions to Energy & Environmental Problems (STEEP). She is extensively involved in supervising peer‐reviewed research and teaches courses in Microeconomics, Public Finance, and Environmental Impact Assessment. Dr. Ahmed was awarded a PhD in Economics, Markets, and Institutions from the IMT Institute for Advanced Studies, Italy, in 2010. She is the team lead for Pakistan's COVID‐19 fiscal response project for the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada, and the Partnerships for Economic Prosperity (PEP) Network. She is also the lead coordinator for the Pakistan–Italy Network (PIN), an emerging initiative of the Agency for Italian Development Cooperation (AICS) for building international technical, vocational, and research collaborations.

Hassan Ali is a Telecoms Relationship Manager with four years' experience working alongside the executive team of Pakistan Telecommunications Mobile Ltd – Ufone. He specializes in project management and is responsible for capacity building and training of other employees on the use of progressive machine‐learning systems and applications, including mass communication procedures and organizational applications. He has extensive experience in project coordination and execution. He has served as the Project Associate for the Youth Communicators for Development program of the Luiss Business School, Italy. During the course of the program, he handled multiple teams and field projects across five remote districts of Pakistan. He obtained his MS degree in Project Management from Bahria University, Pakistan, in 2018 and his MSc in Banking and Finance in 2016. He is currently pursuing Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI), in the US.

P. Bacelar‐Nicolau holds a degree in Plant and Applied Biology at the University of Lisbon, Portugal, and a PhD in Environmental Microbiology at the University of North Wales, Bangor, UK. She is Assistant Professor at the Universidade Aberta (UAb), Portugal. She is also a senior researcher at the Centre for Functional Ecology at the Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal, and a collaborator researcher at the E‐learning Laboratory of UAb. Her main research areas include e‐learning in environmental sciences, education for sustainable development, biology conservation, and environmental microbiology. She has mentored several postgraduate students, published papers in peer‐review International Scientific Information (ISI) journals, book chapters, and international conference proceedings, and has participated in several international research and development projects.

Mária Bihuňová is researcher and 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 Bowling Green State University, Ohio.

Javier Esquer has a BSc in Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Sonora (UNISON), and holds a Doctor of Science degree in Cleaner Production from the University of Massachusetts Lowell as well as a Sustainable Development Certificate from UNISON. He is currently working as a full‐time Professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering and in the Sustainability Graduate Program at UNISON. Dr. Esquer has been an enthusiastic promoter of sustainable development in his community and has participated in several initiatives on environmental awareness. Additionally, he has authored and co‐authored articles in scientific/academic publications with international recognition and has been a speaker and lecturer at international events. His areas of interest include, among others, sustainable development, pollution prevention, occupational health and safety, cleaner production, sustainability management systems, energy efficiency, and education for sustainable development.

Chih‐Peng Fan received his BS, MS, and PhD degrees, all in electrical engineering, from the National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, in 1991, 1993, and 1998, respectively. In 2003, he joined the Department of Electrical Engineering at National Chung Hsing University in Taiwan, becoming an Associate Professor in 2007and a full Professor in 2013. He has more than 110 publications, including technical journals, technical reports, book chapters, and conference papers. His teaching and research interests include deep‐learning for digital image processing and pattern recognition, digital video coding and processing, digital baseband transceiver design, very large‐scale integration (VLSI) design for digital signal processing (DSP), and fast prototype of DSP systems with FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array)‐based and embedded SOC platforms. He is member of the editorial boards for the Journal of Image and Graphics (since 2020) and the Journal of Real‐Time Image Processing (since July 2021), and has been Supervisor of the Taiwan Consumer Electronics Society since 2020.

H. Gaber is a full Professor in the Faculty of Energy Systems and Nuclear Science at Ontario Tech University, and director of the Smart Energy Systems Lab (SESL). He is the recipient of the Senior Research Excellence Award for 2016 and is recognized among the top 2% of scientists worldwide in the area of energy. He leads national and international research in the areas of smart energy grids, resilient hybrid energy systems, and plasma‐based waste to energy. Dr. Gabbar obtained his BSc with first class honors from Alexandria University (Egypt, 1988) and gained his PhD from Okayama University (Japan, 2001). He joined the Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan, 2001–2004), as a research associate and Okayama University (Japan, 2004–2008) as an Associate Professor, in the Division of Industrial Innovation Sciences. He has more than 230 publications, including patents, books and chapters, journal articles, and conference papers.

Kelum A. A. Gamage received his BSc in Electrical Engineering from the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka and his PhD from the University of Lancaster, UK. He is an Associate Professor in the James Watt School of Engineering, a Co‐Director of the Centre for Educational Development and Innovation and a winner of the Teaching Excellence Individual Award (2020/21) at the University of Glasgow, UK. He is also the founder and co‐lead of the University Sustainability in Learning and Teaching Community of Practice and a member of the University Sustainability Working Group (SWG). He holds the position of Visiting Professor at Sri Lanka Technological Campus (SLTC).

He has authored over 150 peer‐reviewed technical articles and book chapters, and also holds a patent. He is the Editor‐in‐Chief for STEM Education Section of Education Sciences (MDPI, Switzerland,), editor of Humanities & Social Sciences Communications (Springer Nature), and Sensors (MDPI, Switzerland). He is also a Chartered Engineer of the Engineering Council (UK), a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a Fellow of the IET, and a Fellow of Royal Society of Arts and a Senior Member of IEEE.

Nanda Gunawardhana works as the Director of Research and International Affairs at Sri Lanka Technological Campus, Sri Lanka. Prior to that, he worked as the Director of the International Research Centre at the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. He received a bachelor's degree specializing in Chemistry from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, and a PhD from Baylor University in the US. He has worked as a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) postdoctoral fellow at Saga University, Japan, and at the Fukuoka Industry and Science Foundation, Japan.

He has authored over 100 peer‐reviewed technical articles and a book chapter, and also holds a patent. He was named the best young scientist in Sri Lanka by the National Science Foundation, and by the Third World Academy of Science, Italy in 2015. In addition, he is a recipient of Presidential awards for his scientific publications. He has received many research and capacity‐building grants from the European Union, Pakistan, Japan, and Sri Lanka. Since 2012, he has worked as the Associate Editor of the International Journal of Chemistry (The Canadian Center of Science and Education).

Felicity Healey‐Benson, founder of EmergentThinkers.com and co‐founder, with Professor David A. Kirby, of the Harmonious Entrepreneurship Society, is an academic, Entrepreneurial Learning Champion, and doctoral candidate at the University of Wales Trinity St. David. Her phenomenological research supporting the facilitation of higher‐order thinking focuses on future‐proofing educator professional development. She graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Science and Swansea University. Passionate about sustainability, she is committed to promoting entrepreneurship, and specifically a harmonious approach, as key to the transformation of our current learning ecosystem, promoting new literacies and applied creativity and innovation in support of the United Nations' Sustainability Development Goals.

D. Hoornweg, PhD, PEng, is Associate Professor, Associate Dean, and Richard Marceau Chair at Ontario Tech University. For almost 20 years Dan was with the World Bank, including as Lead Advisor overseeing Sustainable Cities and Climate Change programs. He was the Chief Safety and Risk Officer for the Province of Ontario 2012–2020 (Technical Standards and Safety Authority, TSSA). His academic background includes degrees in Earth Sciences, a master's in Environmental Engineering and a PhD in Civil (Sustainability) Engineering (University of Toronto, 2015). He researches energy and material flows of cities and urban systems. He is a Fellow with Canada's Transition Accelerator, the Global Cities Institute at University of Toronto, and Futures Cities at Evergreen Brickworks.

Ján Horák is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Engineering, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra. He received his PhD in landscaping in 2009. His main teaching area is climatology and his research is focused on studying the application of biochar to soil on greenhouse gas emissions, the physical and chemical properties of soil, and crop yields. He has over 30 peer‐reviewed publications in impactful journals related to his research topics, and has coordinated and participated in several national and international educational and scientific projects.

Tatiana Kaletová is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Engineering, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Slovakia. She is a teacher of Hydraulics, Forest Amelioration, and Agricultural Water Management, and the practical training Monitoring of Environment. Her research focuses on the impact of land use on water quality and quantity in the landscape, especially the agricultural landscapre. She is an author and co‐author of several textbooks and scientific articles and cooperates closely with teachers and researchers from Europe and Uzbekistan. She coordinates and participates in several national and international educational and scientific projects.

Hesam Kamalipour is Co‐Director of the MA Urban Design Programme and the Co‐Founding Director of the Public Space Observatory Research Centre at Cardiff University, UK. His research has focused on the challenge of understanding the dynamics of informal urbanism and the ways in which different forms of informality work in a global context. He has previously served as Research Fellow at Monash University, Research Assistant and Guest Lecturer in Urban Design at the University of Melbourne, and Doctoral Academy Member at the Melbourne Social Equity Institute. He holds a PhD in Urban Design from the University of Melbourne.

David A. Kirby, professor, is a pioneer of entrepreneurship education in the UK and internationally and holder of The Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion. At the University of Durham (1988–1996), where he held the UK's first Chair in Entrepreneurship, and at the University of Surrey (2000–2017) he taught entrepreneurship to both Business and Engineering students, while at the British University in Egypt (2007–2017) he introduced entrepreneurship not only to the university, but to the country. With Felicity Healey‐Benson he co‐founded, in Global Entrepreneurship Week 2020, The Harmonious Entrepreneurship Society based on his research with Dr. Iman El‐Kaffass. He is an Honorary Professor of Almaty Management University and the University of Wales Trinity St. David, and a member of the Accreditation Council for Entrepreneurial and Engaged Universities.

Lelia Kiš‐Glavaš has full Professor tenure at the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences, Department for Inclusive Education and Rehabilitation. She is coordinator for students with disabilities at the faculty and a member of the scientific board. From 2004 to 2009 she was Vice Dean for Science and from 2009 to 2011 she was international cooperation leader. From 2012 to 2014 she was a director of study programs Rehabilitation and Educational Rehabilitation. At the University of Zagreb (2007–2016), she was chair of the committee for students with disabilities and was a leader of Tempus project “Education for Equal Opportunities at Croatian Universities – EduQuality.” She is a member of number of professional non‐governmental organizations (NGOs) and committees and she has participated in creating several legal drafts. She is a member of the Croatian National Board for the improvement the social dimension of higher education and of the Government of the Republic of Croatia Committee for persons with disabilities.

Rebecca Laycock Pedersen is a Postdoctoral Researcher and Assistant Coordinator for Sustainability in Education at Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH), Sweden. Her interests lie in using sustainability education to shape a better future, especially through the medium of food and food‐growing. Her doctoral research focused on understanding how to manage the impacts of students' transience in student‐led university food gardens, focusing on the National Union of Students‐funded program, “Student Eats.” She has also worked with embedding sustainability across disciplinary curricula and in the student experience at an institutional level at both Keele University, UK, and BTH. She has a Postgraduate Certification in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education and, in 2017, she won an Excellence Award in Teaching and Learning for her participatory, inclusive, and student‐centered approach to teaching.

Beatriz Ledesma Cano is a researcher at the Applied Physics Department of the University of Extremadura (Spain). Skilled in the use of biomass, hydrocarbonization, gasification, adsorption, and energy, she has published papers, book chapters, and international conference proceedings. Her research work is complemented by teaching tasks through the direction of final degree projects, seminars or laboratory practices, participation in teaching innovation groups, and numerous teacher training courses. She has interests in ethical competencies, project‐based learning, development cooperation, and education for sustainable development, and has participated in the publication of book chapters related to these topics.

Azza Malik is a Research Associate and an analyst. She works on interdisciplinary research in different fields, but mostly on business and marketing related themes. She is also a data science professional and provides analysis for companies, and has been a tutor for undergraduate students and has mentored them in their pursuits. She likes to spend time reading and researching on how to build a sustainable environment and making it carbon free. Her aim is to build multisectoral strategies to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in her country, Pakistan. Currently she is doing an MS in Marketing at the Faculty of Management and Social Sciences, Capital University of Science & Technology (CUST), Pakistan.

M. Mapar holds an undergraduate degree in industrial engineering from Kar University, Qazvin, Iran, a master's in Environmental Management (Health, Safety, and Environment), and a PhD in Environmental Management, both the latter from Tehran Science and Research Branch, Azad University, Tehran, Iran. Currently, she is a Research Collaborator and Post‐Doctoral Researcher at the Centre for Environmental and Sustainability Research (CENSE) at NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal. She also collaborates with the Department of Sciences and Technology at Universidade Aberta (UAb), Portugal. Her research activity is centered on sustainability assessment and management, including public sector and higher education institutions, assessment indicators, and the integration of health, safety, and environmental (HSE) aspects of sustainability.

Kosala Marambe, MBBS (Colombo), PhD (Maastricht), is Professor and Head of the Department Medical Education of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, and has contributed to undergraduate teaching and student assessments in the university's Faculties of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences and postgraduate training through the Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo. She also supervises MPhils and PhDs in health professions education and is 2021–2022 President of the College of Medical Educationists, Sri Lanka. She has published her work in national and international peer‐reviewed journals, conferences, and seminars and has authored book chapters, edited conference proceedings, and served as a reviewer for national and international conferences and journals. She also has wide experience in coordinating and conducting staff development programs for academic staff of the faculties of health sciences, and in curriculum review and revision work, coordinating the quality assurance activities, and developing innovative teaching learning methods.

J. McKellar is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Energy Systems and Nuclear Science at Ontario Tech University and is a licensed Professional Engineer in Ontario, Canada. She leads the Energy Systems Analysis research group. The group's goal is to contribute to the development of sustainable energy systems by (i) developing analytical tools in support of decision‐ and policy‐making, and (ii) completing techno‐economic and environmental assessments of energy systems. Dr. McKellar has taught courses on Solar Energy Technologies, Fuel Cell Design, and Life Cycle Assessment. Her undergraduate and master's degrees are in Chemical Engineering, and her doctorate is in Civil Engineering, with a focus on Environmental Engineering. Following her PhD, she held a Postdoctoral Fellowship jointly with the Universities of Toronto and Calgary. Prior to pursuing her PhD, she worked in environmental consulting, focusing on air quality.

Amparo Merino is researcher and lecturer in the Department of Business Management at Pontifical University Comillas‐Madrid, where she teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses related to strategic management, social entrepreneurship, and business and sustainability. Her research trajectory is framed by the multidisciplinary research field of Sustainability Transitions, and her current research interests focus on three levels: individual agency (e.g. sustainable behavior and interconnectedness with nature), organizations (e.g. social enterprise and business models for sustainability), and underlying structures (e.g. business logics and institutional entrepreneurship; critical, emancipatory, and transformative approaches to education for sustainability). In these areas she has taken part in several funded research projects and published scientific papers in high‐impact journals, such as Environmental Education Research, Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, Journal of Cleaner Production, International Journal of Management Education, Journal of Macromarketing, and Human Ecology Review. She also supervises doctoral students and participates in conferences related to sustainability transitions.

Ján Mezey's activity is aimed at optimizing the growing technologies of fruit trees and grapevines in the context of preserving and increasing the content of bioactive substances in fruits. It is also focuses on the selection and analysis of nutritional indicators of individual species and varieties and the subsequent optimization of technological processing of fruits into juices with the aim of preserving bioactive and other substances.

Ivana Mezeyová is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Vegetable Production, Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Engineering, SUA, Nitra, Slovakia. In addition to activities related to pedagogical activities, her main activities include research and collaboration on several projects. Her scientific and research activities are associated with the management of field experiments with spices, aromatic plants, and lesser‐known species of vegetables, selected laboratory analyses, data processing, and statistical analyses. During her doctoral studies she participated on scientific research led by Professor RNDr. Bernard Šiška, PhD, who contributed to the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 being awarded to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). She led an international project funded by the V4 (Visegrad: Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic) Foundation, focusing on lesser‐known vegetable species and spice and aromatic plants. She is the author and co‐author of four publications in the WOS and SCOPUS databases, and she has 57 citations in these databases.

Nora Munguía is an alumna of the doctoral program at the University of Massachusetts Lowell in Engineering Science with a major in Cleaner Production. She is full time Professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering and also serves as a researcher in the Sustainable Development Graduate Program in the University of Sonora in Mexico. Dr. Munguia is a member of the National System of Researchers and her most recent works are focused on promoting strategies to prevent, eliminate, and reduce occupational hazards in the Mexican industry.

Sergio Nogales Delgado was born in Badajoz (Spain) in 1984. He is researcher at the Department of Chemical Engineering and Physical Chemistry at University of Extremadura (UEX, Spain). His main interests are related to a wide range of fields, such as minimally processed fruits and vegetables, biomass or biodiesel, and biolubricant production, among others. During his career, he has had the opportunity to share this knowledge, being involved in different teaching tasks, mainly at university level (such as scientific exhibitions, seminars, laboratory practices, and especially final degree projects). As a result, he has taken part in different education projects in order to create brief didactic guides or publish the main insights in several research articles.

Asela Olupeliyawa, MBBS (Colombo), PhD (NSWS), is Professor in Medical Education at Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo. He has over 15 years' experience in curriculum and assessment development in medical education. He was the former Director of Curriculum Implementation of the MBBS program at Colombo and currently leads quality assurance activities at the Faculty of Medicine. He graduated in Medicine in 2005 and obtained his PhD at the University of New South Wales, Australia in 2012. His PhD thesis investigates how workplace‐based assessment among medical students facilitates the learning of collaborative competencies for internship. He has over 20 peer‐reviewed publications and over 50 international presentations, and is first author in original research publishing in high‐impact medical education journals such as Academic Medicine, Medical Education, and Medical Teacher. He has extensive experience in faculty development of medical teachers, postgraduate clinical educators, and teachers in other health professions.

Nastaran Peimani is the Co‐Director of the MA Urban Design Programme and the Co‐Founding Director of the Public Space Observatory Research Centre at Cardiff University, UK. Her research focuses on the intersections of urban design, the built environment, and urban transport. Her recent projects have investigated transit urbanism, urban morphology, spatiality of street vending, public space and urbanity, and urban design education and pedagogy. She holds a PhD in Urban Design from the University of Melbourne.

Gominda Ponnamperuma, MBBS (Colombo), Dip. Psychology (Colombo), MMEd (Dundee), PhD (Dundee), is Professor and Head of Department of Medical Education, in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. He has served as an invited speaker and resource person in many international symposia and conferences. Author of several journal articles and books, he sits on the editorial boards of four international medical education journals. He is a postgraduate tutor, examiner, and resource material developer for national and international medical education courses. He has served as an advisor, visiting professor, consultant, and fellow in several academic institutes and educational projects and is a founder co‐chair of the Asia Pacific Medical Education Network (APME‐Net). His research interests are in assessment (including selection for training), and curriculum development and evaluation.

Amir Qayyum is currently Professor at Capital University of Science and Technology (CUST), Islamabad, Pakistan. He obtained his master's degree and PhD from the University of Paris‐Sud, France in 1996 and 2000, respectively, and completed his research work at INRIA, Rocquencourt, France. He did his bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering at the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, in 1991. He is the founding director of the Center of Research in Networks and Telecom (CoReNeT) and has led several funded research projects. He has numerous publications in international conferences and journals. His research interests include wireless networks, software‐defined networking, vehicular and mobile ad hoc networks, and sensor networks for healthcare. He is also a founding member of Pakistan France Alumni Network (PFAN). In recognition of his services for research and cultural collaborations with France, he was awarded the medal of “Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques” by the Government of France.

Zoe Robinson is a Professor of Sustainability in Higher Education, Co‐Director of the Institute for Sustainable Futures, and Director of Education for Sustainability at Keele University, UK, with responsibility for embedding sustainability across the curriculum and student experience. She is a researcher, educator, and practitioner in the field of sustainability science with a background in sustainability, climate change, and energy transition education, and community engagement. In recognition of her work in education for sustainability, she was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship in 2012, is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (PFHEA), and was shortlisted in the “Most Innovative Teacher of the Year” category of the Times Higher Education Award in 2019. She has worked in an advisory capacity around education for sustainability for the Environmental Association of Universities and Colleges and National Union of Students and was in the Advisory Group of the new QAA and Advance HE (2021) Education for Sustainable Development Guidance.

Silvia Román Suero (Badajoz, 1980) is full time Professor at the Applied Physics Department of the University of Extremadura (UEX, Spain) and is involved in teaching subjects such as physics, thermodynamics, thermal engineering, thermosolar plants, energy from biomass, and energy storage. Her research is mainly focused on the use of biomass waste as fuel or as activated carbon precursor, by means of different thermal processes, as well as the application of carbon porous materials in adsorption processes both in liquid and gas phases. With her teaching duties, Silvia tries to provide additional skills to her students, and she is always open to educational innovation to enhance abilities such as teamwork, challenge‐based learning, and resilience. Regarding a more social aspect, she tries to incorporate methodologies in which she covers environmental issues, gender approaches, empathy and respect towards others, and strength of self‐esteem. She is currently the coordinator of the UAE (Unidad de Atención al Estudiante, in English, Student Office) of the Industrial Engineering School of the UEX.

John Scahill is a lecturer and researcher in the Department of Building and Civil Engineering in the Galway Mayo Institute of Technology, Ireland. He is a chartered mechanical and electrical building services engineer who specializes in low energy and low impact building technologies. He teaches in undergraduate and postgraduate programs on sustainable construction, climate resilience, and education for sustainable development (ESD). His research interests are focused on sustainability in higher education (SHE) and the use of the Change Laboratory as a methodology to implement change in higher education settings. He has a particular interest in the role of interdisciplinary collaboration in the enhancement of SHE and the promotion of ESD in higher education. He is currently managing a multi‐institute collaborative development project focused on sustainability in the built environment and is also leading a multidisciplinary project focused on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Leena Seneheweera holds a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts and an MSc in Archaeology from the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. She completed her PhD at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, China. She is currently a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Fine Arts, and Academic Coordinator of the Special Needs Resource Unit of the Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. She is also an active member of the ERASMUS+ Capacity Building in the Higher Education Project – Developing Inclusive Education for Students with Disabilities in Sri Lankan Universities (IncEdu). She is a singer of Sri Lankan semi‐classical music, and a music therapist who plays Sri Lankan and Chinese musical instruments. Her research and teaching cover, inter alia, musicology, music therapy, Sri Lankan, Indian, and Chinese music, disability studies, Buddhist art, Sri Lankan folk music and drama, intangible cultural heritage, epigraphical poetry, and expressive arts.

G. R. Sinha is Adjunct Professor at the International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore (IIITB) and is currently deputed as Professor at Myanmar Institute of Information Technology (MIIT), Mandalay. He was Visiting Professor (Honorary) in the Sri Lanka Technological Campus Colombo during 2019–2020 and at the University of Sannio, Italy, during September 2020–March 2021. He has published 277 research papers, book chapters, and books at international level and is Associate Editor of five SCI/Scopus indexed journals. He has 23 years' teaching and research experience and has been delivering Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) lectures as ACM Distinguished Speaker in the field of digital signal processing since 2017. He has delivered more than 50 keynote/invited talks and chaired many technical sessions in international conferences. He has also been an Expert Member of the Professor Promotion Committee of the German‐Jordanian University in Jordan. His research interestsincludes cognitive science, computer vision, outcome‐based education, and information and communications technology tools for developing employability skills.

Roberta Štěpánková is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Landscape Architecture, at the Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Engineering, SUA in Nitra, Slovakia. In addition to activities related to pedagogical activities for landscape engineering and architecture study programs, her main activities include research and collaboration on several projects focused on architectural and urban development and the renewal of settlement (mainly rural spaces) and public spaces. The main topic of her research is oriented to the historical heritage of SUA in Nitra, and architecturally valuable objects. She is the author and co‐author of a scientific monograph, university textbooks, and scientific and professional works, with more than 60 citations in the WOS and SCOPUS databases.

Andrej Tarnik is researcher and lecturer at the Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Engineering, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra. He finished his PhD in 2015 and is a studentss advisor, helpsing students with setting up proper study plans. His topics are related to hydrology and hydropedology. He is responsible for the practical course of Hydropedology for students of the Landscape Engineering study program. His research is focused on the dynamics of soil moisture changes, spatial and temporal variability of soil water storage, and climate change impact on soil moisture. He is author or co‐author of several scientific papers published in indexed journals (CC, WoS, SCOPUS).

Luis Velazquez is a senior sustainability researcher with over 30 years' experience as an industrial engineer. He holds a doctoral degree in Engineering Science with a major in Cleaner Production and Pollution Prevention from the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Dr. Velazquez has led curriculum design in bachelor's, master's, and doctoral programs. In addition, he has been a sustainability research intern at several higher education institutions, such as the Center for Health and the Global Environment of the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, in the US; the Universidade Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Erasmus University, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; and the University of Applied Sciences in Zittau/Gorlitz, Germany.

Abdul Hannan Waheed was educated in Kuwait, Egypt, UK, India, and Australia, and is currently the Chief Executive Officer of the Maldives Qualifications Authority (MQA). Dr. Hannan is a renowned expert in multiple fields. He has worked in the field of higher education quality assurance since 2004 and holds a PhD in this field from the Queensland University of Technology, and has been instrumental in the development and strengthening of higher education quality assurance in the Maldives. He is a multilingual (Dhivehi, English, Arabic) language expert and is a Chartered Linguist and Member of the Chartered Institute of Linguists, UK. He is a current affairs analyst on a live weekly TV program called Dhuniye (World) on VTV. He is also a talented Arabic calligrapher.

Sakunthala Yatigammana is a professor in the Department of Education in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Peradeniya. Sakunthala received her PhD from the Graduate School of Education, The University of Bristol, UK in 2011 and MSc from the Postgraduate Institute of Science, University of Peradeniya. She is involved in a number of European and Canadian funded projects as a co‐investigator. Further, she has published more than 30 papers in journals and conferences and has also co‐authored five books. Her current research interest focuses on the use of mobile phones for science teaching and learning, Educational Technology, Pedagogy, Inclusive Education and Comparative Education

Mengting Yu is a PhD student in the Department of Educational Research at Lancaster University, UK. She holds a master's degree in Educational Research from the University of Glasgow, UK, and an undergraduate degree in English Literature from Tianjin University of Technology (TJUT), China. She worked as a language teacher and overseas educational consultant in Beijing from 2015 to 2019. Such enriched working experiences have provided her with a broad view of research interests, including higher education, digital learning, language education, interdisciplinary and technological pedagogies, and innovation in education. Her present study focuses on how technology‐supported classrooms, together with the trend to move from traditional teaching to student‐centered teaching methodologies, impact the learning experiences of international students.

David Slim Zepeda Quintana is a researcher and lecturer in the Department of Industrial Engineering of the University of Sonora, Mexico where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in the field of sustainable development and where he is a full‐time researcher in the Sustainability Graduate Program. He holds a BSc in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Universidad del Valle de Mexico and a master's degree in Sustainability from the University of Sonora. His major research and teaching interests are sustainable development, sustainable management systems, sustainability in higher education, cleaner production, corporate social responsibility, and sustainable innovation.