İpek Coşkun Armağan received her BA in English Linguistics from Hacettepe University and pursued a minor in sociology. She completed her master’s degree in the Department of Sociology at Gazi University with a thesis on educational inequality. Armağan is currently pursuing her doctoral studies in the field of education sociology, focusing on school violence and safety. She has national and international publications, articles, research, and books on education policies, equality of educational opportunity, internationalization, migration policies and radicalization. Armağan worked at the SETA Foundation from 2009 to 2017. She served as an Adviser to the Minister at the Ministry of National Education from 2017 to 2021. From 2021 to 2023, she was a member of the executive board at the Turkish Maarif Foundation. As of August 2023, İpek Coşkun Armağan is the General Coordinator of Institute Social. 

Following his bachelor’s degree Oktay C. Adiguzel received his M.A. and PhD in Educational Science at the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan in France in 2000 and 2004 respectively. He joined the Faculty of Education at Anadolu University, specializing in Educational Sciences, Educational Programs, and Instruction. He assumed the position of Assistant Professor in 2005, became an Associate Professor in 2011, and was granted the title of Professor in 2016, taking on various academic and administrative roles at the university. Currently, he serves as a visiting researcher at Université du Quebec à Montréal (UQAM) in Montreal, Canada. Adıgüzel has led numerous research projects supported by national and international institutions, contributing to various publications and collaborative works on a global scale. He served as an advisor at the Turkey Maarif Foundation between 2021 and 2022 and later as a consultant at the Ministry of National Education from 2022 to 2023.

Rahmet Savaş completed her undergraduate education with honors in the Department of Mathematics at Yüzüncü Yıl University. She pursued her master’s degree in Mathematics at Indiana University, where she earned an assistantship scholarship and received her PhD from  Sakarya University in 2008. In 2015, she became an associate professor, followed by obtaining the title of professorship in 2019. In 2013, she participated in the TUBITAK-MEB joint project titled “Mathematics Textbook Writing Project for 9th Grade”. Her project titled “Science and Puzzle Games for Early Detection of Gifted Children in Low Socio-Economic Level Families” supported by the Istanbul Development Agency in 2018 and led by her, earned the Most Successful Project Award in the Community Service from the Council of Higher Education (YÖK). Savaş is engaged in academic publications, projects, books, and thesis advising in the fields of Mathematics (Analysis and Function Theory), Data Analysis, and Mathematics Education. Since 2013, she has been serving as a faculty member and department chair in the Department of Mathematics at Istanbul Medeniyet University. She is actively involved in the management of various civil society organizations in education and women’s fields and provides consultancy in mathematics to several educational institutions.

Turgay Öntaş completed his undergraduate education in 2007 at the Department of Social Studies Education at Sivas Cumhuriyet University Faculty of Education. Subsequently, he obtained his master’s degree in the Department of Primary Education at Hacettepe University Institute of Social Sciences in 2010 and earned his doctoral degree in the Department of Classroom Education at Gazi University Institute of Educational Sciences in 2014. In 2021, he was granted the title of associate professor. Between 2010 and 2015, he served at Private Maya Schools, and from 2015 to 2020, he worked at Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University. From 2018 to 2021, he also served as an Advisor to the Minister of National Education. As of 2020, he continues his academic activities at Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University. Öntaş's academic research focus on social studies education and teacher training.