Dr. İpek Coşkun Armağan received her bachelor’s degree in English Linguistics from Hacettepe University and minored in sociology. She completed her master’s degree at Gazi University, Department of Sociology, with a thesis on inequalities in education. She earned her PhD from Hacı Bayram Veli University in the field of sociology of education with a dissertation focusing on violence and conflict in schools. She has authored national and international publications, including articles, research papers, and books, on topics such as education policies, equality in education, internationalization, migration policies, and radicalization. Armağan worked as a researcher at the SETA Foundation between 2009 and 2017, served as an Advisor to the Minister of National Education between 2017 and 2021, and was a Member of the Board of Trustees at the Turkish Maarif Foundation from 2021 to 2023. As of August 2023, Dr. İpek Coşkun Armağan has been serving as the General Coordinator of Institute Social and is also a member of the Presidential Board for Social and Youth Policies.

Selçuk Aydın graduated from the Department of International Relations at Ankara University, and he completed his master’s degree in political economy of the Middle East and PhD in the Defence Studies Department, School of Security Studies at King’s College London. He worked as a senior researcher at the TRT World Research Center, played a role in the establishment of TRT World Forum and TRT Broadcasting Strategy Center, and participated as a manager in various projects at TRT. He has published articles, book chapters, and opinions on Türkiye’s history, social movements, diaspora, Kurdish and Middle East studies, world order, and politics. He is currently an assistant professor at Boğaziçi University.

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. She served as a faculty member and head of the Mathematics Department at Istanbul Medeniyet University from 2013 to 2024. As of 2024, she is serving as the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Haliç 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.