Keynote Speakers

Aleksandar Baucal is a professor in Developmental and Educational Psychology at the University of Belgrade and a visiting professor at the University of Tartu as well as an elected member of the International Academy of Education (IEA).

"It Doesn’t Come Spontaneously: Cultivating Student Collaborative Problem Solving In Educational Contexts"

Karin Doolan is Full Professor of Sociology at the Department of Sociology, University of Zadar in Croatia, with a PhD degree in Sociology of Education from the University of Cambridge. Recently she has explored the impact of floods and earthquakes on the organisational life of schools, as well as how literature is used to discuss pressing issues such as climate change with young people.

"Propositions for Educational Research in Post-Disaster Settings: Ethics of Care in Contexts of Despair"

Prof. dr. Tünde Kovács Cerović worked through innovations, research and partnerships for the benefit of children throughout her career in a wide range of different capacities. As a scholar and researcher in Educational Psychology and Educational Policy at Belgrade University, as a representative of international donor organizations (Open Society Fund and Roma Education Fund), and former Assistant Minister and State Secretary of the Ministry of Education and Science of Serbia, she pursued ambitious and collaborative research and policy agendas that were directed towards child protection and social integration of vulnerable groups.

Gabi Lombardo (PhD), is Director of the European Alliance for SSH one of the largest advocacy and science policy organizations in Europe and advocates for an evidence-based approach to policy-making, and researchers’ inclusion in funding design.

"Designing a new European Framework programme: the role of the scientific community"

Dr Ben Williamson is a Senior Lecturer and Co-Director of the Centre for Research in Digital Education at the Moray House School of Education and Sport, University of Edinburgh. His research examines the connections between digital technologies, data practices, and education policy, practice and governance.

"The birth of the bio-edu-data-sciences: biology, data, and the consequences for educational research, policy and practice"

Pavel Zgaga is professor emeritus at the University of Ljubljana. He has held several research fellowships and led or participated in a number of national and international research projects, mainly dealing with current issues of higher education, educational policy and reforms in the contemporary European context, and teacher education as a specific area of higher education.

"Educational research, policy and politics"