Crain Soudien
Chief Executive Officer, Human Sciences Research Council (South Africa)

Bio and Research Interest

Professor Crain Soudien is the Chief Executive Officer of the Human Sciences Research Council and formerly a Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Cape Town. He is a joint professor in Education and African Studies. He has published over 190 articles, reviews, reports, and book chapters in the areas of social difference, culture, education policy, comparative education, educational change, public history and popular culture. He is also the co-editor of three books. He was educated at the University of Cape Town, South Africa and holds a PhD from the State University of New York at Buffalo

Professor of Science Education

EdD in Science Education, Vanderbilt University, 1991

Professor David Devraj Kumar

Bio and Research Interests

David Devraj Kumar is a professor of science education and founding director of the STEM Education Laboratory in the College of Education at Florida Atlantic University. He earned his doctorate in science education from Vanderbilt University and a master’s in analytical chemistry from the University of Louisville. His research and scholarly activities include STEM problem-based learning with computer anchors, STEM teaching workforce, policy, and nanoscale materials science education. He has directed several funded research and development projects, including those supported by the National Science Foundation, the US Department of Education, and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. His science education work was rewarded with the Royal Society of Chemistry Sir Ron Nyholm Education Prize and the American Institute of Chemists Chemical Pioneer Award. He is an honorary fellow of the American Institute of Chemists, a fellow of the International Academy of Education and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts and the Academy of Community Engagement Scholarship.

Selected Publications

Kumar, D. D., Moffitt, S., Hansen, M., & Feng, L. (2025). STEM teacher preparation for high need schools: Inventory of selected Robert Noyce programs. Journal of Science Education and Technology, 34(1), 236-251.

Kumar, D. D., & Sembiante, S. (2025). Pathways to understanding nanotechnology for elementary students: Implications for teaching with web-supported problem-based learning. Proceedings of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, 4(55).

Hansen, M., Feng, L., Kumar, D. D., & Zerbino, N. (2025). The evolution of the secondary STEM teacher workforce’s characteristics and qualifications in American high-need schools over three decades. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 62(10), 2190-2215.

Kumar, D. D. (2021). Informed decisions by elementary students in web-assisted Problem-Based Learning in nanotechnology. Journal of Materials Education, 43(1-2), 81-92.

Kumar, D. D. & Moffit, S. (2020). STEM teacher leadership development through community engagement. Science Education and Civic Engagement: An International Journal, 12(1), 5-11.

Kumar, D. D. & Yurick, K. A. (2018). Web-assisted problem-based learning in nanotechnology and quality of student learning in elementary science. Journal of Materials Science Education, 40(1-2), 29-58.

Altschuld, J. W., & Kumar, D.D. (2010). Needs assessment: An overview. CA: Sage Publications. Contact Information Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Denis C. Phillips
Professor Emeritus of Education and, by courtesy, of Philosophy, Stanford University

Bio and Research Interest

D.C. Phillips moved from Australia to Stanford University in 1974, where he is now Professor Emeritus of Education and, by courtesy, of Philosophy; he also served as Associate Dean and Interim Dean of the Graduate School of Education, and during the 1980s he succeeded Lee Cronbach as director of the Stanford Evaluation Training Program. Denis is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Education, a fellow of the International Academy of Education, a past-president of the Philosophy of Education Society, and in 2001-2 he was a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. He served three terms as president of the Stanford chapter of the American Association of University Professors.

Ee Ling Low

Professor of Education and Dean, Academic & Faculty Affairs
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Bio and Honors

Professor Ee Ling Low received her BA (with Direct Honours) from the National University of Singapore, an M.Phil & a PhD in Linguistics (Acoustic Phonetics) from the University of Cambridge, UK under the NTU–NIE Overseas Graduate Scholarship. She was also awarded the Ministry of Education’s Humanities Scholarship which she pursued at Raffles Junior College. She won the Fulbright Advanced Research Scholarship in 2008 which she spent at the Lynch School of Education at Boston College. She played a leading role in the conceptualization of the NIE Strategic roadmap: Towards 2017 and the development of the Teacher Education for the 21st century (TE21) model. She also co-led the NIE Strategic Roadmap 2022 in her capacity as Chief Planning Officer, Director’s Office. In 2012, she was awarded the Public Administration Medal (Bronze) by the President of the Republic of Singapore for her dedication and commitment.

Eric A. Hanushek
Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution of Stanford University

Eric Hanushek is the Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University. He is internationally recognized for his economic analysis of educational issues, and his research has had broad influence on education policy in both developed and developing countries. In 2021, he received the Yidan Prize for Education Research. His widely-cited studies span such topics as the effects of class size reduction, school accountability, teacher effectiveness, and the economic returns to school quality.

He has authored or edited twenty-four books and over 250 articles. He is a Distinguished Graduate of the United States Air Force Academy and completed his Ph.D. in economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (http://hanushek.stanford.edu/)

Erik De Corte
Emeritus Professor, University of Leuven, Belgium

Bio and Research Interest

Contributing to the development of theories of learning from instruction with a focus on the following topics: learning and teaching of problem-solving and learning skills; metacognitive, affective/emotional and epistemological aspects of learning; design and evaluation of powerful learning environments; mathematics learning and teaching. 

Founder of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI)

Erno Lehtinen

Bio and Research Interest

Professor Erno Lehtinen received his M. A. and Ph. D. degrees from the University of Turku and has been on the faculty of education at the University since 1995, receiving a promotion to the rank of professor in 1999.  From 1998 through 2000, he served as the Dean of the Faculty of Education. He has been a visiting professor at the University of Regensburg (Germany), the University of Gothenburg (Sweden) Simon Fraser University (Canada), the University of Pittsburg (USA), and the University of Edinburgh (Scotland).  

He has published more than 300 scientific articles, made more than 250 presentations at scientific conferences, and given more than 100 invited addresses.  His research interests include computer supported collaboration in the development of powerful learning environments, problem and case based learning in technology-assisted environments, conceptual change in mathematics, early development of number concept and mathematical thinking, and motivation and metacognition in different learning environments.

Fernando M. Reimers
Ford Foundation Professor of the Practice of International Education and Director of the Global Education Innovation Initiative and of the International Education Policy Masters Program at Harvard University.

Bio and Research Interest

Fernando M. Reimers studies and teaches about innovative education policies and programs that help students develop competencies necessary for civic participation, work and life in the twenty first century. He works also in the area of global citizenship education and in how to align education policies with the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.

Prof. Dr. Fernando Marhuenda-Fluixá
Full Professor, Chair of Didactics and School Organization, University of Valencia

Bio and Research Interests

Fernando Marhuenda-Fluixá has been Professor in Didactics and School Organization at University of Valencia (Spain) since 1998 and Full Professor and Chair since 2011.

Lecturer in the bachelor’s degrees of Primary Teachers and Social Education and in the masters of Secondary Education and VET, Pedagogy, and Social Economy. 

He has researched and published on policies and practices at the crossroads among social education, adult education and vocational education and transitions between education and work; alternance, apprenticeship, policy reform and transfer of VET and dual VET, second chance education and on-the-job training, particularly for vulnerable population.