Adolfo Tanzi Neto

Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics and Languages studies, Dean of the interdisciplinary graduate program in Applied Linguistics from Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Main scholarly interests include discourse and social practices, human development, cognition and semiotics linked with social activism, linguistic mobility, social change and justice, identity and agency.

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Alexey Lubkov

Doctor in Historical Sciences, Professor, rector of the Moscow Pedagogical State University, Full Member of the Russian Academy of Education. The area of scientific interest is related to the study of key problems of Russian history in the 20th century, the history of Russian liberalism, the genesis of civil society institutions in Russia, historical anthropology, and the problems of contemporary history education.

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Alla Kholmogorova

Doctor in Psychology, Professor, Head of the Faculty of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy at the Moscow State University of Psychology and Education. The area of scientific interest is related to the development of a research foundation and elaboration of integrative psychotherapy models, examining social, familial, and personal factors contributing affective spectrum disorders, alongside the creation of integrated therapeutic models for these conditions.

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Andrey Maidansky

Doctor in Philosophy, professor at the UNESCO Chair «Cultural-Historical Psychology of Childhood» at the Moscow State University of Psychology and Education, associated researcher at the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The area of scientific interest is related to the Cultural-Historical Psychology, Spinoza’s philosophy, German classical philosophy, Marx and Russian Marxism.

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Arcady Margolis

Professor Margolis is the Acting Rector of the Moscow State University of Psychology & Education, PhD in Psychology.

Ph.D. in Psychology, rector of the Moscow State University of Psychology & Education, well-known expert in educational psychology and teacher`s training. Professor Margolis has contributed to the development of a number of scientific projects, i.e. «Psychological basis in the use of information technologies», «Cultural-Historical type of school», «The Regional model of psychological support for developing education».

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Azwihangwisi Edward Muthivhi

Ph.D in Education, Associate Professor of the Department of Early Childhood Education at the University of Pretoria. His research interests lie in children’s and young people’s learning and development in rapidly changing sociocultural contexts of schooling. His research draws from Vygotsky’s cultural-historical research framework and its contemporary expansions.

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Irina Ulanovskaya

Ph.D. in Psychology, leading researcher at the Laboratory of Primary School Children’s Psychology at the Psychological Institute of the Russian Academy of Education. The area of scientific interest is related to the psychological aspects of developing and using computer-based educational programs, organizing collectively distributed learning activities, approaches and methods for diagnosing meta-subject learning outcomes in primary education.

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Joanne Hardman

Doctor of Education, Professor of the School of Education at the Faculty of Humanities in the University of Cape Town. The area of scientific interest is related to the educational psychology, Cultural-Historical Theory and sociocultural theories, teaching and learning in primary schools, teaching with technology, well-being and mental health, attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), psychology and pedagogy, child and adolescent development, cyber bullying.

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Sergey Kosaretsky

Ph.D. in Psychology, Vice-Rector for Research Activities of the MSUPE, Regional coordinator of Russia and Neighbor Countries Region in the International Society of Cultural-Historical Activity Research. The area of scientific interest is related to the sociology of education, evidence-based educational policy, regional educational policy, educational inequality.

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Sueli Salles Fidalgo

Professor at the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP). Dr. Fidalgo’s major area of concern is teacher education focusing on those who work with children and adolescents who have been excluded from the school environment.  Dr. Fidalgo’s thesis investigated the laws of inclusion in a country whose society and education have been excluding in practice. Dr. Fidalgo’s works underlie Socio-Cultural-Historical theory, especially focusing on notions such as mediation, conflict-collaboration negotiation with a view to ressignifying practices.

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Viktor Zaretsky

Ph.D. in Psychology, Professor of the Department of Individual and Group Psychotherapy at the Faculty of Psychological Counseling in the Moscow State University of Psychology and Education. The area of scientific interest is related to the development of the Reflexive-Activity Approach in consulting to overcome learning difficulties of children and young people with learning difficulties and developmental disabilities, developing L.S. Vygotsky’s ideas about development in learning.

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Vitaly Rubtsov

Doctor in Psychology, Full Member of the Russian Academy of Education, Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation, President of the Moscow State University of Psychology & Education, Head of the International UNESCO Chair MSUPE “Cultural-Historical Psychology of Childhood”, leading scientist and specialist in general psychology, pedagogical and age psychology.

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Sandeep Kumar

Ph.D. in Education, Associate Professor at the Department of Education at the University of Delhi. The area of scientific interest is related to the human development, culture and cognition, diversity and learning, Social Theory of education and continuous professional development (CPD), inclusive education, qualitative research in education particularly Grounded Theory research.

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Oumar Barry

Ph.D. Psychology, Co-Chair of the UNESCO Tri-Chair in Early Childhood Education, Care and Development, Professor and Head of the Department of Psychology at the Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar. A teacher of various psychology courses at university level, he has published more than thirty articles in the field of psychology of development and early childhood in Africa.

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Vladimir Karapetyan

Doctor in Psychology, professor at the Department of Preschool Pedagogy and Teaching Methods at the Khachatur Abovyan Armenian State Pedagogical University, Full member of the International Academy of Psychological Sciences. The area of scientific interest is related to the problems of text perception and comprehension, communication, comprehensive personality studies, psychodiagnostics and psychocorrection tasks, studying the processes of self-realization and psycho-regulation, organizing psychological services in the education system.

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Olga Rubtsova

Ph.D. in Psychology, Head of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Contemporary Childhood at the Moscow State University of Psychology and Education. The area of scientific interest is related to the various aspects of contemporary childhood and child development, adolescence and adolescent education, digital media as a new means of mediation, as well as studying drama and theatre in the light of Cultural-Historical Theory and Activity Approach.

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Svetlana Alehina

Ph.D. in Psychology, Director of the Federal Center for the Development of Inclusive General and Additional Education. The area of scientific interest is related to the issues of developing psychological educational services, psychological and pedagogical support for inclusive education, psychological technologies for supporting learning and development.

Rimma Chirkina

Ph.D. in Psychology, Head of the Department of Legal Psychology and Law at the Faculty of Legal Psychology in the Moscow State University of Psychology and Education. The area of scientific interest is related to the study of factors contributing to the abandonment of delinquent behaviour, development of programs for the prevention of juvenile delinquency, Evidence-Based Approach to designing and managing social risks of childhood.

Anna Shvedovskaya

Ph.D. in Psychology, Head of the Department for Information and Publishing Projects in the Moscow State University of Psychology and Education. The area of scientific interest covers parent-child relationships in preschool childhood, the potential of dramatic play with preschoolers in the diagnostics of parent-child relationships.

Andrey Konokotin

Ph.D. in Psychology, Deputy Head of the UNESCO Chair in Cultural-Historical Psychology of Childhood at the Moscow State University of Psychology and Education. The area of scientific interest is related to the Cultural-Historical Psychology and Activity Approach in education, developmental and educational psychology, special psychology, social interactions in learning. psychology and pedagogy of inclusive education.

Arthur Khaustov

Ph.D. in Psychology, Director of the Federal Resource Center for the Organization of Comprehensive Support for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders at the Moscow State University of Psychology and Education. The area of scientific interest is related to the developmental and special psychology, psychology and pedagogy of inclusive education, organization of specialized correctional assistance for children with autism spectrum disorders.

Marina Schumskikh

Ph.D. in Pedagogical Science, Deputy Director of the Federal Resource Center for the Organization of Comprehensive Support for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders at the Moscow State University of Psychology and Education.

Alexey Polyakov

Doctor in Psychology, Head of the Department of General and Medical Psychology at Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences in Belarusian State University, Minsk. The area of scientific interest is related to the child abnormal psychology, developmental psychology, learning disabilities.