Full Member of the Russian Academy of Education, Honorary Professor of the University of Wisconsin (Madison, USA), a head of International UNESCO Chair MSUPE “Cultural-historical psychology of childhood”,  a leading scientist, a specialist in general psychology, pedagogical and age psychology.

Professor Alekhina is a prominent professional leader in the development of inclusive education in the Russian Federation. In recent years, Prof. Alekhina is a federal expert on the development of regional models of inclusive education in the subjects of the Russian Federation and the main creator of the training and skills of teaching staff.

Professor Dafermakis (Dafermos) is associate professor in Epistemology of Psychology at the Department of Psychology, The University of Crete, Greece. Prof. Dafermakis` interests include cultural historical psychology, activity theory, critical psychology, history of psychology, and methodological and epistemological issues for the social sciences.

Dr. Daniels is Professor of Education at Oxford University, director of the Centre for Sociocultural and Activity Theory Research and Professor of Education, Culture and Pedagogy at the University of Bath, UK. Dr. Daniels is also Adjunct Professor at Centre for Learning Research, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia, Research Professor at Centre for Human Activity Theory at Kansai University, Osaka, Japan, Research Professor in Cultural Historical Psychology at Moscow State University of Psychology & Education.

Dr. Fidalgo is a Professor at the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP). Prof. Fidalgo holds Doctoral Degree in Applied Linguistics and Language Studies from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP) and two Postdoctoral Fellowships in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, both of which focused on Teacher Education for Children with Special Needs.

Prof. Ass. Laure Kloetzer has joined the Centre for Research in Sociocultural Psychology at the University of Neuchâtel, after a PhD in Psychology and a few years of teaching and research as a MCF (Maître de Conférences) in Paris (Cnam, Chaire de Psychologie du Travail).

Professor Leibman – PhD in Psychology, Professor of the Department “Ethnopsychology and Psychological Problems of Multicultural Education” at MSUPE. The scientific interests of Prof. Leibman represent: Theories of intercultural competence; Problems of adaptation in an inocultural environment; Social age psychology; Child-parent relationship.

Professor Margolis is the First Vice-Rector of the Moscow State University of Psychology & Education, Professor of Educational Psychology, Professor of International UNESCO Chair MSUPE “Cultural-historical psychology of childhood”, PhD in Psychology. Prof. Margolis holds a great organizational work in coincidence with teaching being a well-known expert in Educational Psychology, pedagogues and psychologists training.

Dr. Porter – Professor of Education at the University of Reading, UK. Member of International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disability, Member of Special Interest Research Group on Profound and Complex Difficulties, Associate Fellow of British Psychological Society, Adjunct-Professor at the Department of Special Psychology, Faculty of Special and Clinical Psychology, Moscow State University of Psychology & Education.

Olga Rubtsova is an Associate Professor and the Head of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Modern Childhood in Moscow State University of Psychology & Education. She graduated from Moscow State Linguistic University majoring in English, French and German and later got her PhD in Psychology. The area of Prof. Ass. Rubtsova scientific and research interests covers various aspects of modern childhood and childhood 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.

Professor Vasilyuk, PhD in Psychology, Head of the Chair of the Individual and Group Psychotherapy of Faculty of the Counseling and Clinical Psychology MSUPE, Leading research fellow of the laboratory of counseling psychology and psychotherapy of Psychological Institute of the Russian Academy of Education, head of the laboratory of scientific foundations of psychotherapy of the Psychological Institute of the Russian Academy of Education.

Professor Veresov is an Associate Professor at Monash University, Australia. Prof. Veresov has got his first PhD degree in Moscow in 1990. The second PhD was obtained in University of Oulu (Finland) in 1998. From 1999 to 2011 Veresov had been affiliated to Kajaani Teacher Training Department (Finland) as a Senior Researcher and the Scientific Director of the international projects. Professor Veresov is a co-leader of Monash International research group on child and community development and the Deputy Head of Early Years academic community at the Faculty of Education.

Professor Zaretsky, PhD in Psychology, Professor of the Department of Individual and Group Psychotherapy of the Faculty of Psychological Counseling at Moscow State University of Psychology and Education. Russian representative at the Executive Committee of ISCAR, as well as a Russian ambassador for the ISCAR congress in Australia. Member of the editorial board of the journal “Consultative Psychology and Psychotherapy”.