Prof. Peter Mitchell, BA (Hons), PhD.
Emeritus Professor of Psychology, University of Bradford, UK
Professor of Psychology, with a specialization in cognitive development. He completed his degrees at the University of Liverpool and has held academic positions at Birmingham, Swansea, Nottingham, McGill, Oxford, and Warwick. He served as Head of the School of Psychology at Nottingham (UK) and later as founding Head of Psychology and Dean of Science at its Malaysia campus.
He has played leading roles within the British Psychological Society, including as Editor-in-Chief of the British Journal of Psychology and current Chair of the Developmental Section. He has also worked extensively with the ESRC, serving on multiple national panels and securing nine ESRC research grants to date.
His work reflects a strong commitment to education and student engagement, including authorship of Fundamentals of Developmental Psychology and research into mobile-assisted learning.
Presentation title: Autism and the double empathy problem: implications for education, inclusion and mental health
Prof. Emil Păun PhD.
Full professor and Ph.D. at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Bucharest.
His scholarly pursuits have yielded significant contributions to the fields of educational sociology and philosophy. As a proponent of inquiry over definitive answers, his works are distinguished by their capacity to stimulate and sustain critical reflection.
Presentation title: Romanian Education and the Challenges of the Present
Prof. Constantin Cucoș PhD.
Emeritus Professor at the “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași.
Through his academic work, Professor Cucoș has fundamentally transformed the language of Romanian pedagogy after 1989, introducing innovation and aligning it with the major European currents of thought in the field of educational sciences.
Presentation title: Education for Values in the Context of Digitalization and the ‘Virtualization’ of Education