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METKA TRDIN is the project manager and coordinator of the INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH OF VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS MARIBOR. She is the conceptual designer of the project. She began her professional career as a university graduate actress (graduated from AGRFT in 2001). Later, she completed andragogical pedagogical training, passed the professional exam, and became a teacher. She combines theatre experience and pedagogy in innovatively designed projects within the INSTITUTE, of which she founded. She is the manager of the Erasmus + project TREE IN TIME (2022/23) and UNDER THE SAME SKY funded by Anna Lindh Foundation.

Rahime Filiz Ağmaz is an Associate Professor at Necmettin Erbakan University. She completed her Ph.D. in Primary Teacher Education at Gazi University and earned her M.A. at the University of Houston-Clear Lake.

Dr. Ağmaz specializes in early childhood education and language development. Her research focuses on the language development of Syrian children under temporary protection. She has participated in the Erasmus mobility program and is a working group member of a COST project. Her academic work also includes studies on child development and educational technologies. She has developed various course materials and contributed to her field through publications, projects, and research

Menşure Alkış Küçükaydın, is an Associate Professor of Primary Education at Necmettin Erbakan University in Konya, Turkey. She received her undergraduate degree in Department of Primary Teacher Education from Gazi University, Faculty of Education in 2006. She received her Ph.D degrees in Department of Primary Teacher Education from Gazi University in 2017. Dr. Küçükaydın’s scholarly work focuses on science and pseudoscience, conspiray theories, scientific knowledge in education and children. She has a book, a number of book chapters, articles, papers and projects related to her study field

Lana Bitenc (1977) is the artistic director and founder of the Don Hihot Theatre. She also holds a degree in comparative literature and is a professor of Italian. She completed her master's degree with the work "Characters of Commedia dell'arte: tradition and modernity" and is nearing completion. She has collaborated with numerous Croatian directors and faithfully follows her own authorial opus, which is based on work for young people and children. She is currently working intensively as a mentor for creative writing and is participating in international projects such as UNDER TRHE SAME SKY Anne Lindh Foundation.