Dr. Vitor Tomé is an international expert (e.g.: Digital Citizenship Education – Council of Europe; Dialogues EU-Brazil on Human Rights), researcher at CIES-ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon (Media Literacy and Journalism), assistant professor at Autonoma University of Lisbon (Communication Sciences), and journalist Currently coordinating/co-coordinating projects such as: PICCLE-Ministry of Education, Portugal; Digital Citizenship Academy, funded by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation; Media Literacy and Journalism – Portuguese Journalists Union). Tomé is a trainer of in-service teachers (Ministry of Education) and journalists (CENJOR). Concluded a degree in Education, post-graduations in ICT and in Journalism, a PhD in Education (Media Literacy), and a 6-year post-doctorate in Communication Sciences.

Igor Kanižaj, Ph.D., is a Full Professor at the Catholic University of Croatia, Department for Communication Science. He is vice president of the Association for Communication and Media Culture (DKMK). Together with his associates, he is coordinating the project Djeca medija, the most prominent media education project in Croatia. He is the co-author of the first public opinion research on Media Literacy in Croatia and co-author of the Paris Declaration on Media and Information Literacy (UNESCO). From 2016-2019, he was the national coordinator of EU Kids Online. He is also co-editor of The Routledge Handbook of Media Education Futures Post-Pandemic, published in 2023.

Chloé Pété  is responsible for the delivery of several major European projects and other MIL projects. As a Project and Communications Officer at the Media & Learning Association, she supports project ideation, incubation, coordination and dissemination. Within EDMO.eu, Chloé takes care of the overall cross-boarder coordination of the media literacy activities. Due to her studies and professional background, she also has experience in research and project development. Graduated with a Master's in Cultural Studies, a Master's in Western Literature, and a Degree in Art History, Chloé has worked mainly in the coordination and mediation of cultural projects, such as several contemporary art festivals and exhibitions in Belgium and France.

Dr. Jiwon Yoon is a researcher, educator, and activist with more than 20 years of experience teaching media literacy in various educational settings, including public/private schools, alternative educational settings, universities, and teacher education programs in the U.S., South Korea, and China. She was an associate professor of media studies at Roosevelt University in Chicago. She is passionate about sharing the narratives of North Korean defectors. She is currently working with Kumhee Choi, a North Korean defector residing in Australia, to tell her life story. She has engaged in numerous collaborations with South Korean media literacy academics, such as conducting research on youth media use and policy in four nations and developing media literacy education resources for multicultural contexts.

Dr. David González Hernández is a faculty of Sociocultural Studies at ITESO (Western Institute of Higher Technological Studies) and a member of the National System of Researchers, COACyt, Level I. His research is at the intersection of Cultural Studies, Media Education, and International Communication, examining changes in Mexico and the United States in the media, entertainment, fiction and news programming, and mass and transmedia audiences. He has written more than 20 articles and book chapters, and is the author of the book American Dream in Mexico. American Television and Youth Audiences in Tijuana . Ed. UABC, Mexicali 2007, the same work that previously won the National Council for Teaching and Research in Communication Sciences (Coneicc) Award for the best master's thesis. Currently, she coordinates the national project: Mexican audiences in the era of Netflix and fictional bioseries of icons of popular culture.

Dr. Çiğdem Bozdağ is an associate professor at the Research Centre for Media and Journalism Studies at the University of Groningen. She is the principal investigator of the NWO Vidi project DigiMig (2024-2028, University of Groningen), which consists of three sub-projects focusing on digital inclusion and migration, specifically in the contexts of families, policies, and education. Previously, Dr. Bozdağ held a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship in the Faculty of Education at the University of Bremen, where she led the INCLUDED project (2019-2023). She also served as an assistant and associate professor and head of the New Media department at Kadir Has University and was part of the Mercator-IPC Fellowship Programme (2013-2014) at the Istanbul Policy Center of Sabanci University. Dr. Bozdağ completed her Ph.D. in Communication and Media Studies in January 2013 at the University of Bremen. Bozdağ has a bachelor degree in Political Science and International Relations from the Boğazici University, Istanbul and a master's degree in Media Culture from the University of Bremen.

Dr. Donna Chu is a Director and Associate Professor at the School of Journalism and Communication at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Donna Chu has been an enthusiast in media education research and practice for more than two decades. In addition to her academic studies on youth media use, media literacy theories, and pedagogies, she founded a social enterprise, Mars Media Academy, in 2017. Specializing in media and information literacy, the social enterprise has conducted numerous workshops and seminars in local schools in Hong Kong, greatly benefiting Donna’s field experience.  

Isabel Minguillón has over 25 years of experience in television distribution and production. Currently she is responsible for content acquisitions, managing relationships with partner territories, and coordinating with schools across the country for our platform Nextus. Since 2020, Isabel has been developing this project with my colleagues, merging audiovisual media with education to create meaningful experiences that go hand in hand with 21st-century students, enhancing their learning process