Prof. Dr. Turgut Karakose is a Professor and Head of the Department of Educational Sciences at Dumlupinar University, Kutahya, Türkiye. He is also Editor-in-Chief of Educational Process International Journal. His main research interests include educational leadership and management, higher education, psychology, and human behavior. He has published extensively in leading international journals and also authored books and chapters on education/management.

Prof. Kenneth Leithwood is an Emeritus Professor at OISE/University of Toronto and an honorary professor at the University College London and the University of Nottingham His research and writing is about school leadership, educational policy, and organizational change. He has published extensively on these topics. For example, his most recent books include Leadership Development on a Large Scale: Lessons for Long-term Success (2018, Corwin), How School Leaders Contribute to Student Success (2017, Springer), and Linking Leadership to Student Learning (2012, Jossey Bass). Prof. Kenneth Leithwood is the inaugural recipient of the University of Toronto’s Impact on Public Policy award, AERA’s 2011 Outstanding Leadership Researcher Award, the 2012 Roald F. Campbell Lifetime Achievement Award from the University Council for Educational Administration, and the Ontario Principals’ Council Outstanding Educator of the Year award for 2017. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. A recently published bibliometric analysis found that Prof. Kenneth Leithwood was the most frequently cited, highest-impact educational leadership researcher in the world. Research.com’s 2022 Ranking of the Top 1000 Scientists in the area of Social Sciences and Humanities ranked Prof. Kenneth Leithwood 70th in the world and 7th in Canada.

Dr. Tijen Tülübaş graduated in Foreign Languages Education from the Middle East Technical University in 2001. Subsequently, she obtained her Master's Degree and Ph.D. in Education Management at Kocaeli University in 2011 and 2017, respectively. Currently, she is an Associate Professor and the Deputy Head of the Department at the Faculty of Education, Department of Educational Sciences, Dumlupınar University. In addition, she is a Manager at the Family and Community Services Application and Research Center, at Dumlupınar University.