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      Anoma Abhayaratne is a Professor in Economics, at the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. She received her PhD in Economics and MA in Econometrics from the University of Essex, UK, and her MPhil and BA (Hons) from the University of Peradeniya. During her 37 years of teaching career at the university, she served in administrative positions including Head of the Departmen and Dean of the Faculty, and was a member of the Governing Council of the University. She was a Visiting Professor at the University of Essex, UK, Rouen University, France, University of Malaya, Malaysia, and South Asian University, India. Her research interests are in the areas of development‐related issues including poverty, FDI, foreign aid, social welfare, and the empowerment of marginalized persons. She has wide experience in coordinating international projects and is currently the coordinator of two international projects.

      Saira Ahmed works at the Capital University of Science & Technology (CUST) in Pakistan as the Director of the Directorate of Sustainability and Environment. She is also the founding director for the research group on Solutions to Energy & Environmental Problems (STEEP). She is extensively involved in supervising peer‐reviewed research and teaches courses in Microeconomics, Public Finance, and Environmental Impact Assessment. Dr. Ahmed was awarded a PhD in Economics, Markets, and Institutions from the IMT Institute for Advanced Studies, Italy, in 2010. She is the team lead for Pakistan's COVID‐19 fiscal response project for the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada, and the Partnerships for Economic Prosperity (PEP) Network. She is also the lead coordinator for the Pakistan–Italy Network (PIN), an emerging initiative of the Agency for Italian Development Cooperation (AICS) for building international technical, vocational, and research collaborations.

      Hassan Ali is a Telecoms Relationship Manager with four years' experience working alongside the executive team of Pakistan Telecommunications Mobile Ltd – Ufone. He specializes in project management and is responsible for capacity building and training of other employees on the use of progressive machine‐learning systems and applications, including mass communication procedures and organizational applications. He has extensive experience in project coordination and execution. He has served as the Project Associate for the Youth Communicators for Development program of the Luiss Business School, Italy. During the course of the program, he handled multiple teams and field projects across five remote districts of Pakistan. He obtained his MS degree in Project Management from Bahria University, Pakistan, in 2018 and his MSc in Banking and Finance in 2016. He is currently pursuing Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI), in the US.

P. Bacelar‐Nicolau holds a degree in Plant and Applied Biology at the University of Lisbon, Portugal, and a PhD in Environmental Microbiology at the University of North Wales, Bangor, UK. She is Assistant Professor at the Universidade Aberta (UAb), Portugal. She is also a senior researcher at the Centre for Functional Ecology at the Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal, and a collaborator researcher at the E‐learning Laboratory of UAb. Her main research areas include e‐learning in environmental sciences, education for sustainable development, biology conservation, and environmental microbiology. She has mentored several postgraduate students, published papers in peer‐review International Scientific Information (ISI) journals, book chapters, and international conference proceedings, and has participated in several international research and development projects.

      Mária Bihuňová is researcher and lecturer at the Institute of Landscape Architecture. She is also a vice dean for international relations of the Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Engineering SUA in Nitra. She has long‐term experience in coordinating international research and educational projects, organizing training schools and workshops. She is currently coordinating a national research project on green infrastructure in urban areas and landscapes, in the context of changing climate. Her research interests include assessment and design of the various types of urban greenery; assessment of the recreational potential of the open spaces and landscapes; new trends and smart solutions in the fields of landscape architecture and presents of the fruit trees and activities of urban gardening in the cities. She is the author and co‐author of 15 publications in the WOS and SCOPUS databases, 1 scientific monograph, with 73 citations (in WOS and SCOPUS databases – 49 citations). She is a member of Steering Committee of Slovak Association for Garden Design and Landscaping.

      Marwa Biltagy received the prize of Best MSc and PhD thesis at Cairo University in 2005 and 2010, respectively. She was also awarded the Encouragement Prize from Cairo University in the field of Humanities and Educational Sciences in 2016 and has received many awards from Cairo University for Outstanding Scientific Publishing in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020. In addition, she won the State Incentive Award for Women in the field of Social Sciences in 2020. She is a member in several professional associations, such as American Economic Association (AEA), Middle East Economic Association (MEEA), and International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFE), and her work has been published in many publications in prestigious international journals.

      Brett Bligh is a lecturer in the Department of Educational Research, Lancaster University, UK. His research interrogates the nexus of institutional change and technology through an activity theory lens. Much of his research concerns adult learners and, particularly, the higher education sector. Recurring themes include co‐design, interventionist methodologies, and the roles of the built environment in educational institutions. He is co‐director of the Centre for Technology Enhanced Learning and co‐editor of the diamond open‐access journal Studies in Technology Enhanced Learning. He is currently leading on a project co‐producing a new communal garden space with university, further education college, school, and local community stakeholders.

      Sarah Briggs is a Sustainability Project Officer at Keele University, UK. She has a BSc in Environment and Sustainability and is currently studying for an MA in Higher Education Practice. In her role, she works across estates and operations, and student and academic spheres, and provides direct support to students who are interested in developing their own sustainability projects. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

S. Caeiro holds an undergraduate degree in Environmental Engineering from NOVA University of Lisbon and a master's in Science in Coastal Zones from the University of Aveiro. She also holds a doctorate in Environmental Engineering from NOVA University, and in Habilitation in Sustainability, Environment and Global Changes from the Universidade Aberta (UAb). She is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Science and Technology at UA and a Senior Researcher at the Centre for Sustainability and Environmental Research (CENSE) at NOVA University. She also collaborates with the e‐learning laboratory of UAb. Her main research and teaching areas include environmental management and assessment, education for sustainable development, e‐learning, and environmental sciences. She is the coordinator of the PhD in Social Sustainability and Development, and vice‐coordinator of the Complementary Program for Environmental Engineering at UAb. She is Associate Editor for the Journal of Cleaner СКАЧАТЬ