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International Advisory Council

Council Chairs

Sarah Aiono

Mutlu Cukurova

Mutlu Cukurova

Play Pedagogy | Chief Executive Officer, Longworth Education, New Zealand

Mutlu Cukurova

Mutlu Cukurova

Mutlu Cukurova

Professor of Learning and Artificial Intelligence, University College London, United Kingdom 

Susan Edwards

Mutlu Cukurova

Jacqueline Harding

Professor of Early Childhood Education & Director of Early Childhood Futures, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia

Jacqueline Harding

Jacqueline Harding

Jacqueline Harding

 International child development and education expert, Author, Director Tomorrow’s Child, Parentchannel.tv,   

 United Kingdom

Eirini Gkouskou

Jacqueline Harding

Eirini Gkouskou

Associate Professor in Early Years and Primary Education, Programme Leader for MA Early Years Education, IOE, University College London, United Kingdom

Slim Khemakhem

Jacqueline Harding

Eirini Gkouskou

Assistant Professor, Education Division, Higher Colleges of Technology, 

Abu Dhabi, UAE

Ori Ossmy

Jennifer Oxman Ryan

Jennifer Oxman Ryan

Professor, Director of the Physical Cognition Lab, Centre for Educational Neuroscience, 

Birkbeck, University of London, United Kingdom

Jennifer Oxman Ryan

Jennifer Oxman Ryan

Jennifer Oxman Ryan

Senior Research Manager at Project Zero, 

Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, United States

Priti Verma

Jennifer Oxman Ryan

Priti Verma

Executive Dean, Higher Colleges of Technology, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Council Members

Tania Al Aghar

Christine Callender

Tania Al Aghar

Academic Program Chair, Abu Dhabi campus, Higher Colleges of Technology,

United Arab Emirates

Liz Bullough

Christine Callender

Tania Al Aghar

 Lecturer, NPQ Early Years Leadership Programme, UCL Centre for Educational Leadership, United Kingdom

Christine Callender

Christine Callender

Christine Callender

 Professor of Educational Equity and Social Justice, UCL Institute of Education - Learning & Leadership, United Kingdom

Michelle Furnell

Michelle Furnell

Christine Callender

Special Education leader, Auberge des Pensées / Inn of Thoughts, France

Nahla Gahwaji

Michelle Furnell

Nahla Gahwaji

Professor, Early Childhood Department; Dean, Faculty of Human Sciences and Designs, King Abdulaziz University (KAU), Saudi Arabia

Sahbi Hidri

Michelle Furnell

Nahla Gahwaji

Division Chair and Assistant Professor, Early Childhood Education Program, Higher Colleges of Technology, United Arab Emirates

Susan Holmes

Suhasini Kanwar

Suhasini Kanwar

Executive Head, Nehru World School and Healthy Planet Schools, Uttar Pradesh, India

Suhasini Kanwar

Suhasini Kanwar

Suhasini Kanwar

Co-Founder, Healthy Planet Early Years School, Delhi, India 

Andréa Lopes

Suhasini Kanwar

Andréa Lopes

Principal, Our Lady of Mercy Preschool, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Robin Ogdol

Karla Shepard Rubinger

Andréa Lopes

Academic Program Chair, ECE program,  

Higher Colleges of Technology,

United Arab Emirates

Karla Shepard Rubinger

Karla Shepard Rubinger

Karla Shepard Rubinger

Founding Partner, Rubinger Associates; Former Vice President, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., New York, United States

Gideon Sappor

Karla Shepard Rubinger

Karla Shepard Rubinger

Associate Professor, leader on the Education Doctorate (EdD) programme & on the Primary PGCE programme, UCL Institute of Education - Learning & Leadership, United Kingdom 

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