Dr. Andreas Ch. Hadjichambis is the Scientific Director of the Cyprus Center for Environmental Research and Education (CYCERE) having the title of Research Professor and a Biology Advisor at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports and Youth. He has taught for over 23 years from Primary School to University (Cyprus University of Technology). He is Chair of the European Network for Environmental Citizenship (ENEC), which includes 88 Universities and Research Institutes from 39 countries and more than 130 academics, researchers and scientists. He has participated in a number of competitive European and national funding research projects such as ENVIROCITIZEN, ENEC COST ACTION, CO-REFLECT, PROFILES, PARRISE, MASS, FLORA, EYOIKO, OIKOAKT, LIFE etc. where, among other things, he had the opportunity to contribute to the development, research validation and evaluation of innovative learning material related to Biology and Natural and Environmental Sciences. Coordinated at European level the SIG for Environmental Education of ERIDOB (2015-2016). He was a member of the team of experts of the Ministry of Education and Culture, as a Content Specialist, for the development of Digital Educational Content for Biology. He coordinated, as National Coordinator at the Ministry of Education and Culture, all Environmental Education Programs operating in Cyprus Secondary Education (Golden Green Leaf, Globe, Eco-Schools, Young Reporters for the Environment, SEMEP). He has the Scientific Responsibility for the design, development, implementation and research validation of 16 Environmental Education Programs which are successfully provided by CYCERE. He is co-author of the 4 Biology Activities Books that are applied in the Secondary Education of Cyprus from the 7th to 10th Grade and the respective books of Teacher’s Guides. He has published dozens of articles in international scientific journals, dozens of scientific papers in international scientific conferences, 4 scientific books, 15 books – Teachers’ Guides as well as 4 poetry books. The work of Dr. A. Hadjichambis has received many awards and distinctions in Cyprus and abroad, such as the Award from the Cyprus Broadcasting Authority, the Environmental Awareness Award (Oikopolis) and awards for his scientific work and his poetry books. Dr. Hadjichambis’ work is summarized in the fourfold: Education, Research, Selfless offer in Society and Volunteerism.

Pedro Reis is an Associate Professor (accredited as Full Professor) in Science Education at “Instituto de Educação, Universidade de Lisboa”. He works as invited professor in several universities from Brazil, Colombia and Spain.

He holds a PhD and a MEd in education, and a BSc degree in biology. He researches about: a) socio-scientific issues; b) youth activism; c) environmental citizenship; and d) Web 2.0.

He has been involved with projects in Europe, Africa and Latin America (supported by the EU, the World Bank, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and several governments). He is a counsellor at the Portuguese National Council of Education and the Vice-Chair at the “European Network for Environmental Citizenship”.

Ralph Hansmann (born 1969 in Weil am Rhein, Germany) studied psychology at University Freiburg and completed his doctorate on opinion formation processes and group decision making there. He completed a Postdoc at the Natural and Social Science Interface of the Department of Environmental Sciences at ETH Zurich and afterwards accomplished his habilitation in Sustainability Sciences at ETHZ. Main areas of research are education for environmental citizenship, environmental communication and campaigns, environmental behavior, transdisciplinarity, sustainability learning, collective decision-making and problem-solving, social interaction in groups, urban greening, and activities in forests and nature for health, wellbeing, and quality of life.

Dr. Demetra Paraskeva – Hadjichambi is the Head of the Environmental Education Department of the Cyprus Center for Environmental Research and Education (CYCERE) and a Biology Consultant at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports and Youth. She worked at the Department of Educational Sciences of the University of Cyprus from 2005-2012. She has participated in a number of competitive European and national funding research projects such as ENVIROCITIZEN, ENEC COST ACTION, PROFILES, PARRISE, MASS, FLORA, EYOIKO, etc. where, among other things, she had the opportunity to contribute to the development, research validation and evaluation of innovative learning material related to Biology and Natural and Environmental Sciences. She is contributing as a Group Leader for Secondary Education of the European Environmental Network (ENEC), which includes 87 Universities and Research Institutes from 38 countries and more than 130 academics, researchers and scientists. She was a member of the team of experts of the Ministry of Education and Culture, as a Content Specialist, for the development of Digital Educational Content for Biology. She coordinated groups of students for several Environmental Education programs operating in Cyprus Secondary Education (Golden Green Leaf, Globe, Eco-Schools, Young Reporters for the Environment). She organized many workshops for the Professional Development of teachers. She participated in the design, development, implementation and research validation of 16 Environmental Education Programs which are successfully provided by CYCERE. She is a co-author of the 4 Biology Activities Books that are applied in the Secondary Education of Cyprus from the 7th to 10th Grade and the respective Teacher’s Guides. She has published dozens of articles in international scientific journals, dozens of scientific papers in international scientific conferences, 3 scientific books and 15 Teachers’ Guides. The work of Dr. D. Paraskeva – Hadjichambi has received many awards and distinctions in Cyprus and abroad.