Prof Dr Klaus Zierer is an educational scientist and has been a full professor of school education at the University of Augsburg since 2015. Prior to this, he had been researching and teaching as a professor of educational science specialising in general didactics / school pedagogy at the University of Oldenburg since 2011. He originally studied to become a primary school teacher and worked as a teacher at primary, secondary and intermediate schools after completing his doctorate.

Klaus Zierer is best known for his collaboration with John Hattie. He translated his work "Visible Learning" into German in 2013 and subsequently published several works together with John Hattie, including "Kenne deinen Einfluss", "Visible Learning Unterrichtsplanung" and "Hattie 2.0".

Klaus Zierer regularly contributes to education policy debates and writes for Süddeutsche Zeitung, FAZ, Welt, NZZ and Die Zeit. He is one of the country's most influential school educators and was invited to the Blue Sofa at the 2021 Frankfurt Book Fair with his book "Ein Jahr zum Vergessen" (2021), in which he takes a critical stance on the measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic from an educational perspective.

Dr Tijs Bolz teaches and researches as a special needs teacher at the University of Oldenburg, focusing on relationship-based support in schools as well as prevention and intervention in cases of impairment in emotional and social development. He also works as a reviewer for various specialist journals, advises schools and institutions and lectures at other universities. He currently holds the professorship for Education and Didactics of Emotional and Social Development at the University of Oldenburg.

Prof Dr Ayça Polat is Professor of Social Pedagogy in the Migration Society and Director of the Centre for Migration, Education and Cultural Studies at the University of Oldenburg. Her research focus is on theories and approaches to diversity awareness, criticism of racism and migration education.

Kimberly Naboa Menzel is an education officer at SchlaU-Werkstatt für Migrationspädagogik gGmbH, Munich, and is responsible for the Lower Saxony location. She specialises in anti-discrimination skills as part of pedagogical professionalism as well as raising awareness of multilingualism and the linguistic complexity of the German language in the classroom context. She also works as a lecturer in teacher training.

Prof Dr Marcus Eckert is a former secondary school teacher and subsequently studied clinical psychology. He is now Professor of Developmental and School Psychology at APOLLON University in Bremen. His research focus includes the topics of emotion and stress regulation, self-regulation and procrastination. He was co-founder and managing director of the Institute for Learning Health and is the author of specialist books and articles on the topics of teacher health and classroom management. And is the main author of the "Strong in Stress" programme.

Wilfried Steinert is the former head teacher of the inclusive all-day school Waldhofschule in Templin, which was honoured with the German School Award for its work. As an education expert, he has been working freelance on inclusive education and the development of inclusive education regions since 2010. In addition to his countless commitments on various educational topics, he is also a member of the Speakers' Council of the 'Expert Group on Inclusive Education' of the German UNESCO Commission and a former member of the scientific advisory board on inclusion of the Brandenburg Ministry of Education. He has also been active on the jury of the Jacob Muth Prize for Inclusive Education and the preliminary jury of the German School Award on several occasions.

Antje Mein is a process facilitator and coach at the Institute Gesunde Karriere. For 20 years, she has been working with managers on success factors for (healthy) leadership in various contexts of the organisational world. The core of her work is supporting individual and organisational change processes.

Dipl. Päd. Silke Gralfs has been working at IGS Franzsches Feld since 1990. She specialises in counselling as well as team and school development.

Benjamin Sauerland has been Head of School at IGS Franzsches Feld in Braunschweig since 2023. He previously worked in various roles at comprehensive schools, in particular as a permanent representative of the head teacher and head of department, as well as for the Regional State Office for Schools and Education in Braunschweig.

Antje Mismahl has been working as a comprehensive school teacher since 1997. She became head of department in 2008. In this role, she set up the "Denkt Schule anders!" (Think school differently!) sub-site. Since 2013, she has been Head of School at the PRIMUS school in Minden, which she played a key role in setting up and supporting.

Prof Dr Till-Sebastian Idel has been Professor of School Pedagogy and General Didactics at the Institute of Educational Sciences in School I - School Educational and Social Sciences at the University of Oldenburg since 2020. He previously taught in Mainz, Heidelberg and Bremen. He researches the change and development of schools, pedagogical professionalism and the school learning culture.