Thank You to the 2024–2025 GPEDU Team
We would like to extend our sincere gratitude to all GPEDU team members from the 2024–2025 cycle. Thank you for your dedication and contributions. Despite your busy academic schedules, you still took the time to support our community and our public-service initiatives. We truly appreciate your commitment and the energy you brought to our work.
Below is a list of the core management members who contributed to our activities during the 2024–2025 year.
Luman Zhou
Founder & Core Leader
PhD in Education, University of Manchester, UK
Nguyen Trang
Academic workshop leader
PhD Candidate, University of Liverpool,
UK
NanNan Lu
Academic workshop leader
PhD Candidate, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Keji Fan
PhD in Education, University of Durham, UK
JInjing Zhu
PhD in Education, University of Manchester, UK
RunHan Li
PhD offer holder, Auckland University, New Zealand
Global-Based Committee
Team & Volunteers
global representatives from different universities and countries.
Wanrong Xu
Interests: The Economic Quantification History of Higher Education in Modern and Contemporary China
PhD in Economics of Education and Educational Administration, Peking University，China
Jing Zhang
Interests: international higher education.
PhD in Education, University of Cambridge & University of Turku
UK & Finland
Zhengqing Luo
Interests: language assessment, language teacher assessment literacy, teacher education
PhD in Education, Beijing Normal University, China
Qun Ma
Interests: Chinese early childhood teachers’ professional identity using critical realism. Usage of AI and early childhood education for sustainability.
PhD in Education, The University of Auckland, New Zealand
Shannon Hutcheson
PhD in Education
McGill University, Canada
Jiani Wang
Interests: translanguaging, multilingualism, higher education, motivation, CLIL
PhD in Education, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium
Elena Klimkina
Interests: Internationalization of higher education; academic mobility; knowledge management learning; equity, equality, inclusion.
PhD in Education, Eötvös Lorand University, Hungary
Zhao Yang
Interests: Online Ethnography, Dance Education and Pedagogy, Cultural Heritage and Dance, Cultural Exchange
PhD in Education, University of Edinburgh, UK
Yajing Wang
Interests: student learning and development, research team creativity, and higher educational assessment.
PhD in Education, Tsinghua University, China
India Kershaw
MA International Education
Interests: EAL and Language Acquisition
University of Manchester, UK
Ruirui Liu
PhD in Education
Interests: Higher Education internationalisation, international student mobility and global citizenship
University of Manchester, UK
yangYaxuan Wang
MA International Education
Interests: Student agency, cross-cultural learning environments and personal development for Chinese international students
University of Manchester, UK
Sini Wu
PhD in Education
Interests: K-12 Education in China
University of Manchester, UK
Zhenyang Jin
MSc International Fashion Retailing (entrepreneurship & innovation)
Interests: Consumer behaviour and entrepreneurship; Equalisation of educational resources
University of Manchester, UK
Nada Mahyoub
PhD in Mechanical Engineering
Interests: science and engineering education, creativity and inclusivity, and social mobility in education.
University of Manchester, UK
Ronger Huang
BSc education
Interests: International education; digital humanities
University of Manchester, UK
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