Advisory Board
| Edward R. Raupp Professor Gori State University Georgia, Gori Contact: Email: edraupp@gmail.com ORCID: 0000-0001-5147-7835 LinkedIn: Edward R. Raupp Website: Personal/Academic Website Academic Degree: Ph.D. Institutional Role: Professor Languages: English Address: Gori State University, 53 Ilia Chavchavadze Ave, Gori, Georgia |
Professor Edward R. Raupp is an interdisciplinary scholar whose expertise includes economics, English language and literature, forecasting, and American Studies. He is Professor at Gori State University and brings extensive experience in higher education, research, and academic leadership. Colonel, United States Army (Retired), and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of The University of Georgia, he has contributed to international academic exchange through teaching and scholarly engagement across diverse fields. His work reflects a broad intellectual profile that connects economic analysis, humanities scholarship, and forecasting perspectives. His academic interests support interdisciplinary inquiry and internationally relevant scholarship within the social sciences and humanities. Fields of Expertise: Economics; English Language and Literature; Forecasting; American Studies |
| Dominik Dvořák Senior Researcher Charles University, Faculty of Education; Masaryk University, Faculty of Arts Czech Republic, Prague / Brno Contact: Email: dominik.dvorak@pedf.cuni.cz ORCID: 0000-0002-9333-1751 ResearchGate: Dominik Dvořák Website: Personal/Academic Website Academic Degree: PhD Institutional Role: Senior Researcher; PhD Supervisor Languages: Czech; English; Russian; German; Slovak Address: Charles University (Faculty of Education), Institute for Research and Development in Education, Myslíkova 7, Praha 1, 110 00, Czech Republic |
Dominik Dvořák, Ph.D., is a senior researcher at the Institute for Research and Development of Education, Faculty of Education, Charles University in Prague, and at the Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University in Brno. He originally trained in nuclear physics and later earned a Ph.D. in education. His research focuses on curriculum studies, the structure and development of school systems in post-socialist countries, the geography of education, and datafication in schooling. He has worked in educational publishing and has served as principal investigator or team member on numerous research projects in primary and secondary education. He is the author or co-author of multiple scholarly publications and serves as editor of the academic journal Orbis scholae. He is also Vice-Chair of the National Curriculum Council, advising the Czech Ministry of Education. Fields of Expertise: Education; Curriculum Studies; School Systems; Geography of Education; Datafication; Educational Policy; Post-Socialist Education Systems |
| Sönmez Çelik Managing Director; Head of Library Services Ibn Haldun University Turkey, Istanbul Contact: Email: snmzclk@gmail.com ORCID: 0000-0002-3973-4664 Website: Personal/Academic Website Academic Degree: MA (Librarianship) Institutional Role: Managing Director; Head of Library Services Languages: Turkish; English Address: Ibn Haldun University Information Center, Ulubatlı Hasan Cad. No: 2, 34494 Başakşehir, Istanbul, Turkey |
Sönmez Çelik is an information and library science specialist with extensive experience in academic librarianship, open access, and scholarly publishing systems. He serves as Managing Director and Head of Library Services at Ibn Haldun University. His work focuses on strengthening research infrastructure, enhancing the visibility of scholarly outputs, and supporting the development of open science practices. His expertise includes institutional repositories, digital libraries, and journal management systems such as Open Journal Systems (OJS). He has contributed to national and international initiatives in open access and scholarly communication and is widely engaged in the field of academic information services and repository development. Fields of Expertise: Library and Information Science; Open Access; Scholarly Communication; Institutional Repositories; Digital Libraries; Journal Management Systems (OJS); Open Science; Academic Publishing |
