Abdeljalil Akkari is professor and director of a research group on international education at the University of Geneva. He is also a regular consultant for UNESCO and other international organizations (Swiss cooperation agency, European Union). He was the Dean for research at the Higher Pedagogical Institute HEP-BEJUNE (Bienne, Switzerland) and assistant professor at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (Baltimore, United States). His major experiences and publications include studies on international cooperation, educational planning, multicultural education, teacher training and educational inequalities. His main research interests are centered currently on educational policy, internationalization of universities, teacher education and reforms of educational systems in a comparative and international perspective. Myriam Radhouane is a postdoctoral researcher at University of Geneva. Before joining an academic career, she was trained as an elementary school teacher. Today, her work mostly focuses on teacher training and teacher practices regarding intercultural education and social justice. In this respect, she is interested in the cultural background of teachers, in pedagogical practices with students from cultural minorities, in activities that maintain and promote mother tongues and recently preservice teachers' international mobility. She participates in international and comparative studies regarding intercultural education and teacher training.
