Matej Bel University (UMB) is a public research university located in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia. The 450 academic and support staff at UMB provide education for nearly 7,000 students. About 10% of students enrolled at UMB are international.

Katarína Chovancová
Katarína Chovancová holds an MA in methodology of teaching foreign languages and currently works as professor of general linguistics at the Faculty of Arts of Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica. Her research focuses on the study of communication events, discourse analysis and linguistic pragmatics. She is the author of several books, book chapters and research papers. She has been involved in 19 research projects, several of them focused on corpus-based speech research, compared grammar and contextualisation of pedagogical discourse. At UMB, she has also helped implement the project of the University Support and Guidance Centre, managed activities aimed at the inclusion of migrants and expats, and participated in the institutional implementation of service-learning strategy. She is interested in developing links between linguistic and social science research and in the problems of internationalisation of higher education.

Lenka Theodoulides
Lenka Theodoulides is teaching and researching topics related to strategic and international management and leadership at Matej Bel University. She has been doing training and consulting in interpersonal skills mainly focused on communication, leading teams and change management for companies in the production and service industries. She has also lead two research projects focused on critical thinking skills and competences which resulted in multiple publications and training courses. She is author and co-author of several articles, books and book chapters focusing on leadership, managing innovations and processes of assessment based upon critical thinking and feedback. Since 2018 she has been focusing on developing critical thinking skills among students and teachers at higher education institution. The result of this endeavour are summarized in two publications and a training course. Within the course of International management and business development she has been working on

Natália Kubašová
Natália Kubašová is a PhD student in the field of methodology of teaching foreign languages. She is preparing a doctoral thesis focusing on the current issues related to e-testing and e-assesment under the direction of Katarína Chovancová. Natália is an experienced teacher who has gathered a perfect knowledge of primary and secondary school teaching practice. She also works as a freelance lecturer and translator-interpreter. Her theoretical knowledge and practical work experience make her sensitive to currents didactic trends and innovations. She is the author of several research papers presented at conferences. Natália is responsible of giving practical support and guidance to UMB VSC teams on PR2.

Tomáš Beňuška
Tomaš Beňuška is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Political Science and International Relations at the Department of Security Studies. In the past, he worked on a research project profiling islamic fundamentalists in the European Union member-states by analysing the so-called crime-terror nexus phenomenon, which led him to understand better the nuances of international migration and environments cultivating radicalism and extremism. He still maintains his work focus on international migration, acculturation and integration, radicalism and extremism in order to contribute to better societal security situation, but he also works in the field of tackling hybrid warfare and disinformation and leads lectures on high schools and elementary schools teaching students how to differentiate between true and fake content On the TRIP project, he is responsible for the social media strategy and PR2 – Race.