Eeva Kaisa Hyry-Beihammer, PhD, is a professor of school pedagogics at the University College of Teacher Education Upper Austria, Austria. She worked as a postdoc researcher at the University of Oulu, Finland (2008-2010), as a visiting scholar and senior postdoc researcher at the University of Salzburg, Austria (2010-2014) and as a senior scientist at the University of Klagenfurt, Austria (2014-2015). Her research projects focus on (pre-service) teachers' professional development. Outi Ylitapio-Mäntylä, PhD, is an adjunct professor and university lecturer at the University of Oulu, Finland. She worked as a post-doctoral researcher (2010-2012) and university lecturer (2012-2017) at the University of Lapland. Since 2017 she has worked as a university lecturer at the University of Oulu and since 2019, she has worked as one of the research unit leaders at the Faculty of Education and Psychology. She has been a leader in several teaching and developmental projects funded by the Ministry of Culture and Education in Finland. Minna Uitto, PhD, is a professor of subject teacher education at the University of Oulu, Finland.

She worked as a post-doctoral researcher (2011-2021) and university researcher (2021) at the University of Oulu. She leads two research projects about changing relations in teachers' work funded by the Research Council of Finland (RELA, 2020-2024) and Eudaimonia Institute (University of Oulu) (NAVI, 2022-2025).