Beno Schraepen (°1970) has been working since 1999 as a lecturer in the bachelor’s program Social Educational Care Work at the Artesis Plantijn University College in Antwerp. After completing his master's degree in Psychological and Pedagogical Sciences, majoring in 'Orthopedagogy and -agogy' in 1994, the postgraduate in 'Development Cooperation' was obtained at Ghent University. Until 1999 he coordinated a support service for inclusive leisure activities for adults with disabilities.

Since 2007, Maite Mallentjer (°1974) has been a lecturer in the bachelor's program in Social Educational Care Work at the Artesis Plantijn University College in Antwerp. In 1997 she obtained her Master's degree in Psychology from Ghent University. Between 1997 and 1999 she worked as a psychologist in a general hospital in the geriatric department. She also taught in secondary vocational education, home and elderly care. In 1999 she became a departmental psychologist of the Department of Elderly Psychiatry and took part in a structural change process.

Hilde Maelstaf is a lecturer at the Artesis Plantijn Hogeschool Antwerp, social work, and has been associated since 1995, with educational specialisation in: research methods for Bachelor's students and practical research in the social working environment and general sociology and sociology for social work. 

Marjan Halsberghe (°1983) graduated as a primary school teacher at the University College of Antwerp in 2006. For her bachelor thesis 'Girls and the Right to Education’, she travelled to Arusha in Tanzania for 3 months. After several years of teaching experience in Antwerp primary education (equal opportunities teacher and class teacher International School) and secondary education (e. g.

Dries Claessens (°1977) studied social work and sociology. Since 2004 he has been working as a lecturer Social Work at the Artesis Plantijn University College in Antwerp. There he teaches a variety of human and social science subjects such as ‘methodology', 'politics and social policy' and 'historical & current perspectives for social workers'.

He has previously conducted practice-based research on activation practices in Flanders and on the situation of older prisoners inside and outside the prison system. He is author of the book ‘A History of Social Work’ (EPO, 2017).

Hiram Bollaert is a lecturer and a researcher at the AP University College Antwerp. He obtained a Master degree in mathematics from the University of Antwerp. After having taught mathematics, statistics, and computer literacy at various colleges for several years, he moved on to the university college as a statistics and operations research lecturer for professional bachelors and international Erasmus students. There he discovered the capabilities of virtual learning environments using systems as Blackboard and Moodle and started creating adaptive e-courses.