Gabriela Pleschová works as an associate professor at Department of Pedagogical Science and Andragogy, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia, where she leads international collaborative Erasmus+ projects aimed at improved student learning, internationalisation and sense of belonging. Her background is in Political Science, and in 2012 she earned an MSc in Education (Higher Education) from Oxford University. Since 2004, she has been coordinating workshops and other development activities for beginner university teachers. She serves as a member of the SEDA PDF Committee, ICED Council member and member of the editorial board of the Journal of Political Science Education. She is the co-editor of Teacher Development in Higher Education. Existing Programs, Program Impact and Future Trends which was published by Routledge in 2012 (with Eszter Simon). In 2019 she became a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.