Assoc. Prof. PaedDr. Silvia Barnová, PhD, MBA, currently works at DTI University in Dubnica nad Váhom, Slovakia, where she holds the position of Associate Professor and is also the director of a private school providing pre-primary, primary, and secondary education. She graduated from Comenius University in Bratislava, where she also earned her PhD degree in 2010. She is a member of the Scientific Board of DTI University in Dubnica nad Váhom, the Accreditation Committee of the Faculty of Education of Comenius University in Bratislava, and of the ENTER Monitoring Committee. Within her research activities, she focuses on the fields of school management, crisis planning in education, distance teaching, inclusive education, and teacher resilience. Currently, she is the managing editor of the scientific journal Acta Educationis Generalis and a member of the editorial boards of Auspicia, International Journal of Language and Translation Studies, Pedagogická revue, and Psychológia a patopsychológia dieťaťa.