Ph.D Pilar Ibáñez-Cubillas is an Assistant Professor affiliated with the Department of Didactics and School Organization at the University of Málaga. Her research focuses on educational technology, virtual environments and communities, social networks, professional development, early childhood care,  external practices and practicum. She contributed to the creation of the Journal for Educators, Teachers, and Trainers as part of the production team (2011–2015) and subsequently as Technical Secretary (since 2016). She is also a member of the Editorial Team of Revista Prácticum (since 2016) and an Associate Editor of Revista Campo Abierto (since 2020). She has conducted research stays at national and international universities and was awarded a Collaboration Grant and FPU contrat by the Ministry of Education through a competitive process. She collaborates with the Agência de Avaliação e Acreditação do Ensino Superior (since 2021) as an external evaluator. She served as president of the Research and Development Community Enabling Teachers for Entrepreneurship Education (RDC-ENTNEP-ED) (2018–2021), and has been a member of the Association for Teacher Education in Europe (ATEE) (2018–2023) and RedTICPraxis (2019).