Igor Balaban is Associate Professor at FOI and Head of Laboratory for advanced technologies in e-learning. He participated in several European and national projects, coordinated two of them (LLP, Erasmus+) and locally coordinated Horizon 2020 project.

He authored and co-authored 30+ scientific and professional papers and cooperates with European Commissions’ Joint Research Centre as an external expert for DigComOrg & DigCompEdu frameworks and SELFIE tool. He organized and conducted dozens of workshops, talked at several dozen conferences, and was invited speaker at some of them. He is also a reviewer for several highly respected journals such as Computers & Education, International Journal of ePortfolio and International Journal of Information Systems.

His main field of interest is technology supported learning with special focus on adaptivity and personalization in learning environments and digital transformation of educational organizations. He also has a traceable scientific record in assessing the successful implementation of information systems.