Sinéad Gormally is a Professor of Community Development and Youth at the University of Glasgow, UK. She is Deputy Head of School of the School of Education (strategy and planning). Her research focuses on how youth and community work practitioners can create positive social change, as well as the impact of violence and conflict on individuals and communities.

Abigail Maguire is the Head of Undergraduate Studies at Moorlands College, Dorset, UK, and she lectures in applied theology, and youth and community work.

Mike Seal Mike has three part-time roles: Director of the Centre for Research into the Education of Marginalised Children and Young Adults (CREMCYA) and Professor of Youth and Community Education, St Mary's University Twickenham, UK, Professor of Critical Pedagogy at Birmingham City University, UK, and the National Officer of the Professional Association of Lecturers of Youth and Community Work (PALYCW).