Gönül Bozoglu is a lecturer in museum and heritage studies at the University of St Andrews, UK.

Gary Campbell is an Australian-based independent researcher with a primary research interest in industrial heritage, deindustrialization and the politics of memory and nostalgia.

Laurajane Smith is the director of the Centre of Heritage and Museum Studies, Research School of Humanities and the Arts, the Australian National University.

Christopher Whitehead is a professor of museology and dean of Global Humanities and Social Sciences, Newcastle University, UK.