Susan Liddy lectures in the Department of Media and Communication Studies MIC, Limerick. Her research interests and publications relate primarily to gender and diversity issues in the Irish screen industries; older women on screen and behind the camera; motherhood and caring; and harmful behaviours in the screen industries workplace. She is President of Women in Film and Television International and Chair of Women in Film and Television Ireland. She is a board member of the Writers Guild of Ireland, Raising Films Ireland and the Irish Film Institute. She is the Director of Catalyst International Film Festival in Limerick - a festival that prioritises films and filmmakers from underrepresented groups.

Deirdre Flynn is a Lecturer in 21st Century Literature at Mary Immaculate College in Limerick and a member of the Young Academy of Ireland at the Royal Irish Academy. She has published widely on contemporary literature, precarity and Irish Studies.