Briony Sharp is Lecturer in Marketing, Innovation, Tourism, and Events division at the University of the West of Scotland, UK, and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Her most recent research focuses on the social impacts and legacies from events, event governance, volunteering and engagement, and critical event studies.

Rebecca Finkel is Professor of Critical Event Studies at Queen Margaret University, UK, and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Rebecca's research situates events and festivals within social justice, gender in/equality, and cultural identity frameworks.

Katherine Dashper is Professor and Director of Research Degrees in the School of Events, Tourism, and Hospitality Management at Leeds Beckett University, UK. Her research focuses on gender and multispecies approaches to understanding leisure, sport, tourism, and events.