Peter Aggleton has a background in the social sciences as applied to well-being, education and health. He holds senior professorial positions at a number of universities including The Australian National University in Canberra, UNSW Sydney, and UCL in London.

Rob Cover is Professor of Digital Communication at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia.

Carmen H. Logie is Canada Research Chair in Global Health Equity and Social Justice with Marginalized Populations and a professor in the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work at the University of Toronto.

Christy E. Newman is a professor in the Centre for Social Research in Health at UNSW Sydney.

Richard Parker is Professor Emeritus of Sociomedical Sciences and Anthropology and a member of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University in New York, as well as Director of the Brazilian Interdisciplinary AIDS Association (ABIA), Co-Chair of Sexuality Policy Watch (SPW), and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Global Public Health.