Susanne Garvis is Professor of Child and Youth Studies at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. She is the leader of the funded Nordic Early Childhood Research Group (NECA) and currently works on national and international research grants around early childhood education and care.

Sivanes Phillipson is Professor of Education and Associate Dean International at the Faculty of Health, Arts and Design, Swinburne University of Technology. She is also the Routledge Series Editor for Evolving Families, and is currently working on a number of national and international grants on families and children education.

Heidi Harju-Luukkainen is adjunct professor at the University of Helsinki (Finland), associate professor at the university of Gothenburg (Sweden) as well as a senior analyst at the University of California, Los Angeles (USA). She has conducted research around Europe, USA and Saudi Arabia in more than 20 different research projects.