Fionna Barber is Reader in Art History at the Manchester School of Art. She is the author of Art in Ireland since 1910 (2013).

Heidi Hansson is Professor of English Literature and Deputy Vice Chancellor of Umeå University, Sweden. She has published widely on both Irish literature and northern and Arctic literature.

Sara Dybris McQuaid (PhD) is Director for the Centre for Irish Studies and Associate Professor in British and Irish History, Society and Culture at Aarhus University. She is also a core research partner in Centre for Resolution of International Conflicts at Political Science University of Copenhagen.