Xavier Matteucci is Adjunct Honorary Professor at IMC Krems University of Applied Sciences and Adjunct Faculty at both FHWien der WKW University of Applied Sciences and Salzburg University of Applied Sciences, Austria. He is particularly interested in the influence of tourism/travel on individual and collective wellbeing as well as in the effects of globalisation processes and politics on regional cultures and cultural identities.

Simone Moretti is part of the Research Group Tourism Impacts on Society at Breda University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands, where he contributes to research activities and EU-funded projects focused on interventions to maximise the positive impacts of tourism and minimise the negative effects. His research centres on the intersection between tourism, culture, places and identities.