Juha Ojala, Ph.D., is professor of music performance research at the Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki, docent of musicology at the University of Helsinki, and docent of music education research at the University of Oulu, Finland. He is an editorial board member of the Numanities series, and has contributed to the series both as an author and a reviewer. He is a former editor-in-chief of Musiikki, the journal of the Finnish musicological society, and is a board member of, e.g., the Sibelius Academy peer reviewed book series DocMus Research Publications.  He has published extensively also in semiotics, including the Routledge Handbook of Music Signification (2020) and Semiotics and Its Masters (vol. 2, DeGruyter Mouton 2023).

Dr. Merja Bauters is a research professor of digital transformation and life-long learning at the School of Digital Technologies, Tallinn University, Estonia, and a docent of semiotics at the University of Helsinki, Finland. She has held more than 30 different courses on design, design methods, semiotics and project communication. She has been involved in multiple EU and national projects on learning and technology-enhanced learning. She was the President and member of the editorial board at UMWEB International Association of Semiotics, 2004-2011, and editor of the book at Springer Nature Link Technology Supported called Active Learning: Student-Centered Approaches.

Dr. Lily Díaz-Kommonen is professor of new media in the Department of Art and Media at Aalto University and distinguished visiting professor at Hunan University, School of Design. She is on the editorial board of She Ji: The Journal of Design, Economics, and Innovation (Elsevier) and the Journal of Visual Arts Practices (Taylor & Francis). She teaches on the topic of systems of representation in art and design, and has published several books that explore the convergence of new media culture, meaning-making and creative research practices. These include Ubiquitous Computing, Complexity and Culture (Routledge 2015), Adaptation and Convergence of Media (Aalto ARTS Books 2018), and Beyond the Hybrid (RIXC 2024).