Alan France is Professor of Sociology in Te Pokapū Pūtaiao Pāpori (School of Social Sciences) at the University of Auckland, Aotearoa, New Zealand.

Julia Coffey is Senior Lecturer in Sociology, School of Humanities and Social Science at the University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia.

Steven Roberts is Associate Professor of Sociology in the School of Social Sciences, Monash University.   

Catherine Waite is a Research Fellow in the Faculty of Education, Monash University.