Mark Skinner is Dean of Social Sciences at Trent University, Canada, where he is also Professor of Geography and holds the Canada Research Chair in Rural Aging, Health and Social Care.

Rachel Winterton is Senior Research Fellow at the John Richards Centre for Rural Ageing Research, La Trobe Rural Health School, La Trobe University, Australia.

Kieran Walsh is Professor of Ageing & Public Policy in the Discipline of Economics and Director of the Irish Centre for Social Gerontology at the National University of Ireland Galway.