Dallen J. Timothy is Professor of Community Resources and Development at Arizona State University (USA) and Senior Global Futures Scientist and the Julie Anne Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory. He is also a visiting professor at centers and programs in Spain, China, Mexico, Jordan, South Africa and Azerbaijan. Professor Timothy is Founding Editor of the Journal of Heritage Tourism and serves on the editorial boards of 25 scientific journals.

Kiran A. Shinde works on religious and cultural heritage, tourism, urban planning, destination management, and related topics. With five books and 70+ research articles published in high-ranking journals and books with reputed publishers, he is considered as a leading scholar in research on religious, cultural, and heritage tourism and their intersections with urban planning and management.