Christopher Day is Professor of Education in the School of Education, University of Nottingham, UK, Professor of Educational Leadership and Management in the University of Sydney, Australia. He is a Founder of the International Study Association on Teachers and Teaching (ISATT), leader of the International School Principalship Project (ISSPP), and his latest books are School-University Partnerships in Action: The Promise of Change (2021) and Teachers' Worlds' and Work: Understanding Complexity, Building Quality (2017).

Helen Victoria Smith is Assistant Professor in the School of Education, University of Nottingham, UK, where she is course leader and English lead for the Primary PGCE.

Ruth Graham is an Assistant Professor at The University of Nottingham, UK. She joined the research project in 2021, following her own experience as a teacher and subject lead within a primary school during the pandemic.

Despoina Athanasiadou is a PhD candidate in the School of Education, University of Nottingham, UK. She is a part-time tutor for the Educational Leadership and Management MA programme.