Ren-Hao Xu is a Lecturer at the Graduate School of Education, the University of Western Australia. He is a policy sociologist with research interests in education policies, higher education, and international and comparative education. His work has received several early-career researcher awards, including from the UWA Graduate School of Education, the Western Australian Institute for Educational Research, and Taiwan's National Science and Technology Council.

Chia-Hui Lin is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Education at the National Taichung University of Education. Her expertise includes curriculum studies and teacher education, with a focus on self-regulated learning and social-emotional learning. She has undertaken several research projects supported by competitive funding from Taiwan's National Science and Technology Council and the Ministry of Education.