Professor Jaehee Jung is a professor of fashion and apparel studies at Delaware University. An expert in global international business practices and consumer behaviour, Professor Jung examines cultural influences on international luxury brand and marketing strategies and also focuses on the psychology of fashion and consumer behaviour, body image issues, and beauty standards in consumer culture.

Zi Wang is an assistant professor at the IESEG School of Management in France. Her research interests focus on luxury consumption, consumer wellbeing, and AI interaction, with a specific focus on how novel consumption patterns have influenced consumer vulnerability. She’s the author of a number of international journal papers and book chapters.

Gouri Sharma is an internationally renowned independent journalist from London living in Berlin writing for international media sites including Al Jazeera English and Deutsche Welle. Amid a career spanning nearly two decades, including five years on the production desk for Al Jazeera's flagship media critique show The Listening Post, Gouri now writes on issues such as race, culture, migration, history, and sexual health and wellness. With each report, she aims to draw out the individual story amid the wider political or historical context; centring the human story is a priority, in particular amplifying the voices of those from marginalised communities whose stories are not as visible.