Maxine Newlands, (PhD), is Director of the Blue Humanities Lab in Australia, and holds two adjunct research fellowships with the University of Queensland and the Cairns Institute at James Cook University. Maxine's research specialises in the advancement of novel science, in politics, policy, and marine governance.

Claire Hansen is a senior lecturer in English at the Australian National University (ANU). She is co-chair of the Blue Humanities Lab, the Heart of the Matter project, and the ANU Health Humanities Network. She is an award-winning educator, a researcher on the Shakespeare Reloaded project, co-editor of Reimagining Shakespeare Education (2023), and author of Shakespeare and Place-Based Learning (2023).