Michael Byram is Professor Emeritus at Durham University, UK. He has published numerous books, including most recently Teaching and Assessing Intercultural Communicative Competence: Revisited (Multilingual Matters, 2021).

Mike Fleming is Professor Emeritus at Durham University, UK. He has published widely on intercultural education and arts education.

Joseph Sheils was formerly Head of the Department of Language Education and Policy at the Council of Europe. He is an Individual Expert Member of the Association of Language Testers in Europe (ALTE).