Dr Md Isahaque Ali is a Social researcher specialising in the social dimensions of climate change and ageing. His work is based on extensive field research and focuses on the lived experiences of marginalised populations in disaster-prone coastal areas of Bangladesh. He received his PhD from the School of Social Sciences at Monash University, Australia. His professional background includes working as an Assistant Professor of Social Welfare at a Government College affiliated with the National University, Bangladesh. His research interests include social protection, development policy, climate change adaptation, and the rights of vulnerable groups, including older adults and children.

Dharma Arunachalam is a Professor of Sociology and a social demographer in the School of Social Sciences, Monash University, Australia. His current research focuses on migration, identity, intermarriage, and integration in Australia, and family formation in India and Australia. His recent publications include a co-authored monograph, Identity and Belonging among Chinese Australians (Springer, 2023), and a co-edited volume, Creating Social Cohesion in an Interdependent World: Experiences of Australia and Japan (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016).

Helen Forbes-Mewett is a Professor of Sociology in the School of Social Sciences at Monash University and a Senior Fellow of the International Education Association of Australia (IEAA). Her interdisciplinary research addresses critical issues of human security, resilient communities, migration, cultural diversity, and social integration, focusing on vulnerable populations. In 2022, she was awarded the A. Noam Chomsky North Star Medal of Lifetime Achievement. She is a prolific author with five books, including International Student Security (Cambridge University Press, 2010), The New Security: Individual, Community and Cultural Experiences (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019), and Vulnerability in a Mobile World (Emerald, 2020). Her recent work examines the social impacts of disasters, including the experiences of international students during the COVID-19 pandemic and community resilience in the aftermath of bushfires.