Bernadette Andreosso-O'Callaghan is a Professor of Economic Integration at the University of Limerick (Ireland) as well as an International Research Fellow at Ruhr Universität Bochum in Germany. Her research focuses on comparative economic integration (Europe and Asia) and economic growth, structural change, crises and financialisation with a specific focus on East Asian countries. Andreosso-O'Callaghan has published various articles in international journals and is the co-editor to several books.
Serge Rey is currently Professor of Economics at the University of Pau & Pays de l'Adour (France) and Dean of the Social Sciences and Humanities College. His research interests are in the areas of international macroeconomics, economic convergence, the economics of the exchange rate and applied econometrics. He has published on these issues in leading academic journals, with a focus on the following territories/countries: MENA countries, European Union, Pacific economies and in particular Japan, and French Overseas territories. 
Robert Taylor was the Director of the Centre for Chinese Studies and a Reader in Modern Chinese Studies at the University of Sheffield (UK). His research interests focus on China's domestic and foreign policy, especially Chinese business management. He edited several books on the topic and has contributed to media programmes and engages in management consultancy.