Ingrid Schoon is Professor of Social Policy at University College London, Social Research Institute. She is a Fellow of the British Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS) and the Social Science Centre (WZB) in Berlin. Her research focuses on the study of risk and resilience in the transition to adulthood, social inequalities in skill development, attainment and wellbeing. As an educational researcher she combines perspectives from social, developmental and educational psychology as well as sociology within evidence synthesis and longitudinal quantitative data analysis. She has published widely, including a monograph on 'Risk and Resilience'(2006); co-edited books on “Young People’s Development and the Great Recession: Uncertain Transitions and Precarious Futures” (2017) with John Bynner; and “Gender differences in aspirations and attainment: A longitudinal perspective” (2014) with Jacquelynne Eccles; “Transitions from School to Work: Globalisation, Individualisation, and Patterns of Diversity” (2009) with Rainer Silbereisen; all published by Cambridge University Press. Schoon has served as advisor to government departments and is a member of the OECD 2030 Competencies Framework Working Group and the UNESCO Inclusive Social Policy Lab.

Professor Catherine So-kum Tang obtained her PhD in Clinical Psychology at the University of North Texas, USA. She has been a Professor in Psychology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong until 2007 and at the National University of Singapore. In 2020, Professor Tang relocated back to Hong Kong and is currently a Distinguished Professor at the Hong Kong Shue Yan University. She is an active researcher with over 300 academic publications in prestigious and reputable peer-reviewed journals, books/book chapters and academic conferences proceedings. Professor Tang has been listed in the world’s top 2% most cited scientists by Stanford University from 2021 to 2025 to Her research interests include human resilience and adaptation to life adversities, behavioural addiction, violence against women, and health psychology.