Alexander Wilson is a Lecturer in Urban Planning at the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape at Newcastle University. He has degrees in town planning and computing. In 2020 he completed his PhD in town planning (within EPSRC the Centre for Doctoral Training in Digital Civics), and his ESRC Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in 2021. His research sits at the intersection of urban planning, digital technology, design, and human-computer interaction, with a focus on alternative and enhanced tools and methods for participation in planning.

Mark Tewdwr-Jones is Professor of Cities and Regions at the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, The Bartlett, UCL. With a background in urban planning, geography, political science and film, he has produced 20 books and contributed to disciplinary, inter-disciplinary, methodological and outreach fields in the academy, linking social science to science and health, new technology to user experiences, the visual understanding of urban and regional change, public engagement, and evidence-based policy.