Jianguo Gao is Professor in the Department of Social Work in the School of Philosophy and Social Development at Shandong University, China.

Rajendra Baikady is Golda Meir Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, and Senior Research Associate at University of Johannesburg, South Africa.

Lakshmana Govindappa is Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Work in the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Central University of Karnataka, India.