Professor Rosalyn Shute has a BSc (Hons.) in Psychology from the University of London, a PhD from the University of Wales, is a Chartered Psychologist in the United Kingdom and a former clinical psychologist in Australia. She has taught developmental psychology, coordinated and taught on postgraduate courses in clinical and educational psychology (Flinders University, Adelaide) and been Professor and Director of Psychology (University of Ballarat, now Federation University, Australia). Rosalyn has also provided hospital-based paediatric psychology services. She has held research grants and published widely in areas related to the wellbeing of young people, including school peer relationships and girls' mental health, and given invited presentations in several countries. She has won awards for linking theory with practice in relation to peer victimisation, and for producing engaging scholarly writing. Products of her previous collaborations with Professor Phillip Slee include a book on theories of child development covering both traditional psychological and postmodern perspectives, and edited volumes addressing mental health through schools. In retirement, she continues her research through an Adjunct Professorship at Flinders University of South Australia.

Professor Phillip T. Slee is Professor in Human Development at Flinders University of South Australia and is a trained teacher and registered psychologist. He has published academic literature in the fields of child development, bullying, school violence and wellbeing. Phillip has a particular interest in the practical and policy implications of his research, and has presented his work nationally and internationally in workshops and lectures. His research teams have undertaken national consultancies and evaluated the KidsMatter Primary Mental Health Initiative and the KidsMatter Early Childhood Mental Health Initiative in Australia. Previously, he has collaborated with Professor Rosalyn Shute on several journal articles and a book on theories of child development, and edited volumes addressing mental health through schools. Phillip is also the Director of the Flinders Centre for 'Student Wellbeing & Prevention of Violence' (SWAPv), and has conducted international research projects with researchers in Japan, Korea, China, Canada, England, Malta, Chile and the United States.