Paul Rooney is recognised in the top 100 environmentalists in the UK. His expertise is in coastal sand dunes and he established the Sand Dune and Shingle Network, based in Liverpool Hope University in 2006. He has been involved in a number of national and international coastal dune projects that link science, conservation and management.

Stewart was born and brought up in Stornoway. He was inaugural Area Manager for SNH (now Nature Scot) in the Western Isles. He has published many papers on machair, addressing the biodiversity and functional ecology of the habitat.  He worked with David Muir of Comhairle an Eilean Siar in their transnational INTERREG programme ‘CoastAdapt’. He has continued to work closely with Uist communities. His island publications include two books, one on the physical background to the islands and the other on the ecology of terrestrial habitats. He is Hon Senior Lecturer in Geosciences at the University of Aberdeen and Hon Professor at Heriot-Watt University.

David Muir, a crofter on Benbecula with a background in building and civil engineering, coastal and climate change management, actively collaborates on crofting policies, flood risk, and environmental issues. He has extensive experience in coastal projects, flood policies, and community engagement, supporting research and local crofting meetings, with a focus on sustainable agriculture, climate adaptation, and land reform.

Dr Niall Ingham is an independent historian who recently completed his PhD at the University of Glasgow. His research explores the impact of agricultural 'Improvement' and the Highland Clearances on people's relationships with domestic livestock over the long nineteenth century. As well as carrying out oral history interviews, his research mainly draws on Gaelic oral tradition and the testimonies given to British Government Commissions examining the land question, particularly the Napier Commission (1883) and the Deer Forest Commission (1895).

Dr. Edward (Eddy/Eddie) Graham is an atmospheric scientist and lecturer at the University of the Highlands & Islands (UHI). A native of Ireland, he joined UHI in 2008 and presently teaches a portfolio of modules across the Geography, Sustainable Development, Science & Education degree programmes. Eddy’s research interests include storms & extreme weather, water vapour, precipitation and meteorological observation. Eddy has travelled widely and speaks several languages, including Scottish Gaelic.

Kendra Turnbull is a Research Associate at the Centre for Recreation and Tourism Research, based in the Fort William campus of the University of the Highlands and Islands, North, West and Hebrides. Kendra’s primary research interests lie in community-led and regenerative tourism, with a focus on approaches that enable tourism to deliver social and environmental benefits.