Dr. Audra Diers-Lawson is a global leader in crisis communication research. She has been a practitioner, researcher and instructor in strategic communication with an emphasis on crisis response and brand management. Dr. Diers-Lawson is also the Chair of the Crisis Communication Division of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) and editor for the Journal of International Crisis and Risk Communication Research. She is Associate Professor at the Department of Communication, School of Communication, Leadership, and Marketing, Kristiania University College.

Førstelektor Per Lauvås er prodekan for utdanning ved Avdeling for økonomi, innovasjon og teknologi. Han har vært ansatt på Høyskolen Kristiania siden 2013, og har bakgrunn som informatiker og programvareutvikler i næringslivet. Han etablerte høyskolens første forskningsgruppe for fagdidaktikk innen IT, og fikk i 2022 status som merittert underviser.

Nigel Halpern is Professor in Air Transport and Tourism Management at Department of Marketing, Kristiania University College. His main interests are in airport digital transformation, airport marketing and strategy. He has published extensively in high ranked journals and managed and participated in research and consulting projects for Avinor, Dubai Aerospace University, Fly Laurentians, and the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications. He has also managed and participated in projects funded by the Research Council of Norway (Transport 2025), the European COST Framework (Horizon 2020), and the EC ERASMUS+ Programme.