Maria-Carmen Pantea is a Professor in Sociology and Social Work at Babes-Bolyai University, Romania, and an Advisory Board member of the EU-Council of Europe Youth Partnership. Her research interests focus on young people's relationships with work in its various forms.

Ken Roberts is Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Liverpool, UK. He is one of European sociology's most experienced youth researchers. In all his work, he has employed the concept of opportunity structures that he coined.

Dan Cristian Dabija is Professor of Marketing at Babes-Bolyai University, Romania. He has led two national research projects and is a frequent contributor and guest-editor in leading business and economics journals.