Jan Macfarlane is Lecturer at the University of Bolton in the Health and Society Faculty. She has dual nursing qualifications in adult health and mental health. She specialises in the application of positive psychology in the health and social care field, promoting it through the higher education environment.

Jerome Carson is Professor of Psychology at the University of Bolton. Jerome is interested in the field of alcohol addiction and recovery from a lived experience perspective, with much of his research has been in the field of mental health recovery. Jerome also researches the area of positive psychology and autoethnography. Jerome is a qualified clinical psychologist and is Editor in Chief of the Emerald Journal Mental Health and Social Inclusion.