Dr Nor Nazrina Mohamad Nazry is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Education, Universiti Malaya (UM). She earned her PhD in Computer Science from the University of Sheffield, UK, and began her academic journey at UM in 2019. However, her involvement in the rapidly evolving field of education started much earlier, in 2006, as a research assistant in digital learning at Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris. Her primary research focus is immersive learning, especially in pedagogies involving extended reality and the use of serious games for teaching and training. Additionally, she is passionate about related areas in instructional technology, such as computing education, human behaviour, and generative artificial intelligence for future learning. She has published numerous articles in WoS, Scopus, and peer-reviewed journals. Her recent research centres on inclusive digital instruction, virtual learning experiences, and technology applications for educational content. As the field coordinator for the Postgraduate Diploma in Education, she has actively trained pre-service teachers in engineering education, design and technology, and computer science. She is also a frequent trainer for extended reality workshops, a member of academic juries at innovation competitions, and a reviewer for international and local journals.

Roy Anthony Rogers is a Senior Lecturer with the Department of Strategic and International Studies, University of Malaya, having joined the department in 2001. Served as the Head of Department from 2012 till September 2020. He has a Master in Strategic and Defence Studies (M.SDS) from the University of Malaya. He has also taught at the Malaysian Armed Forces Staff College (MAFSC) and the Malaysian Defence Armed Forces College (MDAF). In 2012 he obtained Ph.D. from the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) and his research interest are government and politics of the Central Asian republics and human rights conditions in Xinjiang. His area of specialization includes Political Science, International Relations (Theories of International Relations) and History (China and Central Asia). He has been invited by the Institute of Diplomatic and Foreign Relations (IDFR) Malaysia to lecture at the Diplomatic Training Course for ASEAN Attachment Officers. He is one of the Media Resource Persons for Radio and Television Malaysia (RTM), Sinar Harian and Astro Awani. Received the Excellence Service Award in 2016, 2008 from the University of Malaya, International Visitor (IV) from the US State Department in 2006.

Dr Makmor Tumin is a Professor at the Department of Political Science, Public Administration and Development Studies, specializing in Political Science, focusing on Political Philosophy (Islam and the West) and Civil Society. Having served under Universiti Malaya since 1997, there are 55 books credited under his name. Several selected published books of his include Essentials of Theology and Muslim Political Philosophy, Western Political and Economic Thought, Contemporary Western Political Philosophy: Figures and Metaphysics, Contemporary Islamic Political Thought: Syariah and Philosophical Leaning (co-editor) and Civil Society in Malaysia: Issues and Challenges (edited), all of which are in Malay. He has more than 40 indexed (WoS/Scopus) papers published under his name. A list of several selected papers are as below: Rasiah, R., Noh, A., Tumin, M. 2009. Privatising healthcare in Malaysia: Power, policy and profits. J Contemp Asia 39(1): 50-62. (WoS) Rasiah, R., Tumin, M., Musafar Hameed, L., Ndoma, I. 2017. Civil society organizations in opposition to healthcare commercialization: Protecting access for the poor and middle class in Malaysia. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 45(5): 1-19. (WoS) Tumin, M., Che Soh, M. (2020). Sumbangan Tradisi Barat dan Islam Terhadap Idea Masyarakat Sivil (Contributions of Western and Islamic Traditions to the Idea of Civil Society). Journal of Aqidah and Islamic Thought (AFKAR), 22(2), 77-118. (Scopus) Che Soh M., Tumin M. (2022). Full Paying Patient Services in Malaysia: A Counter-Hegemonic Response from a Civil Society Organization, Management and Accounting Review. 21(1), 23-39. (Scopus) Rabaia, I.S.I., Tumin, M., Yeoh, E. K. K. (2017). Religion and revolution: Theorizing of the Arab Spring in accordance with the selectorate approach. Asian Politics & Policy, 9 (2), 222-44. (Scopus) Other publications include more than 20 book chapters and more than 20 non-Scopus/ISI indexed papers plus book reviews (more than 30) and popular media articles (more than 100). In the past, Dr Makmor Tumin has engaged his work on research relating to public health, focusing on policies related to organ donation and transplantation. He himself is a kidney transplant patient. Dr. Makmor is blind. His eyesight began to deteriorate at the age of 11, and at 45, he became completely blind. He is currently serving as an Executive Board member of the ASEAN University Network - Disability and Public Policy (AUN-DPPnet) and the Chief Editor for a People with Disabilities (PwDs) Magazine ("Mainstreamer") which is funded by the Nippon Foundation under AUN-DPPnet.