**About the Editors**

#### **Marilyn Freeman**

Marilyn Freeman is Principal Research Fellow at the Westminster Law School, University of Westminster, London, England; Co-Director of the International Centre of Family Law, Policy and Practice; and Chairperson of the International Association of Child Law Researchers. She is a qualified mediator, trained to undertake direct consultation with children, cases involving international child abduction, and other international family disputes. She also holds an academic door tenancy at 4PB, a renowned specialist family law set of barristers' chambers in London. Marilyn is widely acknowledged as a leading expert in the area of international child abduction and international children's law. Her research has been cited internationally, and its importance was recognized by the United Kingdom Supreme Court. Marilyn publishes widely in her areas of expertise. She has co-edited two recent publications: *International Handbook on Child Participation in Family Law* (Intersentia, 2021) with Wendy Schrama, Nicola Taylor, and Marielle Bruning and, ¨ with Nicola Taylor, the *Research Handbook on International Child Abduction: The 1980 Hague Convention* (Edward Elgar, 2023). Marilyn's current research focuses on identity for children and young people, domestic violence and international child abduction, child participation in the context of the 1980 Hague Abduction Convention, and child-friendly resources relating to international child abduction.

#### **Nicola Taylor**

Nicola Taylor is a Professor of Child and Family Law and Director of the Children's Issues Centre in the Faculty of Law at the University of Otago in New Zealand. She also holds the Alexander McMillan Leading Thinker Chair in Childhood Studies and is Secretary of the International Association of Child Law Researchers. Nicola has qualifications in law and social work, a Ph.D., has been admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand, and is a qualified mediator. She is a leading socio-legal researcher and has undertaken many studies with children, parents, and professionals on family law and children's rights issues, including post-separation care arrangements, relocation, international child abduction, children's views and participation, child-inclusive practice, family dispute resolution, children's citizenship and nation-building, children's identity issues in international family law contexts, relationship property division, and succession law. Nicola's research findings have been invaluable in informing legislative, legal policy, and professional practice developments within New Zealand and internationally. She has recently co-edited two books, *International Handbook on Child Participation in Family Law* (Intersentia, 2021) with Wendy Schrama, Marilyn Freeman, and Marielle Bruning and, with Marilyn Freeman, the ¨ *Research Handbook on International Child Abduction: The 1980 Hague Convention* (Edward Elgar, 2023). In 2016, Nicola and Marilyn were jointly awarded the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC) President's Award for their 'singular international work in promoting an empirically based approach in the field of child abduction and relocation.'
