Marius Thériault teaches the application of geographical information sciences to regional and urban planning at Laval University, where he is a full professor. His research interests encompass urban dynamics, transportation and accessibility modeling, environmental studies, geosimulation and spatio-temporal analysis.

François Des Rosiers is an economist and urban planner. He currently teaches Urban and Real Estate Management at the Faculty of Business Administration, Laval University, where he is a full professor. His research interests focus mainly on urban and real estate dynamics and on hedonic price modeling.