Tobias Haller is Professor at the Institute of Social Anthropology, University of Bern, Switzerland.

Thomas Breu is Director, Centre for Development and Environment, and Executive Director, International Graduate School North- South, University of Bern, Switzerland.

Tine De Moor is a Professor in the Department of Social and Economic History, Utrecht University, the Netherlands.

Christian Rohr is Professor of Environmental and Climate History, University of Bern, Switzerland.

Heinzpeter Znoj is Professor at the Institute of Social Anthropology and director of the Board of the Center for Development and Environment at the University of Bern, Switzerland.