Jan Lüdert is the Head of Programs at the German Center for Research and Innovation in New York City. He previously served as Associate Professor at City University of Seattle.

Maria Ketzmerick is an assistant professor at the University of Bayreuth and a Principal Investigator in the Network 'Postcolonial Hierarchies'.

Julius Heise is a doctoral researcher at the Marburg Center for Conflict Studies (CCS) and research fellow at the collaborative research center 'Dynamics of Security'.