Ash Amin is Emeritus 1931 Professor of Geography at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Christ's College.

AbdouMaliq Simone is Senior Professorial Fellow Emeritus at the Urban Institute, University of Sheffield.

Daniel E. Agbiboa is John and Ruth Hazel Associate Professor of the Social Sciences, and Associate Professor of African and African American Studies, at Harvard University.

Julie-Anne Boudreau is Senior Researcher at the Instituto de Geografia of the Universidad nacional autonoma de Mexico (UNAM).

Filip De Boeck is Professor at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Leuven.

Enrica Morlicchio is Professor of Economic Sociology at the Federico II University of Naples.