Cindy Ngov is a data manager working on research projects addressing social polarisations and violent extremism.

Janique Johnson-Lafleur is a researcher at Sherpa University Institute and Assistant Professor at McGill University Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry.

Cécile Rousseau is a clinician and professor at McGill University Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry

Gabriele Jacobs is professor of Organisational Behaviour and Culture at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. In her research, she mainly focusses on the context of public safety. Other research interests include organisational change, culture, multi-stakeholder management and co-creation. She coordinated and conducted several national and EU-projects in the field of safety and security

Alexander Strelkov is a senior lecturer at Erasmus University College, Erasmus University Rotterdam. A political scientist by training, his research focuses on international regime theory, EU foreign policy, political dynamics in Eurasia and the Balkans, and democracy promotion, using qualitative methods to provide policy insights

Giorgio Touburg is a lecturer in qualitative methods at the KIN Center for Digital Innovation, VU University Amsterdam. He is currently pursuing a PhD at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. Giorgio has conducted research on a variety of topics, including knowledge migration and cultural differences at work.

Irene van Oorschot is an assistant professor at the Department of Public Administration and Sociology at Erasmus University Rotterdam, where she focuses on qualitative inquiry in fields such as law, forensics, and environmental management. Her book The Law Multiple (Cambridge University Press, 2021) offers an ethnographic account of legal practices and sociological knowledges

Max Abrahms is a professor of public policy and political science at Northeastern University, where he specialises in international security. Abrahms has published extensively in leading academic and popular outlets such as International Organization, International Security, International Studies Quarterly, Security Studies, Comparative Political Studies, Harvard Business Review, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, Newsweek, The Atlantic, and Los Angeles Times.