Kristof Van Assche is a Professor of Planning, Governance and Development at the University of Alberta, Canada, and a Senior Fellow in the Centre for Development Research (ZEF) at Bonn University, Germany.
Monica Gruezmacher is a Research Associate in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Alberta, Canada, and a Teaching Assistant Professor at the School of Science and the Environment at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada.
Lochner Marais is a Professor in the Centre for Development Support at the University of the Free State, South Africa, and an Honorary Professor at the Sustainable Minerals Institute at the University of Queensland, Australia.
Xaquin Perez-Sindin is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Economic Sciences at the University of Warsaw, Poland.