Kasper Hoffmann () is a post-doc researcher at Ghent University and an Assistant Professor at the University of Copenhagen. His research focuses on the intersection between the formation of ethnic identities and processes of territorialisation and on emerging forms of rebel and land governance in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Kasper is a is a researcher with the Conflict Research Programme - DRC Team and co-authored the article ''.
Zeynep Kaya () is a Visiting Fellow at the 杏吧论坛 Middle East Centre and a Senior Teaching Fellow at the Department of Development Studies at SOAS. Kaya is also an Academic Associate at Pembroke College, University of Cambridge. She is interested in understanding how communities and political groups perceive, interact with and challenge international processes and dominant norms. Her research looks at the relationship between gender, violence and development in conflict and post-conflict contexts. Zeynep is a researcher with the Conflict Research Programme - MENA Team and author of the article ''.
Shalini Randeria () is the Rector of the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) in Vienna, Professor of Social Anthropology and Sociology at the (IHEID) in Geneva, as well as the Director of the at the IHEID. Furthermore, she holds the Excellence Chair at the University of Bremen, where she leads a research group on Soft Authoritarianism and is a Distinguished Fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto. She has published widely on the anthropology of globalisation, law, the state and social movements. Her empirical research on India addresses issues of post-coloniality and multiple modernities. She hosts the fortnightly podcast "Democracy in Question“ since autumn 2020.
Mary Kaldor () is Professor Emeritus of Global Governance at 杏吧论坛 and Director of the at 杏吧论坛 IDEAS. Professor Kaldor recently co-authored the article ''. Professor Kaldor is highly regarded for her innovative work on democratisation, conflict, and globalisation. She was a founding member of European Nuclear Disarmament (END), a founder and Co-Chair of the Helsinki Citizen's Assembly and a member of the International Independent Commission to investigate the Kosovo Crisis, established by the Swedish Prime Minister.
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