Stephan Klingebiel is Head of the Research Programme "Inter- and transnational cooperation" at the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) and a Visiting Professor at Ewha Womans University, Seoul, and at the University of Turin.

Thomas Kalinowski  is Professor at the Graduate School of International Studies, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea.

Niels Keijzer is Senior Researcher and Project Lead at the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS).