Roy Allison, Director, Russia and Eurasia Studies Centre, St. Antony’s College, Oxford University and Professor of Russian and Eurasian International Relations, Oxford University

Brian Carlson, Head, Global Security Team of the Think Tank at the Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich

Christine Bichsel, Professor, Human Geography, Université de Fribourg

Nada Boškovska, Director of the CEES Advisory Board/ Chair of Eastern European History, University of Zurich

Svante E. Cornell, Director, Institute for Security & Development Policy, Stockholm, Washington, DC

Andrei Dörre, researcher, Institute of Geographical Sciences, Freie Universität Berlin 

Peter Finke, Professor, Department of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies, University of Zurich

Michiel Foulon, Senior Researcher, Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich

Anna-Lena Hönig, Researcher and Lecturer, Chair of Political Science, International Relations, University of Mannheim

Fabio Indeo, Researcher/Analyst, Center for Energy Governance and Security (EGS), Hanyang University, Seoul/Central Asia Security at Nato Defense College Foundation, Rome

Zulfiya Imyarova, Associate Professor/Researcher, Faculty of Social Sciences, Narxoz University, Almaty

Agnieszka Joniak-Lüthi, SNSF-Professor, Head of the “Roadwork”-project, Department of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies, University of Zurich

Nargis Kassenova, Senior Fellow, Program on Central Asia, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University/Associate Professor, KIMEP University

Marcin Kaczmarski, Lecturer in Security Studies (Central & East European Studies), University of Glasgow

Emilian Kavalski, Li Dak Sum Chair Professor in China-Eurasia Relations and International Studies, School of International Studies, University of Nottingham/China

Aigul Kazhenova, Research Fellow, Center for Comparative and International Studies, ETH Zurich

Zilola Khalilova, PhD, Research Fellow, Institute of History, Academy of Science of Uzbekistan, Tashkent

Alexander Libman, Professor, Societies in Eastern Europe, LMU Munich

Illiias Mamadiiarov, PhD student, National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations (INALCO), Paris/research associate, French Institute for Central Asian Studies (IFEAC), Embassy of France in Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek

Lin Minwang, Professor, Institute of International Studies, Fudan University (China)

Shoirakhon Nurdinova, PhD, Anadolu University, Eskişehir (Turkey)

Robert W. Orttung, Research Professor, Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies and Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University

Jeronim Perović, Director, Center for Eastern European Studies, University of Zurich/Adjunct Professor at the Department of History of the University of Zurich

C.M. Ramu, PhD Candidate, Department of Geopolitics and International Relations, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka (India)

Meltem Sancak, PhD, Department of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies, University of Zurich

Gwendolyn Sasse, Director, Centre for East European and International Studies, ZOIS, Berlin

Philipp Schröder, scientific collaborator, Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg

Maria Shagina, CEES Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Eastern European Studies (CEES), University of Zurich

Charles J. Sullivan, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Political Science and International Relations, Nazarbayev University (Nur-Sultan, KZ)

Shirin Tumenbaeva, Assistant Professor, Sociology Department, American University of Central Asia, Bishkek

Zarina Urmanbetova, PhD student, “Roadwork”-project, Department of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies, University of Zurich

Vitaly Yermakov, Senior Research Fellow, The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (OIES)

Kateřina Zäch, PhD student, Human Geography, University of Fribourg

Jinghan Zeng, Professor, Confucius Institute & Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion, Lancaster University

Xin Zhang, Associate Professor, School of Advanced International and Area Studies; Deputy Director, Center for Russian Studies, East China Normal University, Shanghai