- Richard Toppo (He/Him) is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Development Policy (IOB), University of Antwerp. Trained in development studies and with a longstanding engagement with Adivasi movements in India, he focuses his research on indigeneity, state-society relations, and ecological struggles, particularly in eastern and central India. His work brings together ethnographic research and critical perspectives on development, identity, and social justice.
- Devanshi Saxena (She/They) is a researcher with the EcoLAWgy Research Centre at the University of Liège and a doctoral researcher at the University of Antwerp (defending their thesis in October 2026). Her research examines geographical indications, sustainable development, and biodiversity governance through decolonial and critical legal perspectives. They work at the intersections of intellectual property law, environmental law, human rights law and sustainable development.
- Gert Van Hecken (He/Him) is a Professor at the Institute of Development Policy (IOB), University of Antwerp. An ecological economist and political ecologist, his research explores social movements, social-environmental justice, the politics of knowledge in conservation and development, and how communities and social movements imagine and enact alternative social-ecological futures.
- Astrid Jamar (She/Her) is a multidisciplinary researcher affiliated to the Visual and Digital Cultures Research Centre (ViDi), University of Antwerp. Her current research focuses on the coloniality of peace, border thinking, knowledge hierarchies, unlearning, and inter-imperiality within Burundian-Congolese borderlands and in Mexico. She published widely about the interplay of peace professionals, institutions, norms, visual aesthetics, and epistemic violence from decolonial feminist perspectives.
- Anne Oloo (She/Her) is a PhD researcher in the Law and Development Research Group at the University of Antwerp (defending her thesis in September 2026). Her research focuses on algorithmic human rights accountability and the inclusive regulation of artificial intelligence. She examines questions of algorithmic fairness, digital justice, and the societal impacts of emerging technologies from interdisciplinary and global perspectives.