• Christian Demmelbauer

    Christian is an Austrian legal philosopher and researcher specializing in illiberal constitutionalism, political extremism, and the theory of civil disobedience. He is a doctoral candidate and university assistant at the Department of Legal Philosophy at the University of Vienna. He holds a Magister iuris (Mag. iur.) in Law, alongside a Bachelor of Arts and a…

  • Deniz Erkmen

    Deniz is a Turkish political scientist and Associate Professor in the International Relations Department at Özyeğin University in Istanbul. Her teaching and research focus on comparative politics and political sociology, examining authoritarian consolidation, transnationalism, and the mechanics of protest repression. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and International Relations from Boğaziçi University…

  • Jeena Shah

    Jeena is an Associate Professor of Law at the CUNY School of Law, specializing in constitutional law, international law, and critical race theory. She is a prominent advocate of movement lawyering, a practice that prioritizes grassroots community organizing and collective power-building over traditional, top-down litigation strategies. She earned her Bachelor of Arts from Drew University…

  • Marta Rodriguez de Assis Machado

    Marta is a Brazilian legal scholar, socio-legal researcher, and public official. Since 2007, she has been a full-time professor at the Getulio Vargas Foundation Law School in São Paulo (FGV Direito SP). She also serves as Brazil’s National Secretary for Drug Policy and Asset Management (SENAD) within the Ministry of Justice and Public Security. She…

  • Kathryn Hendley

    Kathryn is an American professor of law and politics, and is currently the William Voss-Bascom Professor of Law and Political Science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She received her Ph.D. the University of California – Berkeley and her J.D. from the University of California – Los Angeles. Her research focuses on legal and economic reform…

  • Deepika Kinhal

    Deepika is an Indian legal-tech expert, dispute resolution specialist, and the Chief Executive Officer of the Centre for Online Resolution of Disputes (CORD). Her professional and research work focuses primarily on online dispute resolution (ODR), legal technology, artificial intelligence in dispute resolution, and systemic judicial reforms in India. She graduated with a Bachelor of Laws…

  • Mbongiseni Buthelezi

    Mbongiseni is a South African scholar, social commentator, and institutional leader who serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the Nelson Mandela Foundation. His career operates at the intersection of public governance, memory studies, and decolonial archive management. He completed his initial degrees at the University of KwaZulu-Natal before earning a Ph.D. in English and…

  • Iage Z. Miola

    Iagê is a Brazilian socio-legal scholar, professor, and regulatory expert who serves on the Board of Directors of the National Data Protection Authority (ANPD). He completed his Bachelor of Laws at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), a Master’s degree in the Sociology of Law from the Oñati International Institute, and…