Oliver P. Richmond is a Research Professor in International Relations, Peace and Conflict Studies in the Department of Politics at the University of Manchester, UK. He is International Research Professor at Dublin City University, Ireland; Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Tubingen, Germany; and a Visiting Professor at the University of Coimbra, Portugal. His publications include Grand Design: The Evolution of the International Peace Architecture, Peace Formation and Political Order in Conflict Affected Societies, and Failed Statebuilding. He is editor of the Palgrave book series Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies and co-editor of the journal Peacebuilding.

Gëzim Visoka is Associate Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies in the School of Law and Government at Dublin City University. His research focuses on post-conflict peacebuilding and statebuilding, transitional justice, global governance, foreign policy, and diplomatic recognition. He is the co-author of Normalization in World Politics (with Nicolas Lemay-Hébert), and lead co-editor of the Routledge Handbook of State Recognition (with John Doyle and Edward Newman). He is editor of Routledge Studies in Statehood and deputy editor of the journal Peacebuilding.

Cecilia M. Bailliet is Professor at the Department of Public and International Law at the University of Oslo, Norway.

Alex J. Bellamy is Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies and Director of the Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect at the University of Queensland, Australia.

Annika Björkdahl is Professor of Political Science in the Department of Political Science at Lund University, Sweden.

Roland Bleiker is Professor of International Relations in the Political Science and International Studies at the University of Queensland, Australia.

Volker Boege is Honorary Research Fellow in the Political Science and International Studies at the University of Queensland, Australia.

John Brewer is Professor of Post Conflict Studies in the Senator George J Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice at Queen's University Belfast, UK.

Naji Bsisu is a PhD Candidate in the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia, USA.

David Chandler is Professor of International Relations at the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Westminster, UK.

Daniel J. Christie is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Ohio State University, USA.

Berit Bliesemann de Guevara is Reader in International Politics Founding Director of the Centre for the International Politics of Knowledge in the Department of International Politics at the Aberystwyth University, UK.

Timothy Donais is Associate Professor in the Department of Global Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada.

John Doyle is Director of the Institute for International Conflict Resolution and Reconstruction and Executive Dean of Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Dublin City University, Ireland.

Allard Duursma is Senior Researcher in the Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zurich, Switzerland.

Pamina Firchow is Associate Professor of Coexistence and Conflict in the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University, USA.

Maria Raquel Freire is Associate Professor in International Relations at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra, Portugal.

Rachel M. Gisselquist is Senior Research Fellow at the UN University's World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Finland.

Catherine Goetze is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Tasmania, Australia.

Aidan Hehir is a Reader in International Relations in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Westminster, UK.

Emma Hutchison is Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow in the School of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Queensland, Australia.

Vivienne Jabri is Professor of International Politics in the Department of War Studies at King's College London, UK.

Paul Jackson is Professor of African Politics, University of Birmingham, UK and Research Fellow in the Centre for Gender and Africa Studies, University of the Free State, South Africa.

Richard Jackson is Professor of Peace Studies and Director of the National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Otago, New Zealand.

Beate Jahn is Professor of International Relations and Head of the Department of International Relations at the University of Sussex, UK, and President of the European International Studies Association (EISA).

Mary Kaldor is Emeritus Professor of Global Governance and Director of the Conflict and Civil Society Research Unit in the Department of International Development at London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.

Stefanie Kappler is Associate Professor in Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding in the School of Government and International Affairs at Durham University, UK.

John Karlsrud is Senior Research Fellow at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), Norway.

Gráinne Kelly is Lecturer in the School of Applied Social and Policy Sciences, Ulster University, UK.

Kai Michael Kenkel is Associate Professor in the Institute of International Relations, at Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Associated Researcher at the German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Germany.

Denisa Kostovicova is Associate Professor in Global Politics at the European Institute at London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.

Florian Krampe is Senior Researcher at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Sweden.

SungYong Lee is Senior Lecturer in the National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Otago, New Zealand.

Nicolas Lemay-Hébert is Senior Lecturer and Director of Research in the Department of International Relations, Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs at the Australian National University, Australia.

Kristoffer Lidén is Senior Researcher at Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Norway.

Gearoid Millar is Senior Lecturer in Peace and Reconciliation and Head of Department of Sociology at the University of Aberdeen, UK.

Amanda Murdie is the Thomas P. and M. Jean Lauth Public Affairs Professor and Head of the Department of International Affairs at the University of Georgia, USA.

Andries Odendaal is a freelance specialist in local peacebuilding based in South Africa.

Sandra Pogodda in Lecturer in Peace and Conflict Studies in the Department of Politics, at the University of Manchester, UK.

Necati Polat is Professor in the Department of International Relations at the Middle East Technical University, Turkey.

Michael Pugh is Professor Emeritus at Bradford University, UK.

Licínia Simão is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra, Portugal.

Jackie Smith is Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology at the University of Pittsburgh, USA.

Sarah Smith is Research Officer at the LSE Centre for Women, Peace and Security, UK.

Ashok Swain is Professor of Peace and Conflict Research, UNESCO Chair of International Water Cooperation, and the Director of Research School of International Water Cooperation at Uppsala University, Sweden.

Ioannis Tellidis is Associate Professor of International Relations at the College of International Studies at Kyung Hee University, South Korea.

Nathalie Tocci is Director of the Istituto Affari Internazionali, Rome and Honorary Professor at the University of Tübingen, Germany.

Catherine Turner is Associate Professor of International Law in the Durham Law School at Durham University, UK.

Joanne Wallis is Associate Professor in the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs at the Australian National University, Australia.

Christoph Zürcher is Professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa, Canada.