Özlem Öz is Professor of Organization Studies at Böaziçi University, Turkey. She won the Turkish Academy of Sciences' 'Successful Young Scientists Award' and 'Encouragement Award in Social Sciences and Humanities,' and was the co-winner of the 2018 Best Article Prize of the International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. She is the author of many articles and two books, The Competitive Advantage of Nations: The Case of Turkey (1999) and Clusters and Competitive Advantage: The Turkish Experience (2004).

Zühre Aksoy is Associate Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Böaziçi University, Turkey. She has authored several book chapters and articles in journals including Global Environmental Politics, Journal of Rural Studies, and Food, Culture & Society. She is a lead author in the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Transformative Change Assessment (2022-2025).