Oliver Schmidtke is Professor of Political Science and History at the University of Victoria, Canada. His research focuses on collective memory, democracy, nationalism, populism, migration, and European integration. He has published widely on the politics of identity and democratic change in Europe and leads several international collaborative research initiatives.

Beata Halicka is Professor of Contemporary History at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznä, Poland. Her research interests include memory culture and politics, German-Polish relations, migration, identity formation in the border regions, and the historical legacies of fascism, communism, and the Holocaust in contemporary Europe.

Piotr Oleksy is Assistant Professor at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland. His research focuses on collective memory, nationalism, identity politics, and the history and politics of Central and Eastern Europe. He has published extensively on memory politics, historical narratives, and contemporary political developments in the region.

Birte Wassenberg is Professor in Contemporary History at Sciences Po Strasbourg and Vice President in charge of Europe and International Relations of the University of Strasbourg (France). Former student of the College of Europe, she holds a Jean Monnet Chair, is member of the research Center of International and European Studies (CEIE) and director of the Franco-German Jean-Monnet Center of Excellence at the University of Strasbourg.