Martin Bak Jørgensen is a Professor of Migration Processes at the Department of Culture and Learning, Aalborg University. With a PhD in Social Sciences and a background in European Studies and Political Science from Aarhus University, his academic journey has been deeply rooted in the intersections of migration, political sociology, and social change. Jørgensen has held key academic positions at Aalborg University since 2005, progressing from PhD fellow to full professor. He has led and contributed to numerous international research projects, including the DFF-funded CORRIDORS project, the Volkswagen Stiftung’s ECSEuro initiative, lately the DFF-funded GIG-MIG project and Networks of Migrant Solidarity: Local and Translocal Dynamics in Civil Society and Municipalities. His research has been supported by prestigious grants from the Velux Foundation, the Danish Research Council, and the European Commission. He is a prolific scholar with a strong publication record, including influential books such as Solidarity and the 'Refugee Crisis' in Europe and numerous peer-reviewed articles on migration, solidarity, and integration policy. His work is widely cited and has shaped contemporary debates on migrant solidarity and urban responses to migration. Jørgensen serves on editorial boards, including Comparative Migration Studies, and is editor of the Challenging Migration Studies book series. He has also advised European institutions on integration and anti-discrimination policies. A committed mentor, he supervises PhD students and postdocs and has held leadership roles such as Head of Section. His international collaborations span Europe and North America, reflecting his dedication to transnational academic exchange and civic engagement in migration research.

Ana Filipa Vrdoljak is Professor of Law at the University of Technology Sydney and the UNESCO Chair in International Law and Cultural Heritage. She is co-coordinator of the UNESCO-UNITWIN Network on Culture in Emergencies. She is the author of International Law, Museums and the Return of Cultural Objects (Cambridge University Press, 2006 and 2008, forthcoming 2e 2025) and editor of Oxford Handbook on International Cultural Heritage Law with Francesco Francioni (Oxford University Press 2020), The Cultural Dimension of Human Rights (Oxford University Press, 2013) and International Law for Common Goods: Normative Perspectives in Human Rights, Culture and Nature with Federico Lenzerini (Hart Publishing, 2014), and Oxford Commentary on the 1970 UNESCO and 1995 UNIDROIT Conventions with Andrzej Jakubowski and Alessandro Chechi (Oxford University Press, 2024). She holds a Doctor of Philosophy (in Law) from the University of Sydney.

Sanja Klempić Bogadi is a Scientific Advisor and Head of the Department for Migration and Demographic Research at the Institute for Migration Research. She graduated, earned her master’s degree, and obtained her PhD at the Department of Geography, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb. From 2013 to 2021, she served as Editor-in-Chief of the scientific journal Migration and Ethnic Themes. She is currently a member of the editorial boards of several journals, including Croatian Geographical Bulletin, Geoadria, Stanovništvo, Acta Geobalcanica, Demografija, and Geographical Reviews. She has participated as a researcher or project leader in numerous scientific and professional projects. She is presently leading the project How Do People Age in Croatia? funded by the European Union’s NextGenerationEU programme. She is the author or co-author of more than 50 scientific papers and five books. In addition, she has served as a reviewer for several books and numerous journal articles, as well as an evaluator of scientific projects. She has presented her research at numerous national and international scientific and professional conferences. She currently holds the title of Adjunct Full Professor at the University of Zagreb, where she teaches Contemporary Themes in Social Geography at the Department of Geography, Faculty of Science, and the courses World Population and Regional Demography at the Faculty of Croatian Studies. Her research interests include migration, population ageing, spatial aspects of demographic processes, quality of life, and island demography. She is a member of the Croatian Geographical Society, the European Association for Population Studies, the Global Change and Human Mobility Commission of the International Geographical Union, and the Central and Eastern European Research Network on Ageing.