Kees Koonings has been assistant professor from 1987-2000 and associate professor from 2001-2021 in the Department of Anthropology at Utrecht University. In 2021 he has been appointed Professor of Anthropology of Development and Conflict in the same department. He has been teaching on subjects related to Latin American studies (especially social movements, citizenship, political change and modernity), development studies (especially development theory, poverty and social exclusion), and the anthropology of violence and conflict. Since March 2011 he holds a partime special chair 'Brazilian Studies' at CEDLA/University of Amsterdam. From 2016-2021 he has been Head of Department of Anthropology at Utrecht University. Read more

Chiara is an interdisciplinary anthropologist, currently obtaining her MSc. Cultural Anthropology: Sustainable Citizenship at Utrecht University. Her areas of interest are environmental degradation, (chemical) pollution, the climate crisis, increasing inequality, and conflict resolution, especially from a feminist and decolonial perspective.

Martijn Oosterbaan studied Cultural Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam. He acquired his PhD at the Amsterdam School of Social science Research, University of Amsterdam. While finishing his dissertation he obtained a Postdoc position at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Groningen, as a researcher in the NWO research project New Media, Public Sphere and Urban Culture. In 2014 he became Associate Professor at the Department of Cultural Anthropology at Utrecht University and in August 2022 he was appointed professor (chair: Anthropology of Religion and Security). Read more

Sebastian Ritschard has a BA in Anthropology from Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá) and an MA in Applied Ethics from Utrecht University. He has been working on various field research projects on conflict, education and peace in Colombia, a.o. for the Special Peace Jurisdiction. His MA thesis explores the ethical dimensions of memory work and memory politics in post-conflict transitions. In the Grass Roots Resilience, Security Governance, and Urbanism in Latin American Violent Cities project, he is working on the relation between collective memory and resilience against chronic violence in the comunas of Medellín. Read more