| Erdmute Alber
| Universität Bayreuth, Germany |
| Gehard Anders
| University of Edinburgh, UK |
| Kwesi Aning
| Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), Accra, Ghana |
| Daniel Bach
| Centre Emile Durkheim, Sciences Po Bordeaux, France |
| Susann Baller
| German Historical Institute in Paris, France |
| Catherine Boone
| London School of Economics and Political Science, UK |
| Gordon Crawford
| Coventry University, United Kingdom |
| Mamadou Diawara
| Universität Frankfurt, Germany |
| Kim Dionne
| University of California, Riverside, USA |
| Till Förster
| Universität Basel, Switzerland |
| Julia Gallagher
| SOAS University of London, UK |
| Mamoudou Gazibo
| University of Montreal, Canada |
| Peter Geschiere
| University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
| Toni Haastrup
| University of Stirling, Scotland |
| Goran Hyden
| University of Florida, USA |
| Rita Kesselring
| University of St. Gallen, Switzerland |
| Nauja Kleist
| Danish Institute for International Studies, Denmark |
| Evan Lieberman
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA |
| Elísio Macamo
| Universität Basel, Switzerland |
| Roland Marchal
| Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Internationales, Paris, France |
| Francis Nyamnjoh
| University of Cape Town, South Africa |
| Ken Opalo
| Georgetown University, USA |
| Ian Phimister
| University of the Free State, South Africa |
| H. Kwasi Prempeh
| Ghana Center for Democratic Development, Ghana |
| Lise Rakner
| University of Bergen, Norway |
| Rachel Riedl
| Cornell University, USA |
| Walter Schicho
| Universität Wien, Austria |
| Roger Southall
| University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Leonard Wantchekon
| Princeton University, USA |