Lars Tønder is a political theorist with a special interest in democratic theory, civil society, climate change, and political philosophy. He is the author of “Tolerance: A Sensorial Orientation to Politics” (Oxford University Press, 2013) and has in recent years published a number of articles and book chapters on democracy, political theory and the climate crisis. He is the leader of two new research projects, both supported by the Danish Council for Independent Research: one on political norms in the Anthropocene, and another on democracy, civil society and Denmark's new climate parliament. He is also a member of the steering committee of the Center for Anthropological, Political and Social Theory at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Copenhagen. Lars Tønder is Deputy Head of Department and Head of Studies in the Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen. Prior to this appointment, he held positions at The University of Melbourne and Northwestern University. He holds a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University.

Esther Michelsen Kjeldahl is a co-founder of the Green Youth Movement (Den Grønne Ungdomsbevægelse) and "Fossil Free Future" (Fossilfri Fremtid). In 2020, she published the book "Vi er sammen om at mærke det" ("We are together in feeling it"), and since spring 2023, she has been analyzing climate literature for Dagbladet Information. Esther Michelsen Kjeldahl gives lectures and workshops on climate activism nationwide and actively participates in the Danish climate debate. She holds a bachelor's degree in philosophy and mathematics from the University of Copenhagen (2018), a master's degree in philosophy and public policy from the London School of Economics (2019), and a master's degree in philosophy from the University of Copenhagen (2023).

Salvatore Paolo De Rosa is a researcher at the Center for Applied Ecological Thinking at the University of Copenhagen. He received his PhD in Human Geography from Lund University in Sweden in 2017, and since then he has worked in research and education at the KTH of Stockholm and at the Lund University Center for Sustainability Studies. He has published extensively in scientific journals, popular press and collective books. With a background in anthropology and political ecology, his research focuses on collective action, environmental conflicts and socio-ecological transformations towards climate and social justice. His most recent co-edited book, with Marco Armiero and Ethemcan Turhan, is Urban Movements and Climate Change. Loss, Damage and Radical Adaptation (Amsterdam University Press, 2023).