Wang Huiyao
Wang Huiyao is the founder of the Centre for China and Globalisation, a Beijing-based non-governmental think tank.
Kurniawan Arif Maspul
Kurniawan Arif Maspul is a researcher and interdisciplinary writer focusing on Islamic diplomacy and Southeast Asian political thought. He holds an MEd in Advanced Teaching, an MBA and an MA in Islamic Studies and is currently pursuing a Master’s in Islamic Banking and Finance at Al-Madinah International University in Malaysia.
Huw Price
Huw Price is an Australian philosopher, recently retired after nine years as the Bertrand Russell Professor of Philosophy, Cambridge. In Cambridge he was also co-founder of the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, and Academic Director of the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence. Before moving to Cambridge in 2012 he was Challis Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sydney, and Director of the Centre for Time.
Marinella Marmo
Prof Marinella Marmo is a multiple award-winning tertiary education academic, with over 50 publications on the area of human mobility, human rights, modern slavery and gendered violence. Her research has been cited worldwide also by policy makers, profiled by several prominent international media outlets, and used to inform documentaries in Britain and Australia.
Alison Gerard
Alison is the Deputy Chair of the Australasian Law Academics Association (ALAA) and has served on the Executive of the Council of Australian Law Deans (2018-2020). Alison also contributes to the CALD Working Party on First People’s Partnership and the Working Party on Legal Profession Admission Standards. Alison is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law.
Jenny Goldie
Jenny Goldie is immediate past national president of Sustainable Population Australia and formerly on the Board, then staff, of Australian Reproductive Health Alliance.
Ramia Abdo-Sultan
Ramia Abdo-Sultan is an Australian Palestinian with family in Gaza. Ramia is also an executive committee member of the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network and practising lawyer.
Quentin Parker
Quentin Parker is a professor in the Faculty of Science at the University of Hong Kong, the director of its Laboratory for Space Research, and vice-chairman of the Orion Astropreneur Space Academy.
SERAJ ASSI
Seraj Assi is a Palestinian writer living in Washington, DC, and the author, most recently, of My Life As An Alien (Tartarus Press).
Peter Blunt
Peter Blunt is Honorary Professor, School of Business, UNSW (Canberra); a former full professor of management in Australia, Norway, and the UK; a consultant for UN and other development agencies (40 countries); and an editorial board member of several international journals. His commissioned publications on governance and public sector management informed UNDP policy on these matters and his books include the standard works on management in Africa and, most recently, (with Cecilia Escobar and Vlassis Missos) The Political Economy of Bilateral Aid: Implications for Global Development (Routledge, 2023) and The Political Economy of Dissent: A Research Companion (Routledge, forthcoming 2026).
Violet Coco
Violet CoCo is an artist, musician, aunty and climate activist. She was the first person sentenced under controversial new anti-protest laws in NSW, receiving a sentence of 18 months in prison for blocking the harbour bridge under the banner Fireproof Australia, a campaign supporting firefighters. Her sentence was dropped on appeal. She feels this repression should not waver our commitment to defend our planet. Violet has been arrested 33 times, and imprisoned four times, including famously for burning a pram outside Parliament House on the same day the IPCC declared a Code Red for Humanity due to climate breakdown. Violet Coco describes herself as a conscientious objector to the murder of our planet. She has been a part of organising major disruptive festivals of civil disobedience with Extinction Rebellion, supported First Nations and the decolonisation of so called ‘Australia’, while also advocating for world peace, justice for women, refugees, and queer communities.
Michelle Grattan
Michelle Grattan is one of Australia’s most respected political journalists. She has been a member of the Canberra parliamentary press gallery for more than 40 years, during which time she has covered all the most significant stories in Australian politics.
She was the former editor of The Canberra Times, was Political Editor of The Age and has been with the Australian Financial Review and The Sydney Morning Herald.
Michelle currently has a dual role with an academic position at the University of Canberra and as Associate Editor (Politics) and Chief Political Correspondent at The Conversation.
In her role at the University of Canberra, Michelle is teaching, working on research projects in politics and political communication, as well as providing public commentary and strategic advice.
She is the author, co-author and editor of several books and was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 2004 for her long and distinguished service to Australian journalism.
Chris Taylor
Dr Chris Taylor is an environmental scientist and researcher with a strong focus on landscape ecology, forest management, and conservation. With a background in studying the impacts of land use on biodiversity, Chris has contributed significantly to our understanding of how human activities affect natural ecosystems. His work often involves collaborations with Indigenous communities and other stakeholders to develop sustainable land management practices. Chris is known for his dedication to preserving Australia’s unique environments, particularly in the context of climate change and habitat loss, and has published extensively in the field of environmental science.
Jim Everett-puralia meenamatta
Jim Everett, also known as puralia meenamatta, is a Palawa Elder from Tasmania and a passionate advocate for Aboriginal cultural heritage. A prolific writer, poet, and filmmaker, Jim has dedicated his life to preserving and promoting the history, stories, and rights of the Palawa people. His work is deeply rooted in the land and culture of Tasmania, focusing on decolonisation and the empowerment of Indigenous communities. Jim’s contributions to Aboriginal literature and film have made him a key figure in the fight for Aboriginal rights and the preservation of cultural identity in Australia.
Peter T. C. Chang
Peter T.C. Chang is a research associate at the Institute of China Studies, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He is trained in the field of comparative philosophy and religion.
Gary Murray
Gary Murray is a respected Elder of the Dja Dja Wurrung and Yung Balug Clans and serves as the Chair of the First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria. With a deep commitment to Indigenous rights, Gary has been instrumental in advocating for the recognition and preservation of Aboriginal culture and heritage. His work spans over decades, focusing on land rights, sovereignty, and self-determination for First Nations people. Gary is also a dedicated leader in community development, working tirelessly to ensure that the voices of Aboriginal people are heard and respected in all aspects of governance and society.
John Fitz
Emeritus Professor John Fitz is an Australian living in the UK since 1970. He was formerly a Professor in the School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University.
Jeffrey Robertson
Jeffrey Robertson previously worked for the Australian Government in the fields of foreign policy and diplomacy with a focus on East Asia. He now writes from the other side of the line - as an academic, consultant, and sometimes spy fiction ghostwriter. He writes and updates research at https://junotane.com.
Michel Chambon
Michel Chambon is a French theologian and cultural anthropologist who studies Christianity in the Chinese world. At the National University of Singapore, he coordinates ISAC, the Initiative for the Study of Asian Catholics http://www.isac-research.org
Daniel Mulino
Dr Daniel Mulino MP is chair of the House of Representatives’ Standing Economics Committee and has a PhD in economics from Yale. He first completed degrees in arts and law at the ANU and then completed a Master of Economics (University of Sydney).
In 2018 he was preselected for the new federal seat of Fraser and became its first MP at the 2019 election. Born in Brindisi, Italy.
Luke Hunt
Luke Hunt, a journalist of more than three decades of experience, is an expert on East Asia’s socio-political issues. A columnist, author, and academic, he covers Cambodia and beyond for UCA News.
Leanne Weber
Leanne Weber is Adjunct Professor of Criminology in the Canberra Law School. Her research interests include race and policing, human rights in criminal justice, and border control. She is currently a Chief Investigator on a project investigating interactions between the immigration control and criminal justice systems, funded by an ARC Discovery Grant.
Mehmet Rakipoglu
Mehmet Rakipoglu is an assistant professor at Mardin Artuklu University and a researcher at the Dimensions for Strategic Studies Centre in London. His work focuses on Turkish foreign policy, Gulf countries, and Islamic movements.
Caroline Fitzwarryne
Caroline Fitzwarryne has a background in public health and community development. She has worked at all three levels of government (from fieldworker to senior executive), as CEO of a national NGO, as Adjunct Associate Professor, and as development aid worker in 13 countries.
Ben Harburg
Ben Harburg is a Managing Partner at global investment firm MSA Capital and a member of the Board of Directors of the National Committee on United States China Relations.
Suzan Wahhab
Suzan Wahhab was born in Jerusalem and grew up listening to Nakba stories in occupied Ramallah. She is the President of Palestinian Christians in Australia and is an accountant and financial strategist.
Christopher D. Cook
Christopher D. Cook is an author and award-winning journalist who has written for Harper’s, The Atlantic, The Economist, The Guardian, Mother Jones, the Los Angeles Times, The Christian Science Monitor, and many other national publications. He is the author of Diet for a Dead Planet: Big Business and the Coming Food Crisis.
Michális S. Michael
Dr Michális S. Michael is Honorary Senior Research Fellow at La Trobe University and was Director of the Centre for Dialogue– Global Reconciliation. He has taught, published and researched extensively on political science, international relations, conflict resolution, foreign policy, and the theory and practice of dialogue. His work involves the careful study of intergroup and international conflict and their transformations away from narrow notions of state-bound security. By using various case-studies he investigates the conditions and circumstances in which disputants can alter their goals and perceptions of each other by exploring alternative modes of engagement to entrenched situations. Effectively, Dr Michael’s work seeks to deepen our understanding of the increasingly complex and often volatile social, political and cultural environments which conflict inhibits, and the corresponding pressures it places on both governance and civil society. By probing the need for dialogue in the conflictual setting, his research gauges the extent to which dialogue offers an effective form of communication that goes beyond traditional approaches of mediation and negotiation, and provides both governmental and non-governmental agencies with new possibilities for defusing polarisation and maximising the prospects for constructive engagement.
Patrick Gourley
Paddy Gourley is a former Commonwealth public servant who has spent the last 20 years working in the private sector.
Ali Bakir
Ali Bakir is a research assistant professor at Ibn Khaldun Center for Humanities and Social Sciences. He is following geopolitical and security trends in the Middle East, great power politics, small states’ behaviour, emerging unconventional risks and threats, with a special focus on Turkey’s foreign and defence policies, Turkey-Arab and Turkey-Gulf relations. He tweets @AliBakeer
Jeremy Kenner
Jeremy Kenner is a public servant, employed by an Australian government agency. An American by birth and rearing and an educator and lawyer by training, his professional interests lie at the juncture of research, clinical care, public health, policy making and regulation of science and technology. He also draws on a reservoir of Jewish learning received earlier in life at the feet of his father and grandfather.
Zahra Al Hilaly
Zahra is a Palestinian and Iraqi woman, who is working to decolonise story-telling to flourish revolution. Zahra is an established writer and vocalist for change.