Kait Bolongaro is a PhD student at the VUB Communication Studies Department. Her doctoral research focuses on media coverage of far-right political movements in the European Union.

Katia Segers is a professor at the department of Media Studies of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Between 2002 and 2014 she was director of CEMESO, now she is Honorary director of ECHO.

Kevin Smets is research professor in film studies and cultural media studies. He studied cultural history (KU Leuven) and obtained a PhD in Film Studies and Visual Culture (University of Antwerp).

Kunpeng Ma, a PhD candidate at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, holds a Master's Degree in Media and Television from the Communication University of China (2023) and a Master's Degree in Communication Studies from VUB (2022).