Bernhard Giesen?was a full professor at the University of Konstanz, Germany, where he held the chair for macrosociology in the Department of History and Sociology.?
Werner Binder?is?an assistant professor at the Department of Sociology at Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia.
Kim-Claude Meyer?works at the Research and Innovation Department for Non-Formal Education of the Ministry of Education, Children and Youth in Luxembourg.
Francis Le Maitre?is a lecturer in Sociology at the Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University, Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany.