Camila Gianella Malca received a PhD in Psychology from the University of Bergen. She holds an MSc from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and a degree in psychology from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, where she is an assistant professor at the Department of Social Sciences.

Maritza Paredes is an Associate Professor and Director of the Doctorate Program in Sociology at PUCP in Lima. She specialises in political and environmental sociology. Her research focuses on the expansion of extractive capitalism and its impacts on state capacity, social mobilisation, and the politics of indigenous peoples. She obtained a Ph.D. in International Development from the University of Oxford in the UK, and a master's degree from Columbia University in New York.

Lorena Figueroa is a sociologist from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. She holds a bachelor's degree in social science, and is pursuing a master’s degree in Latin American studies at Leiden University in The Netherlands. Her research interests are political economy, rural development, and public policies.