Maciej Kisilowski is an Associate Professor of Law and Strategy at Central European University in Vienna. His research spans public law, management, and political economy. His academic work has appeared in Business and Society and Law and Social Inquiry, among others. He holds a JSD and LLM from Yale Law School, an MPA from Princeton, and an MBA from INSEAD. His commentary on populism, democracy, and the rule of law has been featured in Project Syndicate, The Financial Times, Politico, and leading Austrian and Polish media outlets.

Anna Wojciuk is an Associate Professor at the University of Warsaw, specializing in international relations with a focus on populist foreign policy. Her work has appeared in Review of International Studies, Chinese Journal of International Politics, and European Political Science. In 2018, she published the book Empires of Knowledge in International Relations with Routledge. She was a Fernand Braudel Fellow at the EUI(2017/18, 2024) and has held visiting positions at Harvard, Columbia, Cornell, and Sciences Po. She also contributes to leading media outlets, including Foreign Policy and Politico.