Saturnino M. Borras Jr. is Professor of Agrarian Studies at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) of Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR). He is a member of the distinguished Erasmus Professor Program at EUR, Distinguished Professor at China Agricultural University in Beijing, and an associate of the Transnational Institute (TNI). He was Editor-In-Chief of the Journal of Peasant Studies for 15 years, until 2023. He coordinates the international network Initiatives in Critical Agrarian Studies (ICAS), and is a co-editor of its small books series in peasant studies and agrarian change.

Jennifer C. Franco is a researcher at the Transnational Institute (TNI), especially in the Agrarian and Environmental Justice Program and the Myanmar-In-Focus Program. She is Adjunct Professor at the College of Humanities and Development Studies (COHD) of China Agricultural University in Beijing. She does extensive work on land issues using a scholar-activist method of work both in research and social justice advocacy work.