Sonia E. Alvarez specialises in social movements and protest politics, comparative and transnational feminisms, and Latin American politics and cultures, with a focus on Brazil and the Southern Cone. Her recent (co-edited) books include Quem São as Mulheres das Políticas para as Mulheres no Brazil? Vol. I, O Feminismo Estatal Participativo Brasileiro; Vol. II, Expressões Femnistas nas Conferências Nacionais de Políticas para as Mulheres​ (2018); Beyond Civil Society: Activism, Participation, and Protest in Latin America (2017); Translocalities/Translocalidades: Feminist Politics of Translation in the Latin/a Américas (2014); and a two-part special issue of the journal Meridians on "Afro-descendant Feminisms in Latin America" (2016).

She has published numerous journal articles and book chapters, many written collaboratively, on topics including movements, feminist politics, NGOs, civil society, race and racism, transnational activism, and democratization.

Zeynep Gülru Göker is an associate professor of political science at Sabanci University and the Director of SU Gender (Sabanci University Gender and Women's Studies Center of Excellence). Her research and teaching focus on gender and politics, deliberative and participatory democracy, gender equality politics and care ethics. Her recent publications include “Collective Resilience and Resistance in Hybrid Times: Gender Struggles in Germany, Turkey and Sweden”, Gender, Place & Culture (co-authored with S. Çağatay, O.S. Hünler and A. Polatdemir (2023), “The Quest for Gender Equality in Universities at the Crossroads of Anti-gender Pressures: The Case of Turkey”, Globalisation, Societies and Education, (with A. Polatdemir 2022) and “Women’s Dialogic Encounters: Agonistic Listening and Emotions in Multiple-identity Conflicts”, Third World Quarterly (with A. B. Çelik 2022). She is the PI at Sabanci University of EXPRESS2 (Specify and Protect the EU Social Contract, EU Horizon Europe, 2024-2027).