Michiel Dehaene is Lecturer in Urbanism at the Eindhoven University of Technology and a postdoctoral researcher at the department of Architecture, Urbanism and Planning, KULeuven. His work focuses on the epistemology of urbanism, dispersed urbanization and the interrelation between formal and informal modes of development.

Lieven De Cauter studied Philosophy and History of Art. He teaches at the department of Architecture, Urbanism and Planning, KULeuven, the media school RITS and the Berlage Institute, Rotterdam. He has published books on contemporary art, modernity, architecture, on the city and politics.