Nicolás Panotto is a Theologian with a Master’s degree in Social and Political Anthropology who is currently a PhD candidate in Social Sciences. He is the Director of Multidisciplinary Studies Group on Religion and Public Advocacy (GEMRIP) and has authored of several books on religion and the public sphere, political theology, and postcoloniality.

Ayo Obe is a legal practitioner and a partner in the Lagos-based law firm Ogunsola Shonibare. She chairs the Board of Trustees of the Gorée Institute and is a trustee of the Brussels-based International Crisis Group. For three years, Obe headed the National Democratic Institute’s Nigeria office. She also served as the Chairperson of the…

Andrej Nosov is a political activist and artist who, in 2009, founded the Heartefact Fund, an NGO that supports an open cultural space in the Western Balkans. In 2003, Nosov founded the Belgrade-based Youth Initiative for Human Rights (YIHR). Nosov was featured in the National Endowment for Democracy’s “30 under 30,” a list of inspiring…

Mark Nelson is the Director of the Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) at the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) that conducts research and convenes experts to discuss media development around the world. Before he joined CIMA, Nelson focused on democratic governance issues as the head of the World Bank Institute’s European office. Nelson draws…