| Nadia Alaily-Mattar | Research Associate, Technical University of Munich |
| Burçin Başyazıcı | Assistant Professor, Yeditepe University – Visiting Researcher at Politecnico in 2020 |
| Maria Gravari-Barbas | Professor of Geography, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University |
| Laura Lieto | Professor of Urban Planning, Università di Napoli Federico II |
| Harvey Molotch | Professor of Sociology Emeritus, New York University and UC Santa Barbara |
| Michele Nastasi | PhD, photographer and independent researcher |
| Eleonora Redaelli | Associate Professor, University of Oregon – Visiting Scholar at Politecnico in 2020 |
| Sampo Ruoppila | University of Turku – Visiting Scholar at Politecnico in 2016 |
| Alain Thierstein | Professor of Urban Development, Technical University of Munich |
| Yiqing Zhao | Assistant Professor, Xi’an Jiaotong University |
