Dariusz Wojtaszyn is Professor of Modern History and Head of the Centre for Research on the History of German and European Sport of the Willy Brandt Center for German and European Studies at the University of Wroclaw, Poland.

Daniel Fitzpatrick is Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at Aston University in Birmingham, UK, and a co-convenor of the Political Studies Association (PSA) Sport and Politics specialist group.

Roland Benedikter is Co-Head of the Center for Advanced Studies of Eurac Research Bozen/Bolzano, Italy, UNESCO Chair in Interdisciplinary Anticipation and Global-Local Transformation and Board Member, International Political Science Association IPSA, Section RC03 - European Unification.