Barry Buzan este Montague Burton Professor la London School of Economics si Honorary Professor la Universitatile din Copenhaga si Jilin. Dintre numeroasele sale publicatii amintim People, States, and Fear: The National Security Problem in International Relations si (cu Ole Wæver et al.) Identity, Migration, and the new Security Agenda in Europe. Ole Wæver este profesor de Relatii Internationale la Departamentul de Stiinte Politice al Universitatii din Copenhaga si director al Center for Advanced Security Theory. Este autorul (impreuna cu Pim den Boer si Peter Brugge) The History of the European Idea. Jaap de Wilde este profesor de Relatii Internationale la Universitatea din Groningen. Este autorul Saved from Oblivion: Interdependence Theory in the First Half of the 20th Century si editor (impreuna cu Hakan Wiberg) al Organized Anarchy: The Role of States and Intergovernmental Organizations.
