Adrian Erasmus is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Alabama and an associate member of the McCollough Institute for Pre-medical Scholars. He completed his PhD at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. He previously held teaching positions at the University of Johannesburg and the University of Pretoria. His research focuses on conceptual and methodological questions about medicine and the intersection of values and epistemic concerns in medical artificial intelligence.

Professor Alex Broadbent is the founding Director of the IFK and Professor of Philosophy of Science at Durham University, England. His research is in the philosophy of epidemiology, medicine, and causation, and he is Editor in Chief of the journal Philosophy of Medicine. Outside university life, he engages in consultancy, advocacy and policy work related to public health and uses of science in legal contexts, and writes opinion pieces on topics such as the fourth industrial revolution and public health issues. He is an Associate Member of the Centre for Humanities Engaging Science and Society at Durham University and of Millennium Chambers, The Barrister Network, London.

Anthony Kaziboni is Head of Research at the Institute for the Future of Knowledge. He researches hydropolitics, migration and social inequalities. He is the Regional Representative for South Africa for the International Sociological Association's (ISA) Clinical Sociology Research Group. In 2018 he received the prestigious Outstanding Early Career Award in Clinical Sociology by the ISA's Clinical Sociology Research Committee in Toronto, Canada. He has [co]authored publications in accredited journals, newspaper articles and book chapters.

Professor Arthur Mutambara is the Director and Full Professor of the Institute for the Future of Knowledge (IFK) at the University of Johannesburg (UJ). He is a world-renowned roboticist, academic, author, Pan-Africanist and technology strategist. Professor Mutambara is also the Director of IFK’s Decentralised Artificial Intelligence and Control Systems (DAICS) Research Group and drives the African Agency in Public Health (AAPH) initiative within the Future of Health (FoH) Research Group. He is the Former Deputy Prime Minister of Zimbabwe. Mutambara was one of the three Principals who created and led the Government of National Unity (GNU) from 2009 to 2013. The other two were Prime Minister Tsvangirai and President Mugabe. He is the author of a new trilogy (three books): In Search of the Elusive Zimbabwean Dream: An Autobiography of Thought Leadership. Mutambara has also published two Electrical Engineering books used extensively in the United States, Europe and Asia. He has worked as a Research Scientist at NASA, a Visiting Professor at MIT, and a Managing Consultant with McKinsey & Company, all in the United States. At UJ, Mutambara has taught Control Systems in both the Mechanical Engineering and Electrical & Electronic Engineering Departments, where he has received outstanding reviews from both students and peers. He has conducted Engineering seminars and public lectures across the continent and globally. Prof Mutambara is a Chartered Engineer, a Fellow of the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET), a Professional Engineer, a Fellow of the Zimbabwe Institute of Engineers (ZIE), a Fellow of the Zimbabwe Academy of Sciences (ZAS), a Senior Member of IEEE and a WEF Young Global Leader. Professor Mutambara holds a PhD in Robotics and Mechatronics (1995) and an MSc in Computer Engineering (1992), both from the University of Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. He graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Electrical Engineering (1990) from the University of Zimbabwe.

Professor Benjamin Smart is Head of the Future of Health Research Group, at the IFK, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Associate Member of the African Centre for Epistemology and Philosophy of Science. He is Y1 rated by the NRF. Smart's research focuses on the philosophy of medicine, epidemiology and public health, and on the metaphysics of laws and causation. He published a monograph entitled Concepts and Causes in the Philosophy of Disease in 2016, and has numerous papers in highly ranked international philosophy journals. Dr Smart believes that philosophical work in medicine can have a direct impact on society, and so also collaborates with academics in the medical sciences to address real world problems in public health.

Professor Brett Bennett is Head of the Green Futures Research Group, at the IFK, and Associate Professor of History at the University of Johannesburg and University of Western Sydney. His research uses historical methods to investigate how the interaction of human actions and natural processes created contemporary ecosystems, scientific ideas, and conservation policies. He is the author of Plantations and protected areas: a global history of forest management (MIT Press, 2015), co-author with Frederick J. Kruger of Forestry and water conservation in South Africa: history, science, policy ( ANU Press, 2015), and co-author with Gregory Barton on the book Saving the world the first time: ideas of climate change before global warming, under contract with Reaktion Press. He works with historians, geographers, ecologists, heritage experts and local communities to explore the legacy and meanings of human-plant, human-animal, and human-climate relations.

Caitlin Rybko is a Research Assistant at the Institute for the Future of Knowledge. She received her master's degree in philosophy from Rhodes University. Her thesis was titled The Nature and Value of Understanding. Her research interests are epistemology, the internet and our relationship with knowledge. Ms Rybko is completing her doctorate in philosophy, and her thesis is on the epistemology of Google's knowledge panels.

Professor Charis Harley is Head of the Data Science Across Disciplines Research Group at the IFK and 4IR Professor in the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment at UJ. She is an accomplished researcher in the field of computational mathematics with over 30 articles, experience at a range of elite universities, and multiple research grants. She also has experience in industry as an analyst and quantitative analyst, with practise in data analysis ranging from the use of filters; Auto-Correlation; Principal Component Analysis; Exploratory Data Analysis, to the use of more advanced methods of data analytics

Jacob Stegenga is a Reader in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge, in the UK. Before joining Cambridge, he taught in the US and Canada, and he received his PhD from the University of California, San Diego. His research interests are in evidence and inference, and much of his work focuses on biology and medicine. His research employs conceptual analysis, empirical findings, and formal methods to establish prescriptive conclusions about science.

Jan Vandenbroucke is a Belgian epidemiologist and physician known for his work in clinical epidemiology. He was a Professor of Clinical Epidemiology at Leiden University Medical Centre, the Netherlands (1986-2015). He has been mainly involved in observational studies; his main interest is the application of epidemiologic methods to problems of aetiology and pathogenesis that are investigated in academic medical centres. In 2002-2003 he held a sabbatical at Oxford University, UK. He was appointed as an Academy Professor by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (2006-2015) and a Professor of Clinical Epidemiology at Aarhus University, Denmark, in 2014. He serves on the international advisory board of The Lancet, and was a co-author of the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) guidelines. He was appointed as an Honorary Professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) in 2015.

Dr Jonathan Fuller is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science (HPS) at the University of Pittsburgh, in the US, specialising in the philosophy of medicine. He is also Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the journal Philosophy of Medicine and Secretary of the International Philosophy of Medicine Roundtable Scientific Committee. He was a post-doctoral research fellow in the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology at the University of Toronto, Canada.

Dr Kyle Blumberg is Research Fellow in the Dianoia Institute of Philosophy at Australian Catholic University, in Melbourne, Australia. Most of his work is in philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, and philosophical logic. He was a post-doctoral research fellow at the University of Johannesburg, and he completed his PhD in the Philosophy Department at New York University.

Dr Lukong Shulika is Research Integrity Officer and Postdoctoral Fellow at the Durban University of Technology. She holds a master’s and doctoral degree in Conflict Transformation and Peace Studies from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, and a Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Buea in Cameroon. Dr Shulika’s research interests and publications revolve around African conflict and cooperation dynamics; conflict analysis and management; post-conflict peacebuilding, reconstruction and development; women, gender and the politics of representation in Africa; and governance and political transformation in Africa.

Dr Martin Bekker is a computational social scientist and development planner. He is a Global Excellence Stature 4.1 Postdoctoral Research Fellow. His doctoral thesis was a pioneering quantitative analysis of popular protest in South Africa. He also holds degrees in policy studies and philosophy from Stellenbosch University, and master's degrees from Bradford University (in Peace Studies) and the London School of Economics (in Development Management), both in the UK. He was head of strategy and later of research at the Royal Bafokeng Administration, and served on the World Economic Forum's advisory panel for sustainable mining and minerals. Dr Bekker is currently working on the University of Johannesburg/Human Sciences Research Council Covid-19 Democracy Survey.

Mat Mercuri holds a PhD in Health Research Methods at McMaster University and a PhD in History and Philosophy of Science and Technology at the University of Toronto, both in Canada. He completed a post-doctoral fellowship in the Department of Medicine at Columbia University, in the US. Dr. Mercuri is currently an Assistant Professor in the Division of Emergency Medicine, McMaster University, and the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, at the University of Toronto. He was named Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice in 2018. His research interests are medical epistemology, medical practice variations, and issues around radiation exposure from diagnostic imaging.

Michael Vlerick is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at Tilburg University, in the Netherlands. He was a post-doctoral research fellow at the University of Johannesburg. His post-doctoral research dealt with the philosophical implications of the theory of evolution. His research focuses on evolutionary epistemology, evolutionary morality, cultural evolution and social ontology in particular, and the philosophical implications of evolution theory in general.

Nancy Cartwright is a Professor of Philosophy at Durham University and a Distinguished Professor at the University of California in the United States (US). At Durham, she is also co-Director of the Centre for Humanities engaging Science and Society. Her research interests include philosophy and the history of science (especially physics and economics). Professor Cartwright has worked extensively in modelling, causal inference, causal powers, and objectivity, evidence, especially for evidence-based policy (EBP) and the philosophy of social technology. For the project 'Knowledge for Use' (K4U), her current work investigates how to use scientific research results for better policies. She has worked with others on projects in education, child protection and international development.

Neil Pearce is Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and Director of the Centre for Global Non-communicable Disease, at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, in the UK. During 2000-2010 he was Director of the Centre for Public Health Research in the Research School of Public Health on the Massey University Wellington Campus. He continues to work in a broad range of epidemiological NCD research areas, including epidemiological methods, respiratory disease, neurological disease, cancer, diabetes, indigenous health, and occupational and environmental health research.

Dr Oluwaseun Tella is Head of the Future of Diplomacy Research Group at the IFK. He is a specialist on soft power, diplomacy, and migration. He has published over 25 articles and his forthcoming monograph, which will be published by Routledge, is titled Africa's Soft Power: Philosophies, Political Values, Foreign Policies and Cultural Exports. He has also edited three books entitled Nigeria-South Africa Relations and Regional Hegemonic Competence (Springer, 2019), From Ivory Towers to Ebony Towers: Transforming Humanities Curricula in South Africa, Africa and African-American Studies (Jacana, 2020), and A Sleeping Giant? Nigeria's Domestic and International Politics in the Twenty-First Century (Springer, 2021).

Professor Quill R Kukla is a Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University and Senior Research Scholar at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, in the US. They are Editor-in-Chief of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal, and a faculty member in the Disability Studies Program at Georgetown. For 2020 and 2021, they are also a Humboldt Research Scholar at Leibniz University Hannover. Dr. Kukla's research interests within practical ethics include the ethical and social complexities of scientific knowledge production and communication, reproductive ethics and the culture of pregnancy and motherhood, public health ethics, the ethics of health communication, research ethics, methodological issues in medical research, and the social epistemology of medicine. Much of their research bridges bioethics, epistemology, and philosophy of language. They have ongoing interests in the varieties of embodiment, agency, and autonomy.

Dr Ross Harvey is a Director of Research and Programmes at Good Governance Africa (GGA). He holds a PhD in economics from the University of Cape Town. From 2010 to 2011, Ross lectured political economy at UCT. The following year he worked as a parliamentary researcher. In mid-2013, he became a senior researcher at the South African Institute of International Affairs, where he worked until 2019, joining GGA in 2020.

Dr Samuel Okunade is borders and migration specialist most especially in the areas of human trafficking and migrant smuggling in Africa. He is also interested in the nexus between social and ethnic cleavages in border communities, and economic integration and social cohesion in Africa. He has participated in the European Union-funded project on irregular migration in the Middle East, Asia and Africa. He has published several articles in reputable journals. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Education and master’s degree in Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, and a PhD in Conflict Transformation from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Sridhar Venkatapuram is a Senior Lecturer in Global Health and Philosophy at the King's College Global Health Institute, United Kingdom (UK). He is an interdisciplinary academic practitioner in the area of Global Health Ethics. He was previously a Lecturer and Wellcome Trust Research Fellow in Ethics at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), UK, and an affiliated Lecturer at Cambridge University, UK. From 2008 to 2011, he was Co-Investigator on an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and UK's Department for International Development (DFID) research project.

Dr Wilson Muna is a Lecturer in Public Policy at Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya. He holds a master’s degree and doctorate in Policy and Development Studies from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. He specialises in public policy analysis, international relations, peace and security, and public management. In his wide range of publications, Dr Muna focuses on African development, especially in the areas of policy learning and integration.