An Arab intellectual, Bishara is the General Director of the Arab Center for Research and Policy, and Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies. He is the author of a number of works on political thought, social theory, philosophy and democratization, as well as literary works. From 1986-1996 he was Professor of Philosophy and Cultural Studies at Bir Zeit University in Palestine. Bishara has founded several research centers and institutes. His latest books include (in Arabic) Religion and Secularism in Historical Context, The Egyptian Revolution, and An Essay on Freedom.

His field of economic research is focused on evolutionary economics with an emphasis on the economics of knowledge. He is also involved in philosophical issues related to the Theories of Justice and Democracy. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Strasbourg, 2003.

​Researcher at the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and the Managing Editor of Siyasat Arabia. Hussein holds a PhD from the University of Florence, and is the author of a number of works on international affairs.

Policy Analysis Unit Coordinator at the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies. He holds a PhD in International Relations. He was the Dean of the Faculty of International Relations and Diplomacy at the Kalamoon University in Damascus, Syria, until November 2012. Dr. Kabalan worked on International Political Theory at the University of Manchester, UK and at the Faculty of Political Sciences, Damascus University. 

Bassem Serhan is a Researcher in Sociology. He received a master's degree in sociology from the University of Alberta, Canada in 1967, and worked as a social researcher at the University of Western or Ontario, Canada in 1970. He has published several books, including: The American Community in Lebanon (1969), Palestinian Children (1970) "The Encyclopedia of Palestine in the Twentieth Century" (2000); "Transformations of the Palestinian Family in the Diaspora, A Comparative Sociological Study" (2005).

He previously served as Associate Professor of Political Science at the Center for the Study of Democracy at the University of Westminster in London. El-Affendi headed the Islam and Democracy Program, which he founded at that center, from 1998. He holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Reading in Britain.

She was a faculty member at the University of Sharjah (UAE) where she held the position of Director of the Executive MBA. She received the distinguished Faculty Member Award for Scientific Research and Teaching (2011). She also has taught as Local Tutor postgraduate students at the University of Leicester (UK) and supervised DBA students as a Visiting Fellow at Nottingham Trent University (UK). She holds a PhD in Strategic Management from HEC Montreal (Her thesis was nominated for the best HEC doctoral thesis prize).