Simone Ashby is an assistant professor in New Media Design in the Department of Communication and Cognition at Tilburg University. Her research focuses on leveraging collective intelligence to help people become more connected and empowered in their communities.
Julian Hanna is assistant professor in Culture Studies at Tilburg University. His research focuses on critical intersections between culture, politics, and technology. His latest book is The Manifesto Handbook: 95 Theses on an Incendiary Form (Zero Books, 2020) and he is currently working on a book about islands in the digital age.
Michelle Kasprzak is an established contributor to the fields of digital cultures and speculative futures as an academic, curator, and artist. She is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences. Recently, she received the support of the Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie to develop a body of research on non-fungible tokens (NFTs).
Alwin de Rooij studies the psychology and digitalization of creative work He currently works as an assistant professor at the Department of Communication and Cognition at Tilburg University, and an associate professor at the Centre of Applied Research for Art, Design and Technology at Avans University of Applied Sciences.