Alexander Stoffel is a Lecturer in International Politics at Queen Mary University of London. He was previously a Fellow in Qualitative Methodology at the London School of Economics. Alex’s research takes up critical questions regarding the intersections of sexuality, race, and desire within capitalist expansion. He has published in International Studies Quarterly, the European Journal of International Relations, and the International Feminist Journal of Politics and is currently an editor of the journal Historical Materialism, where he convenes the Sexuality and Political Economy Network.

Ida Roland Birkvad is a Fellow in Political Theory in the Department of International Relations at London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Her research engages with questions related to international political theory, non-Western agency in International Relations, and histories of imperialism. She has published in European Journal of International Relations and Millennium: Journal of International Studies.