Kostyantyn Mezentsev is Professor and Head of the Department of Economic and Social Geography at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. His recent research examines the transformation of post-Soviet urban regions and cities, suburban spaces, migration, urban geopolitics, and IDPs issues. He is co-editor of the book Urban Ukraine: In the Epicentre of the Spatial Changes (2017).

Eugenia Kuznetsova is a media researcher with a background in applied journalism research in societies afflicted by conflict and a research fellow at the Kyiv School of Economics. She works as a consultant for several international organisations, focusing on the fields of impartiality, balanced views, and conflict-sensitive reporting.