- Markus Goransson, historian, Aberystwyth University, UK.
- Sophie Hohmann, demograph, research associate at CERCEC, FRANCE.
- Marlène Laruelle, director of the Central Asia Program, George Washington University, USA.
- Muzzafar Olimov, sociologist, Sharq Center, TAJIKISTAN.
- Nona Shakhnazarian, anthropologist, Center for Independent Social Research, Saint-Petersbourg, RUSSIA.