PhD, Stockholm Business School, Stockholm University, leads interdisciplinary courses in cultural management and urban development, these are organized in partnership with Swedish municipalities and civil society/cultural organizations, as well as Vinnova-funded project, PLATO, focusing on participatory placemaking tools. Ragnar conducted post-doctoral research at KTH-Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm and was a visiting scholar at Harvard Business School. As the founder of Tertius AB, he specializes in funding and cultural projects, including corporate partnership and donor platform for the Royal Swedish Opera 6 years, the national project All Sweden Sings!, and organizing international and local conferences and events on culture and urban development.

As an urban planner, manager, and educator, Zhenia worked with well-known Ukrainian institutions such as Mykolaiv Development Agency, Kharkiv School of Architecture, non-profits Urban Reforms, and Urbanyna. Since 2021 Zhenia has been a Fulbright scholar doing her Master's in Urban Planning and Policy at the University of Illinois in Chicago. Her research interests are connected with post-war physical reconstruction actors and systems, professional planning evolution, and participatory community development. Currently, she is a Senior Research Associate at the American Planning Association.

Maria Smirnova is an architect and an urban planner with a specialization in sustainable spatial development. She is an urban activist and researcher, who studies modern trends and challenges in spatial development with an understanding of the climate change impact on the environment and urban areas, as well as the implementation of solutions to mitigate the negative impacts of urbanization. With a background in architecture at the Odesa State Academy of Construction and Architecture, she graduated from several advanced programs, such as the CANactions School, where she studied the basics of integrated urban planning. She was a member of the research team in the project "Integrated Spatial Planning for Hromadas" with the support of U-LEAD in 2019. In 2023 she graduated from Central European University with a Master of Science degree in Natural Sciences and Policy. Currently, she works as an architect and planner at the Spatial Development Agency of Vinnytsia.

Master of Sociology, researcher and practitioner in the field of urban studies, development of communities and territories, and practices of involvement in decision-making processes in the field of spatial and social development. Researcher at the NGO "Center for Urban Studies", co-founder of the Bureau of Participatory Planning "Cité", associate researcher of the "Center of Urban History of Lviv", invited lecturer at KNUCA, invited expert at the analytical centre Cedos in the project “Leave no one behind: public participation for hromadas` recovery planning”.

Mykola Kostrytsya has a long experience in providing integrated urban planning (spatial and social-economic), municipal energy management systems, managing projects with international (GIZ, SECO, KFW, Covenant of Mayors, etc.) and national partners (Association “Energy Efficient Cities of Ukraine” (EECU), All-Ukrainian Association of Local Governments “Association of Ukrainian Cities”, etc.). He has 7 years of experience in city management and more than 15 years of experience as a senior lecturer in training and seminars, sharing his knowledge in the field of project management, municipal management, and energy efficiency. Under his leadership, as director of the Economic Development Department of Zhytomyr City Council (2016-2021), more than 15 projects were developed for over 85 mln euros of international technical and financial assistance.