Mustafa Aksakal holds a PhD in sociology and development studies. He currently works as a scientific coordinator and researcher-teacher in the sociology department of the University of Bielefeld. Its empowerment project focuses on the multidimensional analysis of international migration of highly qualified people promoting social inequalities in different ways. In a second research project, Mustafa, in collaboration with Leticia Calderón, studies the institutional and civil society practices in their efforts to treat and integrate migrants trapped in Mexico or deported from the U.S.

Leticia Calderon Chelius is a Professor-Researcher at the Mora Institute. PhD in Social Sciences with a major in Political Science from FLACSO-Mexico. She belongs to the National System of Researchers (SNI) Level 2. Is specialist in Migratory Processes, specifically in Political Rights of Migrants (pioneer of studies on the vote of Mexicans abroad), Mexico-United States Relations, forced migration, experiences of displacement by violence and intercultural and hospitable cities (experience of Mexico City).