Kumru F. Toktamis is a political sociologist. Her historical-comparative, theoretically eclectic, and culturally informed research focuses on de/democratization, state formation, political violence, social movements, nationalism, and ethnic and gender politics in the Middle East. Her work has been translated into Spanish, Greek, Sorani Kurdish, and Turkish.
Isabel David is a political scientist and Associate Professor at the Institute of Social and Political Sciences, University of Lisbon (Universidade de Lisboa). She is co-editor (with Kumru F. Toktamis) of the book series "Culture, Society and Political Economy in Turkey" with Peter Lang Academic Publishers.