Patrick Bernier and Olive Martin are artists based in Nantes. They developed a number of specific projects around issues of hosting (both virtual and real) and hospitality through their art practice. Between 2001 and 2005, they have been actively engaged in an association dedicated to the solidarity of migrant workers in Nantes where he gives juridical support and help with writing, fighting for equality of rights and the freedom of movement. In 2007 they developed Project for a Legal Precedent with two specialized jurists Sylvia Preuss-Laussinotte and Sebastien Canevet juxaposing the legal status of an author versus that of an undocumented immigrant.

Emily Fahlén works as a mediator at Tensta konsthall in Stockholm. With collaboration as a core value and method she manages both local and international art projects, working in the borderland between the organizational, curatorial and pedagogical. She is the Stockholm coordinator for The Silent University; an autonomous knowledge platform by refugees, asylum seekers and migrants founded by Ahmet Öğüt in 2012. The Silent University aims to make apparent the systematic failure and the loss of knowledge and skills experienced through the silencing process of people seeking asylum.

Thomas Philip Guya is member of the political movement of refugees 'We Are Here' and part of the refugeecouncil of the foundation 'Here to Support'. Thomas Philip Guya has been living for the past 10 years in the Netherlands, facing the constant threat of detention as a refugee in limbo. As a member of We Are Here he fights for visibility and recognition in Dutch society and law. He wants his story to be heard.

Elke Uitentuis is an Amsterdam-based visual artist, participant at the Jan van Eyck Academy, Maastricht. In her artistic practice she focuses on the (im)possibilities of democratism by creating new platforms for politicizing space. She was closely involved in the Occupy movement in the Netherlands. Savannah Koolen is a dancer and cultural studies student at the University of Amsterdam and an active political member of the political party GreenLeft (GroenLinks). Both are founding members of 'Here to Support'. 'Here to Support' accommodates an infrastructure to get organized, sets up cultural and educational programs and develops policy proposals in order to contribute to the visibility and empowerment of refugees in limbo. In her artistic practice she focuses on the (im)possibilities of democratism by creating new platforms for politicizing space. She was closely involved in the Occupy movement in the Netherlands.

Yoonis Osman Nuur is member of the political movement of refugees 'We Are Here' and part of the refugee council of the foundation 'Here to Support'. As a human rights activist, Yoonis Osman Nuur fights for the visibility and recognition of 'undeportable' refugees in the Dutch society and law.

Introduction to the New World Academy by artistic director of BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht, Maria Hlavajova. BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht, co-established and hosts the New World Academy in the Netherlands.

Introduction to the New World Academy by Jonas Staal.