Prof. dr. Katja Hrobat Virloget, Head of Department of Anthropology and Cultural Studies, is a project leader and coordinator. She is one of the leading Slovenian ethnologists and an author of influential and awarded book “Silences and Divided Memories” (Berghahn Books, 2023). The book signifies a cornerstone for RE4Healing project. Katja brings extensive experience in project leadership (e.g. ARIS project: Ethnography of Silence(s), 2023–2026), discussions with eyewitnesses, and research methodologies. Her areas of expertise include the anthropology of memory, migration studies, heritage and cultural anthropology.

Doc. dr. Martina Tonet (PhD, Stirling University, UK) is an anthropologist with extensive fieldwork experience. She is an expert in postcolonial studies, indigenous peoples, power inequalities, race and discrimination, minority struggles, human rights, restorative justice techniques, intercultural bilingual education and multicultural methods of inclusion. She has a critical role in roundtable discussions and reconnecting sessions.

Dr. Marko Galič (PhD, The University of Auckland, NZ) is anthropologist, sociologist and singer-songwriter, specialised in Indigenous epistemology, power inequalities, pedagogy of solidarity and community wellbeing. He brings knowledge and wisdom of understanding and challenging historical/intergenerational trauma.

mag. mag. dr. Daniel Wutti is social psychologist and psychodrama-psychotherapist. He is an author of publications concerning remembrance, trauma and minorities in bilingual and multicultural Carinthia, Austria, and transgenerational traumatisation amongst Slovenes in Carinthia. He contributes significantly to the complementarity of the project as an expert in the field of psychotherapy and educational sciences.

Štefan Čok is historian, specialised in Italian-Slovenian relations. As a member of the Slovenian minority in Italy, he collaborates with many associations and institutes of the Italian-Slovenian border area. As an expert in history and education, he creates a dialogue between different collective memories, particularly through discussions with Italian and Slovenian secondary school students.    

Alex Tarner holds a Master’s Degree in European and Extra European Languages and Literatures from the University of Udine, Italy. They work as a history educator, creating alternative ideas and inclusive didactics.

Manca Švara is Jungian analyst and psychotherapist. She provides a bridge between psychotherapeutic knowledge and art, providing a critical dimension in understanding traumatic memories while opening paths for intergenerational healing. She organises and leads art-based psychotherapeutic workshops in all three countries.

Jure Kreft is the leader of Fixmedia that creates documentary and educational films. As a producer and screenwriter, he is responsible for creating a documentary film about crossborder remembrance, reconnection, restoring and resilience.

Darko Sintić is cinematographer, film director and director of photography.