Dr. Kyungyon Moon is the Professor of Jimmy Carter School of International Studies at Chonbuk National University, Republic of Korea since 2016. He served as the Research Fellow at the Research Institute for North Korea Development at the Export-Import Bank of Korea from May 2014 to February 2016, the Research Professor at the Graduate School of International Studies at Korea University from March 2013 to April 2014, and Professional Researcher at the Institute for Poverty Alleviation and International Development (IPAID) at Yonsei University in South Korea. He is the Chair of International Cooperation of Korea Association of International Development and Cooperation. Before he also served as Administration Secretary at the Committee of International Development and Cooperation at the Korean Association of International Studies (KAIS) in 2013, Vice-Secretary of the KAIDEC from January 2013 to April 2014 and the Member of Policy Advisory Committee of the NGO Council for Cooperation with North Korea. Moon received his master degree at the University of Oslo, Norway and doctoral degree at Cranfield University in Britain. His research interests include poverty reduction, aid architecture, famine in North Korea, and civil movement in humanitarian and development assistance, international cooperation with a special focus on food aid.

문경연교수는 2017년 현재 전북대학교 지미카터국제학부 교수로, 한국수출입은행 북한개발연구소 부연구위원(2014~2015), 고려대학교 국제대학원 연구교수(2013), 연세대학교 빈곤문제국제개발연구원 전임연구원(2012)을 역임했다. 학회활동으로는 국제정치학회 국제개발협력분과 간사(2013), 국제개발협력학회 사무국장(2013~2014)를 거쳐 현재 국제개발협력학회 국제위원장(2017~2018)을 맡고 있다. 문경연교수는 노르웨이 오슬로 대학(University of Oslo)에서 식량원조를 주제로 석사학위를 받았으며, 이후 영국 워릭대학(Warwick University)에서 같은 주제로 박사과정을 마치고, 크랜필드대학(Cranfield University)에서 박사학위를 받았다. 주요 연구분야로는 식량원조, 국제개발협력, 북한기근과 국제개발협력, 원조추진체계, 국제개발협력과 시민사회 등이다.