Mr. Romel Regalado Bagares (b. 1974, General Santos City, Philippines) has degrees in communication research and law from the state-run University of the Philippines. While in law school, he worked as a journalist for one of the biggest English-language dailies in Manila. As a lawyer, he was involved in – among other public interest cases – a civil society-initiated attempt to impeach the Philippine President on charges of human rights violations, electoral fraud and corruption. For a time, he served as a junior fellow of the Institute for Studies in Asian Church and Culture (ISACC), a Philippine-based evangelical think-tank. He is completing a master’s degree in reformational philosophy at the Vrije Universiteit te Amsterdam, the Netherlands on a scholarship (specializing in international legal theory).
Mr. Julian Struijk (b. 1982, Berkel en Rodenrijs, The Netherlands) is currently studying cognitive psychology and philosophy at the universities of Leiden and Amsterdam (Vrije Universiteit), respectively. His field of interest is the relation between mental and physical processes and psychology of religion. Raised up in a strict Dutch Reformed family, he has always had a contentious relationship with his religion of birth although for now, he considers himself as someone who stands (pace Tillich) on the boundary between the reworking and the renewal of faith. He is a recipient of a Pro Rege scholarship in Christian philosophy.