In 2013, Tiferet Bassel earned a BA in Eastern Asian and Interdisciplinary studies from Tel Aviv University. Her research interests pivot on conflicting narratives of world history, particularly with regard to forms of colonialism, as well as the profound repercussions of these narratives at the levels of consciousness and material influence. As an MA researcher on the team of APARTHEID-STOPS, she is engaged with the circulation of texts of expressive culture between apartheid South Africa and India.

Her research in the framework of APARTHEID_STOPS focusses on the writings of Peter Abrahams, with particular attention to the construction of masculinity within his novels and autobiographies. Other fields of interest include critical theory, gender studies and contemporary American literature.

She was awarded a PhD from Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, for a dissertation critically examining Israeli development aid in the fields of architecture and construction in Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Ethiopia from 1958 to 1973. Her current research explores how the apartheid experience informed the work of prominent South African architects who established themselves in key professional and academic positions in the US, Israel, and England. Levin has received various grants and fellowships, including Fulbright, the Social Science Research Council International Dissertation Research Fellowship, and the Graduate Research Fellowship of the Institute for Religion, Culture and Public Life at Columbia University. Before joining the project, Levin taught at Columbia University and Pratt Institute in New York, and co-chaired a group project for the Global Architectural History Teaching Collaborative.

She holds a BA in Theater and Geography (1997-1999) and an MA in Urban Planning (2001-2003) both from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She also holds a teaching certificate from the Israeli Ministry of Education in early childhood education. Maya Roudner comes to the project with an extensive background in NGOs and civil society initiatives in Israel. She is also the Administers Director and Research Budget Coordinator of the Center for Moral and Political Philosophy.