(1952) teaches dialectic philosophy, French philosophy of differences, intercultural philosophy and philosophy of arts in the Faculty of Philosophy at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Oosterling plays an active role in the city of Rotterdam. He is initiator and operational director of ‘Rotterdam Skillcity’, a bottom up research model for urban revitalisation and renovation, focused on the specific social-cultural and socio-economic situation of Rotterdam. In 2008, Oosterling received the ‘Laurenspenning’ and the 'Lof der Zotheid seld' in 2016, for his important role in and contribution to social and cultural life in Rotterdam. For his oeuvre he received the 'Van Praag Prijs' in 2013, and the Tibetan Shambhala buddists gave him the Enlightened Society Award. In 2016 his book Waar geen wil is, is een weg (Where there is no will there is a way', on the differences between Western and Eastern philosophy.

(The Netherlands, 1967) spent a great deal of his youth in the Antilles. He had his breakthrough in 2005 with his novel Joe Speedboat. According to the media, his 2009 novel Caesarion earnied him a place among "The Greatest Ten of Dutch Literature." Dit zijn de namen (These are the Names) appeared in 2013, about the rough journey of a group of refugees. Wieringa gave music and poetry performances and made television programs. His essays and columns appear in various newspapers and magazines. Recent publications are the short story collections Dit is mijn moeder (This is my mother, 2019), Totdat het voorbij is (Until it is over, 2019), the columns collection Gedachten over onze tijd (Thoughts on our times, 2020), the novel Nirwana (2023) and the war chronicle Konvooi (Convoy, 2024). For this last novel he travelled with a convoy to Ukraine, that he supports with his activities for the Protect Ukraine organisation.