- Nikolai Borisovich Vakhtin, Grand PhD in Philological Sciences, European University at St. Petersburg
- Nikolai Vladimirovich Ssorin-Chaikov, PhD in Anthropology, National Research University, Higher School of Economics, St. Petersburg
- Anna Anatolievna Sirina, Grand PhD in Historical Sciences, N.N. Miklukho-Maklai Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology at the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
- Natalia Petrovna Ryzhova, Grand PhD in Economic Sciences, Far Eastern Federal University, Director of the Centre for Asia-Pacific Studies (CAPS)
- Dmitrii Ludvigovich Laius, Grand PhD in Biological Sciences, St. Petersburg University
- Alexandra Lavrillier, PhD in Anthropology, University of Versailles St. Quentin-en-Yvelines
- Otto Joachim Habeck, PhD in Anthropology, professor, University of Hamburg