Sabine Tastel hat Architektur mit Vertiefung Städtebau studiert. Sie ist wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Fachgebiet Städtebau an der Universityät Kassel und promoviert dort zur sozialräumlichen Bedeutung von Tankstellen vor dem Hintergrund der Verkehrswende. Zuvor war sie wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am KIT Karlsruhe und für diverse Architekturbüros tätig.

Stefan Rettich is an architect and professor of urban planning at Kassel University. From 2011 to 2016, he was professor of theory and design at the University of Applied Sciences in Bremen. Prior to this, he taught at the Bauhaus Kolleg in Dessau for four years. He is a founding partner and co-owner of the architecture office KARO* architekten.

Sabine Tastel studied architecture with a focus on urban planning. She is a research associate working within the discipline of urban planning at the University of Kassel, where she is completing her doctorate on the socio-spatial importance of gas stations in the context of the mobility transformation. Prior to this, she was a research associate at KIT Karlsruhe, as well as working at various architecture firms.