Michèle Knodt is a Professor of Political Science and Jean Monnet Chair, ad personam at Technical University Darmstadt, Germany.

Natalia Chaban is a Professor at the Department of Media and Communication at the University of Canterbury (UC), New Zealand, and a twice-awarded Jean Monnet Chair.

Oriol Costa is a Senior Research Associate at IBEI and an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Political Science and Sociology of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain.

Patrick Müller is a Professor of European Studies at the University of Vienna and the Vienna School of International Studies, Austria.