Guillermo A. Pérez Sánchez is a Professor of Contemporary History at the Department of Modern, Contemporary, American History, Journalism and Audiovisual Communication and Advertising at the University of Valladolid (Spain), and Director of the Institute for European Studies (Jean Monnet Center of Excellence). Previously, he has been a "Salvador de Madariaga Fellow" at the European University Institute of Florence (Italy), where he worked on issues related to European integration. Pérez Sánchez's research focuses on the European ideal, the recent history of the Eastern countries and the former Soviet Union, as well as on relations between the global North and South. He has published various books, book chapters, and journal articles on these topics, including the Springer volumes "The EU in the 21st Century" (2020) and "The European Union and its Political Leaders" (2022) as a co-editor.
David Ramiro Troitiño is a Professor at the Tallinn University of Technology (Estonia) and Jean Monnet Chair on Digital Europe and Future Integration. He coordinates a Jean Monnet Network with a multidisciplinary view of the digital integration process in the European Union. He is the author of more than 200 publications, including five Springer books related to European Union topics as an editor and author of several chapters in the books: "Brexit: History, Reasoning and Perspectives" (2018), "The EU in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities for the European Integration Process" (2020), and "The European Union and its Political Leaders" (2022). His research focuses on the European Union from a broad perspective, approaching it as a process.
Ricardo Martín de la Guardia is a Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Valladolid (Spain) and a Jean Monnet Professor for the History of the European Union since January 2020. Previously, he was the Director of the Institute of European Studies at the Jean Monnet Center of Excellence, University of Valladolid, between 2009 and 2013. His research focuses on international relations and European integration. Martín de la Guardia is the author, co-author, or editor of various books, journal articles, and book chapters, including the Springer volumes "The EU in the 21st Century" (2020) and "The European Union and its Political Leaders" (2022) as a co-editor.
Tanel Kerikmäe is Full Tenured Professor of European Legal policy and Law & Technology at the Tallinn University of Technology. Professor Kerikmäe is a well-known international lawyer and EU scholar who received his academic degrees in law and political science & governance from Tartu, Tallinn, Helsinki and educated himself also in Oxford, EUI, Turku, Cambridge, Strasbourg and Edinburgh. He serves also as a director of TalTech Law School and senior strategist of TalTech Legal Lab, an entrepreneurial hub that consults public and private sector all over the world.