Pablo Castillo-Ortiz is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Sheffield (UK). He is also currently a Mercator Fellow at the Jacques Delors Centre, Hertie School (Germany). He holds a PhD in Law and Political Science (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain). He has held visiting fellowships and positions at iCourts (University of Copenhagen), the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (University of London), Université catholique de Louvain (Belgium), and the Centre d'Études Européennes of Sciences Po Paris. His research interests are focused on comparative law and politics and on European law and politics.
Giuseppe Martinico is Full Professor of Comparative Public Law, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, where he also serves as co-director of the Sant'Anna Legal Studies programme (www.stals.santannapisa.it <http://www.stals.santannapisa.it/>). Prior to joining the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies he was García Pelayo Fellow at the Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales (CEPC), Madrid, and Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute, Florence. He has also been affiliated to several international research centres. His research interests cover both comparative and European constitutional law.