Editorial Board

Core Editorial Team

Prof. Dr. Habil. Hedi SAIDI (FR)
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Honorary President of the Journal, Professor, Université Catholique de Lille, France; Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur; Chevalier des Palmes Académiques, Jean Monnet Professor
Expertise: History, Mediterranean Studies, European Studies

Prof. Dr. Habil. Simion COSTEA (BE, RO)
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Editor-in-Chief and Founder; Jean Monnet Professor, G.E. Palade University (UMFST), Romania; Senior Fellow, Global Governance Institute Brussels; Visiting Professor, Vrije Universiteit Brussel; former Vice-Dean; former European Commission expert (2012–2022); former Adviser at the European Parliament (2007–2010)
Expertise: EU Studies, International Relations, European History, European Integration
E-mail: editorialteam@leuropeunie.com | leuropeunie2025@gmail.com

Prof. Dr. Habil. Mihaela Daciana NATEA (RO)
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Managing Editor; Jean Monnet Professor; Director, Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence in European Security and Disinformation (ESDMS Project 101047907), G.E. Palade University (UMFST), Târgu-Mureș, Romania; External Expert, European Commission Science Diplomacy Working Group; U.S. Department of State SUSI Fellow in U.S. Foreign Policy
Expertise: Security Studies, Disinformation, European Diplomacy, EU Studies
E-mail: editorialteam@leuropeunie.com | leuropeunie2025@gmail.com

Dr. Michel LABORI (1930–2020) — In Memoriam (FR)
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Co-Founder and former Journal Director; Jean Monnet Professor, University of Besançon, France; Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur
Expertise: European History, EU Studies, European Integration

Editorial Board Members (by country grouping)

United States of America

Prof. Dr. Yannis A. STIVACHTIS (USA)
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Professor of Government & International Affairs and Jean Monnet Chair, School of Public & International Affairs (SPIA), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, United States of America; Director, Center for European & Transatlantic Studies (CEUTS) – Jean Monnet Center of Excellence; Program Coordinator, Graduate Certificate in Europe & Transatlantic Relations; Deputy Director, Research Institute for European & American Studies (RIEAS); Co-Director, Strategy Innovation & Global Intelligence Lab (SIGIL); Chair, English School Section, International Studies Association (ISA); Co-Editor, Routledge’s Critical European Studies
Expertise: European Studies, Transatlantic Relations, International Relations, EU Politics

Prof. Dr. Markus THIEL (USA)
ORCID | Web of Science | Scopus | Google Scholar | Website | EU-Jean Monnet Center of Excellence
Professor, Politics & International Relations; Director, EU-Jean Monnet Center of Excellence, Green School of International & Public Affairs (SIPA), Florida International University, Miami, USA
Expertise: EU Studies, Transatlantic Relations, European Politics, European Integration

Brasil

Prof. Dr. Karine de Souza SILVA (BR)
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Professor of International Relations and Law, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianópolis, Brazil; CNPq Research Productivity Fellow
Expertise: International Law, International Relations, Regional Integration, International Organizations, Migration and Refugee Studies, Postcolonial and Decolonial Studies

China

Dr. Nicoleta VASILCOVSCHI (CN)
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Lecturer, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Sino-Canadian Program, Shandong, China
Expertise: Economic Diplomacy, International Education, Economics, EU Studies

Africa

Prof. Dr. Abla ROUAG (DZ)
ORCID | Web of Science | Scopus | Google Scholar | Website
Director, Laboratoire d’Analyse des Processus Sociaux et Institutionnels, Université Constantine 2 Abdelhamid Mehri, Algeria
Expertise: Psychology, Political Sociology, Institutional Development

Eastern Europe

Dr. Archil CHOCHIA (EE)
ORCID | Web of Science | Scopus | Google Scholar | Website
Director, Tallinn Law School, Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech), Estonia; Editor-in-Chief, TalTech Journal of European Studies; Visiting Lecturer, Université Catholique de Lille; Weinstein JAMS Fellow, San Francisco, USA
Expertise: European Integration, Law and Technology, Digital Ethics, Alternative Dispute Resolution

Prof. Dr. Gabriela CIOT (RO)
ORCID | Web of Science | Scopus | Google Scholar | Website
Jean Monnet Professor; Director of Doctoral School, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Expertise: International Negotiations, EU Studies

Prof. Dr. Radu CARP (RO)
ORCID | Web of Science | Scopus | Google Scholar | Website
Professor, University of Bucharest, Romania
Expertise: Political Science, European Studies, Democracy, European Politics

Dr. Dragoș PĂUN (RO)
ORCID | Web of Science | Scopus | Website
Senior Lecturer, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Expertise: EU Studies, Economics

Dr. Maria COSTEA (RO)
ORCID | Web of Science | Google Scholar | Website | ISNI
Researcher and Historian, Romanian Academy, “Gheorghe Șincai” Institute, Romania;
Expertise: International Relations, European Integration History, Romania–EU Relations

Western Europe Outside France

Prof. Dr. Amelia HADFIELD (UK)
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Professor of European and International Affairs; Jean Monnet Chair in European Foreign Affairs; Associate Vice-President for External Engagement; Founding Director, Centre for Britain and Europe – Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence; Director, CIFAL Surrey; Co-Director, Institute for Sustainability, University of Surrey, United Kingdom
Expertise: EU Foreign Policy, European Security, EU–UK Relations, International Relations

Dr. Colin SWATRIDGE (UK)
ORCID | Web of Science | Website
Visiting Lecturer, University of Miskolc, Hungary; former Open University tutor; author of The Oxford Guide to Effective Argument and Critical Thinking, Oxford University Press
Expertise: Critical Thinking, Argumentation, Academic Writing, European Studies

Prof. Dr. Licínia SIMÃO (PT)
ORCID | Web of Science | Scopus | Website | Ciência ID
Associate Professor with Habilitation in International Relations, Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra; Researcher, Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Expertise: European Foreign Policy, European Security, International Relations, Post-Soviet Space, Maritime Security

Prof. Dr. Pablo PODADERA RIVERA (ES)
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Professor, Department of Applied Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Malaga, Spain; Jean Monnet ‘Ad Personam’ Professor of European Economy and Economic Policy; Director, Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence (UMA-JMCE); Director, Research Group on Economic Policy, European Union and Global Studies (SEJ-108)
Expertise: European Economy, Economic Policy, European Integration, Economic, Social and Territorial Cohesion, Technological Innovation and Territorial Development, EU–Latin America Relations

Dr. Teodora ZOLOG (ES)
ORCID | Web of Science | Scopus | Website
Tutor Professor, Universidad Internacional de Valencia (VIU), Spain; PhD in Psychology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Expertise: Emotional Well-Being, Inclusive Education, Intercultural Competence, Child and Adolescent Psychology

France

Prof. Dr. Didier BLANC (FR)
ORCID | Scopus | Google Scolar | Website
Professor of Public Law, Université Toulouse Capitole, France; formerly Associate Professor at Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines and Université de Perpignan Via Domitia
Expertise: European Union Law, European Institutions, Public Law, European Integration

Prof. Dr. Eric OLSZAK (FR)
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Professor in Economics, Faculté de Droit, Université Catholique de Lille, France; Member, C3RD – Centre de Recherche sur les Relations entre les Risques et le Droit
Expertise: Economics, Law and Economics, Sustainable Development, European Studies

Prof. Dr. Ioannis PANOUSSIS (FR)
ORCID | Website | Web of Science |
Professor of International and European Law; Vice-Rector for International Development, Université Catholique de Lille, France; former Dean, Faculté de Droit, Université Catholique de Lille
Expertise: International Law, European Law, Human Rights, Refugee Law

Scientific Board

Prof Dr. Béatrice BOISSARD (FR) BOISSARD BEATRICE (0000-0003-3969-6183) – ORCID | MME BEATRICE BOISSARD – Faculté de droit et science politique ISNI 0000000431532624 Boissard, Béatrice Béatrice Boissard | Cairn.info Directrice du Master 2, University of Versailles-Saint-Quentin, France.

Prof. Dr. Vasile CUCERESCU ORCID | Web of Science | Google Scholar Jean Monnet Professor, EU-EAC Jean Monnet Network, Bradford University, United Kingdom

Prof Dr Manel Kanzali, https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7870-6808, Manel KONZALI – Web of Science Researcher Profile, ‪manel kanzali – ‪Google Scholar University of Sousse, Tunisia

Researcher Dr. Erol KULAHCI Web of Science | Scopus | Google Scholar,  Website, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Belgium.

Prof. Dr. Nicolae PĂUN ORCID | Web of Science | Scopus | Google Scholar vice-Rector – Bogdan Vodă University, Cluj-Napoca, Jean Monnet Professor, former Dean – Babeș-Bolyai University; Romania.

Prof. Dr. Valentin PETROUSSENKO ORCID ||  Website Valentin Petroussenko Jean Monnet Professor, Plovdiv University “Paisii Hilendarski", Bulgaria.

Adjunct Professor Dr. Vira RATSIBORYNSKA ORCID | Google Scholar Ratsiborynska Vira | BSoG Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium, former fellow at NATO College Rome.

Dr. Lucian SĂCĂLEAN ORCID | Web of Science | Scopus | ‪Lucian Sacalean – ‪Google Scholar G.E. Palade University (UMFST), Târgu-Mureș, Romania.

Prof. Dr. Cornel SIGMIREAN ORCID | Web of Science | Scopus | Google Scholar Romanian Academy, Director of the Institute “Gheorghe Șincai", Târgu-Mureș, Romania.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mário Marques da Silva,  ORCID Web of  Science , Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa (UAL), Universidade Europeia; Researcher at Instituto de Telecomunicações, Lisbon; former NATO NACMA, Brussels, Lisbon, Portugal.

Prof Dr. Daniel ȘTEFAN, ORCID | Web of Science | Scopus | Google Scholar G.E. Palade University (UMFST), Târgu-Mureș, Romania. 

Prof. Dr. Bisserka VELEVA ORCID | Google Scholar | ResearchGate | Sofia University Profile Former fellow – Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Germany), former fellow -Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Germany), Prof – Sofia University (Bulgaria), Prof- Baku Slavic University (Azerbaijan). 

Former Editors and Board Members:

Dr. Michel LABORI (1930–2020) — In Memoriam (FR) Google Scholar Co-Founder and former Journal Director; Jean Monnet Professor, University of Besançon, France; Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur

Prof. Dr. Tanel KERIKMÄE (1969-2025) — In Memoriam ORCID | Web of Science | Scopus | Google Scholar, ETIS CV Former Editor-in-Chief TalTech Journal of European Studies (ESCI WoS + Scopus), Jean Monnet Professor, Former Head of Tallinn Law School, Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech), Estonia 

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Adrian-Gabriel CORPĂDEAN (RO) ORCID | Web of Science | Scopus | Website | SciProfiles Associate Professor; Dean, Faculty of European Studies, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

In Memoriam 

Dr. d’État Michel LABORI
JOURNAL DIRECTOR DIRECTEUR DU JOURNAL
“Jean Monnet professor” [founder], University of Besançon (France). Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur (France) Founder of the journal L'Europe Unie