Core Editorial Team

Prof. Dr. Habil. Hedi SAIDI (FR)
Website | ORCID | Web of Science | ISNI | Google Scholar
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)
ORCID | Web of Science | Scopus | Google Scholar | ISNI | GND
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

Editorial Board Members (by country grouping)

America 

Asia

Japan 

Prof. Dr. Masahiro MATSUMURA (Japan)
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Professor of International Politics and National Security, Faculty of Law, St. Andrew’s University (Momoyama Gakuin University), Osaka, Japan; Senior Research Fellow, Research Institute for Peace and Security, Tokyo; Member, IFIMES International Council; Former Outside Member and Vice Chair, Administrative Program Review Commission, Japan Ministry of Defense; Former Fellow at Harvard University’s John M. Olin Institute, the Brookings Institution and the Institute for National Strategic Studies, U.S. National Defense University; Former ROC-MOFA Taiwan Fellow, National Chengchi University.
Expertise: International Relations, Japan–U.S. Relations, National Security, Defense Industrial Policy, Indo-Pacific Geopolitics, International Political Economy.

China

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

Indonesia

Prof. Dr. Emmy LATIFAH
ORCID | Web of Science | Scopus | Google Scholar
Professor of International Law, Faculty of Law, Sebelas Maret University, Surakarta, Indonesia.
Expertise: International Trade Law, International Law, International E-Commerce Law, Arbitration, Sustainable Fisheries Law.

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

Europe

Western Europe Outside France

Prof. Dr. Heather ALLANSDOTTIR (McRobie) (United Kingdom, Australia, Iceland)
ORCID | Web of Science | Scopus | Google Scholar | University of Cambridge Event | AD Scientific Index
Lecturer in Law, Cherwell College, Oxford, United Kingdom; Associate Professor, Bifröst University, Borgarnes, Iceland; former Visiting Fellow, Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge; DPhil in Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford; academic experience in the United Kingdom, Australia and Iceland.
Expertise: Public International Law, Comparative Constitutional Law, Human Rights, Space Law and Governance, Space Sustainability.

Prof. Dr. Amelia HADFIELD (UK)
ORCID | Web of Science | Scopus | Google Scholar | Website
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

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

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)
ORCID | Web of Science | Website
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

Dr. Chamaida Inés TABARES MÁRQUEZ (ES)
ORCID | Web of Science | ResearchGate | Website
Lecturer (Profesora Sustituta), Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Education and Language, Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain; PhD in Education in the field of International Cooperation and Development, with International Mention; MSc in Project Management, University of Aberdeen; postgraduate qualifications in International Relations, University of Glasgow, and International Management and Leadership, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh
Expertise: International Cooperation and Development, International Relations, Human Rights, Pedagogic Theory.

Prof. Dr. Luca PANTALEO (Italy)
ORCID | Web of Science | Google Scholar | Website
Associate Professor of European Union Law, Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Cagliari, Italy; previously worked at the University of Luxembourg and in the Netherlands.
Expertise: EU Law, International Law, EU External Relations Law, EU Institutional Law, Rule of Law, Principle of Abuse of Law.

Prof. Dr. Birgitta DRESP-LANGLEY (France, Germany)
ORCID | Web of Science | Scopus | Google Scholar | Trustworthy AI Lab
Full CNRS Research Professor / Directeur de Recherche CNRS Titulaire, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), ICube Laboratory UMR 7357, University of Strasbourg, France; Associate Researcher, Universität Freiburg, Germany.
Expertise: Artificial Intelligence Governance and EU AI Act, Ethics of Technology and European Digital Policy, Security and Dual-Use Technologies, Human–Machine Interaction, Cognitive Science, Visual Neuroscience.

Central & Eastern Europe, the Baltic States, Türkiye and the Caucasus

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. Thomas HOFFMANN (EE)
ORCID | Web of Science | Scopus | Website
Tenured Associate Professor of Private Law, Dr. iur., LL.M., TalTech Law School, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
Expertise: Comparative Private Law, Private International Law, Insolvency Law, Contracts in Digital Environments, Consumer Law.

Prof. Dr. Gabriela-Melania 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

Dr. Givi ADAMIA (GE)
ORCID | Web of Science | Google Scholar | Website | Academia.edu
Assistant Professor (Affiliated), School of Law, Caucasus University, Georgia
Expertise: EU and Georgian Competition Law, Energy Law and Regulation, EU State Aid Law, Comparative Georgian and EU Law.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pınar ÇAĞLAYAN AKSOY (TR)
ORCID | Web of Science | Scopus | Google Scholar | Website
Associate Professor of Civil Law and Law of Obligations, Bilkent University, Ankara, Türkiye; member of the European Law Institute and its Consultative Committee for the project on Blockchain Technology, Smart Contracts and Consumer Protection
Expertise: Civil and Contract Law, International Sales Law, LegalTech, Blockchain and Smart Contracts, Comparative Regulation of Digital Assets, including EU Regulatory Frameworks.

Prof. Dr. Ondrej HAMUĽÁK (Czech Republic)
ORCID | Web of Science | Scopus | Google Scholar | Palacký University Profile | Estonian Research Information System
Vice-Dean for Science and Research, Faculty of Law, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic; Head of CLAiR – Czech Law and Advanced Technologies Research Institute; Senior Researcher and Lecturer in EU Law, Department of International and European Law; Adjunct Professor and Head of the Expert Group on Digital Constitutionalism, Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech), Estonia; Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Information Technology Law and Intellectual Property Law, Comenius University Bratislava, Slovakia; Editor-in-Chief, International and Comparative Law Review, a Scopus-indexed journal published by the Faculty of Law, Palacký University Olomouc, in cooperation with Johannes Kepler University Linz and the University of Graz, Austria.
Expertise: EU Constitutional and Institutional Law, European Integration, Fundamental Rights, Rule of Law, Digital Constitutionalism, EU Digital Sovereignty, AI Regulation, Law and Technology.

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)
Website | Web of Science |
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

Prof. Dr. Béatrice BOISSARD ORCID | Institutional Profile | ISNI | Cairn.info Directrice du Master 2, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, 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 ORCID | Web of Science | 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 |Web of Science |  Website Jean Monnet Professor, Plovdiv University “Paisii Hilendarski", Bulgaria.

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

Dr. Lucian SĂCĂLEAN ORCID | Web of Science | Scopus | ‪‪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.

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

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

Prof. Dr. Zijad BEĆIROVIĆ Director of the International Institute for Middle-East and Balkan Studies (IFIMES), Ljubljana, Slovenia. 

Former Editors and Board Members:

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