Marta Infantino, Ph.D. (Palermo), LL.M. (NYU), is Associate Professor of Private Comparative Law at the University of Trieste (Italy). She works on comparative tort law, comparative contract law, global indicators, legal metrics and emerging technologies. She has been Visiting Professor at the Scuola Superiore Meridionale (Italy), the Universidad de los Andes (Colombia), the Université de Montréal (Canada), the Université Catholique de Lille (France), the EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht (Germany). She is Associate Member of the International Academy of Comparative Law and Chair of the ‘Tort Law’ stream within the ‘Common Core of European Private Law’ project.�

Mauro Bussani is Professor of Comparative Law at the University of Trieste, and Adjunct Professor at the University of Macao, S.A.R. of the People’s Republic of China.�

He has been Visiting Professor in the US, Canada, Brazil, Peru, France, Switzerland, the UK, Portugal, Serbia, Hungary, Israel, and China. He is Titular Member of the International Academy of Comparative Law and of the Société de législation comparée (France). He sits on the councils of a number of scientific academies and institutions, including the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law (Switzerland), the Católica Global School of Law (Portugal), the Interdisciplinary Association of Comparative and Private International Law (Austria).

He is co-editor of many series, including ‘Comparative Law in Global Perspective’,  ‘The Common Core of European Private Law’, and ‘Tradizioni, traduzioni: il diritto allo specchio’. He is member of the editorial board of many law reviews such as the American Journal of Comparative Law, the Tulane Law Review, the Journal of European Tort Law, the Journal of Comparative Law in Africa.

His principal publications include 36 books (of which 19 are edited), and about 190 essays, in Italian, English, and French. Many of his works have been translated in Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish, Serbian, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.

Camilla Crea (Ph.D.) is an Associate Professor of Private Law at the University of Sannio, a position she has held since 2011.

In 2016, she was awarded the National Scientific Qualification (Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale) as Full Professor in Private Law.

She is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of ‘The Italian Law Journal’ and serves on the editorial boards of several Italian legal journals and book series.

She has held research and teaching positions at numerous foreign universities, including the University of California, Berkeley; Beijing Normal University; Sorbonne Université; Université Cadi Ayyad (Marrakech); the Edinburgh Centre for Private Law; Florida International University; American University (Washington, D.C.); Université Paris Nanterre; Université Catholique de Lille; and the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS).

She is the author of several monographs and numerous essays on contract law, intellectual property, and private law theory, which she examines through historical, comparative, and critical perspectives. Her recent research explores the intersections of law, technology, and gender.

Recent publications include:

– C. Crea and A. De Franceschi, The New Shapes of Digital Vulnerability in European Private Law (with prefaces by Frank Pasquale and Oreste Pollicino), Nomos, 2024, pp. 1–534.

– C. Crea, Segni sociali e proprietà escludente. Per una critica del mercato delle appropriazioni comunicative, Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane (ESI), 2022, pp. 1–328.

– C. Crea (with M. Schmidt-Kessel, P. Femia, and C. Möllnitz) (eds.), European Economic Constitution: German-Italian Dialogue for a Solidarity-Oriented Common Market, Schriften zu Verbraucherrecht und Verbraucherwissenschaften, Jenaer Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft (JWV), 2020, pp. 1–374.

Maurizia De Bellis is Associate Professor in Administrative Law in the Department of Law of the University of Rome II “Tor Vergata”, where she teaches European Administrative Law, Law of Public Finance and Regulation.

She has been Jemolo Fellow at Nuffield College, University of Oxford, Global Research Fellow at New York University School of Law, professeur invitéat the University of Paris II Panthéon Assas and visiting professor in the University of Lisbon and of Barcelona.

After graduating in Law cum laude in the University of Pisa, she received a Diploma in Law Studies, also cum laude, from the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa. She completed her Ph.D. in Public Law of Economics in the University of Rome “La Sapienza”. She was awarded a research grant in Administrative Law in the Faculty of Law of the University of Siena. She served as a law clerk at the Italian Constitutional Court (2011-2013).

She is a member of the International Society of Public Law (Icon-s), of the European Public Law Organization (EPLO), of the Transnational Administrative Law Network, of the Institute for Research on Public Administration (Istituto di ricerca sulla pubblica amministrazione – IRPA), and member of the  Council of the Italian Chapter of the International Society of Public Law (Icon-s).

Her research explores the interaction between global, European and domestic administrative law. More specifically, she has been researching on topics such as EU agencies, soft law, the regulation of financial markets, transnational administrative law, accountability in global and European regulation. At the moment, dr. De Bellis focuses on the transformation of public law, vis-à-vis the ecologic transition and the challenge of climate change.

Her publications include “The regulation of financial markets” [La regolazione dei mercati finanziari, Milano, Giuffré, 2012, p. xi-491], EU Executive Governance: Agencies and Procedures (Giappichelli, 2019, co-edited with G. della Cananea and M. Conticelli), and “The inspection powers of EU authorities” [I poteri ispettivi dell’amministrazione europea, Torino, Giappichelli, 2021, p. XXXVI-444), and articles published in the Common Market Law Review, the International Journal of Constitutional Law, the German Law Journal, European Papers, the Italian Journal of Public Law, the Asian Journal of International Law, Rivista trimestrale di diritto pubblicoand Rivista italiana di diritto pubblico comunitario.

Paola Monaco is a tenured assistant Professor at the University of Trieste (Italy). She graduated from the University of Trieste (2007) and received her PhD in Comparative Law from the University of Palermo (2012). Since 2018, she has been Visiting Professor of Comparative Contract Law at the Université Catholique de Lille (France). Her principal publications include two monographs on comparative tort law, science and toxic substances, and many essays on comparative civil procedure, scientific evidence, gender equality, cultural indicators, and AI in the public administration.

Massimo Nunziata is Associate Professor of Administrative Law at the University of Rome Tor Vergata.

He is the author of several essays on administrative law, with particular reference to substantive and procedural profiles. His most recent contributions include a monograph on the damage to the public treasury arising from administrative inefficiency and several articles on public contracts, liability and in the procedural field.

He is member of the Teaching Committee for the Doctoral Program in Public Law at the University of Rome Tor Vergata.

He is member of numerous national-level research groups and anonymous referee for several “Class A” scientific journals.

He is legal consultant to several central and territorial administrations.

Leonardo Parona, Ph.D. (Trento), is Assistant Professor of Administrative Law at Roma Tre University (Italy). He works on comparative administrative law, with specific regard to administrative procedure, the private exercise of public functions, and the use of Artificial Intelligence by public administrations. He is member of the Common Core of European Administrative Laws Project (CoCEAL, since 2019).