Amelia Padurariu is an Associate Fellow at the Institute for European Studies, Free University of Brussels (VUB). In 2010-2013, she worked as a policy analyst with the European Commission, where she was involved in the international negotiations with the US and Canada.

Nik Kiefer is a researcher at the Centre for International Law, Free University of Brussels (VUB). Previously, he worked for the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) as well as for the Council of Europe, where he was a human rights consultant.