András Jakab is a Professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law at the University of Salzburg (on leave) and a Judge at the European Court of Human Rights. Formerly, he held various research and teaching positions in Budapest, Madrid, Liverpool, Nottingham, and Heidelberg. He also held a number of visiting and temporary positions in Milan, Luxembourg, Vienna, Heidelberg, and Budapest. His main research areas are constitutional law, European law, legal theory, and comparative law. He has a special research interest in the erosion of the rule of law and democracy.

Lando Kirchmair is a Deputy Professor at the University of the Bundeswehr in Munich. Formerly, he held various research and teaching positions in Salzburg, Rio de Janeiro, and Budapest and he also worked in different legal jobs in Strasbourg and Vienna. His main research areas are in international law, European law, public law, and legal philosophy. He has special research interests in the interplay between the international, EU, and member state legal orders as well as law and interdisciplinarity.