Pamela M. Barnes is Jean Monnet Chair 'ad personam' in European Political Integration, Research Associate at the Centre for European Integration at ESSCA School of Management, LUNAM University, Angers, France; Visiting Fellow at the University of Lincoln, UK, and Visiting Professor at Millersville University, Pennsylvania, USA.

Thomas Hoerber is Associate Professor at the Centre for European Integration at ESSCA School of Management, LUNAM University, Angers, France.