Christine Neuhold is full Professor of EU Democratic Governance. She is Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Maastricht University (UM). Her research focuses on questions of accountability within networked systems of governance. She has carried out commissioned work by institutions such as the European Parliament, the Dutch Lower House and national ministries.

Daniel Freund has been a Member of the European Parliament for the Greens since 2019. His main concerns are transparency, democracy, the fight against corruption and the future of the EU. As a member of the Constitutional and Budgetary Control Committee, Daniel leads the Greens’ work on the Conference on the Future of the EU, where he is the negotiator on the independent ethics authority and chairs the cross-party working group against corruption.

Nathalie Brack is Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science of the Université Libre de Bruxelles and Visiting Professor at the College of Europe. Her teaching interests include EU institutions, EU decision-making process, Euroscepticism, sovereignty, Brexit, political representation and comparative politics. Nathalie Bracks' publications focus on Euroscepticism, EU politics and institutions as well as parliamentary studies. 

Ian Cooper is a Research Fellow at the Brexit Institute at DCU.  He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Yale University. He has previously held academic positions in the UK, Norway, and Canada and most recently he was a Jean Monnet Fellow at European University Institute in Florence, Italy. His research addresses questions of democracy and constitutionalism in the European Union, with a particular focus on the role of parliaments. 

Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul is a Former Member of the Common Secretariat for the Conference on the Future of Europe, former Deputy Head of the European Commission Representation in France. Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul holds a degree in political science from the University of Liège and an MPhil and a DPhil in European politics and society from Oxford University. Her research focused on policy formation in the European Union, and more particularly on education policy.

Corina Stratulat is Senior Policy Analyst and the Head of the European Politics and Institutions Programme. Her work at the EPC focuses on EU institutional developments and enlargement towards the Balkans. She holds an MPhil in Contemporary European Studies from the University of Cambridge, UK and a PhD in Political and Social Sciences from the European University Institute, Italy.

Markus Spoerer is a Policy Adviser in the Cabinet of the European Ombudsman. Markus advises the Ombudsman on policy developments, external strategy and relations with the European Parliament. 

Alvaro Oleart is a postdoctoral researcher at Studio Europa Maastricht and the Department of Political Science of Maastricht University. Previously, he has worked as a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer at the department of Political Science and Public Administration of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and holds a PhD from the Université Libre de Bruxelles. Alvaro is the author of the book "Framing TTIP in the European Public Spheres: Towards an Empowering Dissensus for EU Integration", published by the Palgrave series in European Political Sociology, and his work has been published by several peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of Common Market Studies or the Journal of European Integration.

Flavia-Gabriela Sandu is an Executive Board Member of JEF Europe. With a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies and an Master of Arts in European Public Policy, her areas of  specialisation are environment, climate and social justice. With more than five years of leadership experience in volunteering and NGOs, Flavia is passionate about youth political engagement and citizen participation.