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Luigi Moccia (CeAS president) – Short Bio

Professor emeritus of Comparative Law and Jean Monnet Chair of European Union Law and Institutions at Roma Tre University, where he was Director of the Department of Political Institutions and Social Sciences (elected for one term: 1995-1998), Dean of the Faculty of Political Sciences (elected for three consecutive terms: 1998-2008), and President of the European Centre of Excellence “Altiero Spinelli” (CeAS) since it was established, in 2003, until the cessation of its activities in 2020, with the fulfillment ―as principal investigator― of the Horizon Trivalent project (2017-2020), which was the latest one in a series of scientific projects carried out together with cultural events and dissemination activities, as well as print and online publications and other initiatives developed over the years by CeAS.
He is also the founder and director of the scientific journal La cittadinanza europea and the monographic series Quaderni del Centro Altiero Spinelli (both published by FrancoAngeli editore), and present chief editor and of the electronic scientific journal la cittadinanza europea online.
In 2011 he received the Doctor h.c. degree from the University of Oradea.
He currently holds the position of Honorary President of the “Interdepartmental Center for Studies and Documentation on China and East Asia” (CSDC), Roma Tre University.

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Scientific Council

• Gianni Bonvicini, former Vice President of the Institute of International Affairs
• Rocco Cangelosi, Ambassador, former Permanent Representative of Italy to the EU
• Pier Virgilio Dastoli, President of the Consiglio Italiano Movimento Europeo (CIME)
• Silvio Gambino, Professor of Comparative Public Law, University of Calabria (UNICAL)
• MariaLuisa Maniscalco,Professor of Sociology, University “Roma Tre”
• Marc Maresceau, Professor of EU law and institutions, University of Ghent (BE)
• Giacomo Marramao, Professor of Philosophy, University “Roma Tre”
• Simon Petermann, Professor of Political Science, University of Liege
• Lia Pop, Professor of Political Science and Philosophy, University of Oradea
• Jo Shaw, Professor of European institutions, University of Edinburgh

Visiting/Guest Professors

• Abdouli Touhami,University of EMUNI, Slovenia
• Andenas Mads, University of Oslo, Norway
• Badrawi Hossam, Cairo University, Egypt
• Bauböck Rainer,European University Institute, Firenze, Italy
• Beale Hugh, University of Warwick , UK
• Ciocan Maior Vasile, University of Oradea, Romania
• Clive Eric, University of Edinburgh, UK
• Drobnig Ulrich, Max Planck Institute for Private Law, Germany
• Fauvarque-Cosson Bénédicte, University of Paris II”Panthéon-Assas”, France
• Fogt Morten, University of Aarhus, Denmark
• Gomez Fernando, University of “Pompeu Fabra”, Barcelona, Spain
• Grymbaum Luc, University of Paris V “René Descartes”, France
• Guiraudon Virginie,University of Sciences Po, Paris, France
• Haragos Octavian, University of Oradea, Romania
• Hesselink Martijn,University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Ivan Adrian, University of Babes-Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• Kochenov Dimitry, University of Groningen, Netherlands
• Lacroix Justine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
• Lando Ole, Copenaghen Business School, Denmark
• Loos Marco, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Lurger Brigitta, University of Graz, Austria
• Marc Maresceau, Ghent University, Belgium
• Micklitz Hans, European University Institute, Firenze, Italy
• Petermann Simon, University of Liege, Belgium
• Pisulinski Jerzy, University of Warsaw, Poland
• Pop Irina Mihaela, University of Oradea, Romania
• Schulte-Nölke Hans, University of Osnabruck, Germany
• Van erp Sjef, University of Maastricht, Netherlands
• Wendehorst Christiane, University of Vienna, Austria
• Whittaker Simon, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
• Woesler Martin, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

CeAS Event Participants (2003-2023)

In addition to the previous lists of members of the Scientific Council and guest/visiting professors, a long list of hundreds of people ― as conference speakers, lecturers and more generally participants in events organised by CeAS ― results from the documentation available at: CeAS twenty years of activities.

Collaborations

Many people ― basically young researchers ― have collaborated over the years in CeAS activities, on a voluntary basis or with the assignment of scholarships, including: