Bakošová, Lucia is currently a researcher at the Institute of International Law and European Law, Faculty of Law of Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia. She received her doctoral degree in 2020 with the thesis “International aspects of natural and industrial disasters” at the Faculty of Law of Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice. Since 2021, she is a member of a research team working on the project “Green Ambitions for Sustainable Development (European Green Deal from the perspective of international and domestic law), with main focus on legal regulation of artificial intelligence and sanction mechanisms related to sustainable development and international law. Furthermore, she teaches courses related to Public International Law.

Bird, Charles Ross is lecturer at Charles University, Faculty of Law in Prague, Czech Republic. He teaches Equity and Trusts, Criminal Law, and Legal English. He is currently a Ph.D. student at Charles University with an emphasis on property rights of celestial bodies. He earned his Doctor of Jurisprudence from Washburn University School of Law in Topeka, Kansas in the United States and earned his Master of Laws the University of Kent in Canterbury, England.

Byczyński, Michał is an Attorney-at-law Trainee and is a Ph.D. candidate at University od Lodz, Poland. In his studies he specializes in the field of public international law and his main interests include comparative legal studies, international standards of human rights protection and philosophical basis of international law. He is an alumnus of The Hague Academy of International Law.

Crhák, Adam is a law student in his final year of master’s and has been a research assistant at the Department of International Law at the Faculty of Law of the Charles University in Prague for most of his studies. His main interests in international law lie in the use of force and different aspects of humanitarian law, especially the law of targeting and use of human shields in armed conflicts. He is currently furthering his academic ambitions on a study program in The Hague.

D’Evereux, Veronika  holds JD and Ph.D.  in Public International Law at Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Law. Her research is focused on multiple legal issues related to the Israeli Palestinian conflict from the perspective of international law. She works as a research fellow at the Charles University Centre for Conflict and PostConflict Studies. She also works as an immigration lawyer at the Integration Centre Prague and cooperates with private university CEVRO Institute in Prague.

Gerle, Marek is a Ph.D. candidate at the Faculty of Law of the Charles University in Prague. In his research, he focuses on the use of force in international law, precisely in connection to the phenomenon of de facto states. Besides this, his interests include the international criminal law and specifically the crime of genocide.). Recently, he enriched his research during academic stays at the Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia and Université de Côte d’Azur, France.

Gomaa, Mohamed is a Judge at the Court of Appeal, Egyptian Ministry of Justice, an expert at the European Legal Tech Association (ELTA), and aboard member of the “CIArb (YMG) Global Steering Committee”, a member of the scientific committee of International Journal of Legal Interpretative Judgement, published by the “Democratic Arab Center” Germany – Berlin and a former lawyer, the legal affairs department at the Egyptian Russian University.

Gudajczyk, Marcin is a  graduate of Law and Arabic Studies at the University of Warsaw. He also completed academic internships at Cairo University and Kuwait University. He is a doctoral student at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Silesia in Katowice, where he teaches European law and criminal law and is preparing his dissertation on countering the financing of terrorism in the legal systems of the Arab states of the Persian Gulf. Author of publications on legal issues of Arab countries, criminal law and forensics. Graduate of the Polish National School of Judiciary and Public Prosecution. He works as a  sub-prosecutor at the District Prosecutor’s Office in Katowice.

Ilegogie, Oshokha Caleb is a second-year PhD Student at the Faculty of Law, Charles University. His main area of expertise is healthcare law, but he also takes interest in legal policy and compliance. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Northumbria University in Newcastle.

Kouloufakos, Triantafyllos is a Doctoral Researcher at the Centre for IP & IT Law of KU Leuven. He holds an LLM in Public International Law from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Greece) (summa cum laude) and an LLM in Public International Law from the University of Groningen (the Netherlands) (cum laude) for which he was also awarded the University of Groningen Talent Grant: Partial Scholarship Law 2020–2021. He has worked as a lawyer in Greece for 3 years. He was a part of the inaugural cohort of the European Cybersecurity Fellowship (2022–2023) of the European Cyber Conflict Research Initiative. He is mainly interested in issues of cyberspace accountability, the protection of critical infrastructures from malicious cyber operations and the use of norms and standards to regulate cyberspace. His PhD Project concerns the potential application of the no-harm principle in cyberspace in order to achieve a more effective harm redress from malicious cyber operations.

Krausová, Pavlína is a  PhD candidate at Charles University, Faculty of Law. Her field of expertise consist mainly of international economical law and tax law. She has academic experiences from both University of Paris 1: Panthéon-Sorbonne and University Jean Moulin in Lyon.

Łasa, Robert is currently a Ph.D. student at the Doctoral School of the University of Silesia in Katowice in the field of international law. His dissertation covers the protection of critical infrastructure during the armed conflict. He actively participates in national and international scientific conferences and publishes research papers. In addition, he gains teaching experience by giving classes in international law and European Union law, as well as preparing students for moot court competitions (the All-European International Humanitarian and Refugee Law Moot Court Competition and the Helga Pedersen Moot Court Competition).

Panigaj, Juraj is currently a doctoral student at the Pavol Jozef Šafárik University, Faculty of Law, Institute of International law and European law, as well as a practicing lawyer. As part of his doctoral studies, his research deals primarily with international legal mechanisms of the protection of nature, landscape and biological diversity of animal and plant species.

Papachristodoulou, Aphrodite is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Irish Centre for Human Rights, School of Law, University of Galway. She holds a  PhD in law from University College Dublin, a Master of Laws in Maritime Law from University College London and an LLB from University of Southampton. Dr Papachristodoulou is a licensed lawyer (Cyprus Bar, 2016) and engages in strategic human rights litigation with non-governmental organisations. She further provides advice and interacts with the media on law of the sea and human rights issues in the migration domain. Her principal research interests include international human rights, law of the sea, migration and border technologies. She is also a Research Affiliate at the Refugee Law Initiative and a Committee Member of the International Law Association on the Protection of People at Sea (Irish Branch).

Pappa, Foto  is a  PhD candidate at the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, researching digital agriculture and human rights. She holds an LLM in International Human Rights Law from the University of Groningen (cum laude) and an LLM in Public International Law from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (summa cum laude). She has been admitted to the Athens Bar Association.

Pollard, Michael J. is a lecturer in law, University of the West of England. His primary area of interest is related to new technologies, most especially Artificial Intelligence and autonomous robotic systems, will impact upon existing international law norms (use of force, international humanitarian law and international human rights law). Given the inherently interdisciplinary nature of this area of study, the researcher looks to engage with the fields of international relations, strategy, and ethics (amongst others) where possible.

Sabjan, Nicolas is an assistant professor at the Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Law. He teaches legal theory and philosophy of law, and he has been responsible for supervising public international law moot courts. He holds a master’s degree from Leiden University (LL.M, Public International Law) and he completed his PhD. in 2021 at the Comenius University, Faculty of Law. His research focuses on public international law, human rights law, and legal philosophy and theory.

Skalski, Szymon is a PhD candidate at Jagiellonian University in Krakow. His work to date includes publications in the fields of civil law, cyber security and artificial intelligence. He has also been collaborating for two years on a project on insurancecontracts evolution in the 21st Century. His doctoral thesis is on the characteristics of a cyber attack from a tort liability perspective. He has also been working professionally for two years in cyber security regulatory consulting.

Starkowska, Agata is a  student at University of Warsaw, Faculty of Law and Administration. She was a  finalist of the Human rights Olympiad organised by University of Warsaw and published an article titled “The rule of law as an EU value – remarks on the normative and factual state of the rule of law”.