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Sara Hobolt is the Sutherland Chair in European Institutions and professor in the Department of Government. Previously, she has held posts at the University of Oxford and the University of Michigan. She is the Chair of the European Election Studies (EES), an EU-wide project studying voters, parties, candidates and the media in European Parliamentary elections.

Professor Hobolt has published extensively on elections, referendums, public opinion and European Union politics. Her most recent book (co-authored with Catherine De Vries), Political Entrepreneurs. The Rise of Challenger Parties in Europe, was published by Princeton University Press in 2020.

Leoluca Virgadamo is a Junior Economist at the Osservatorio Conti Pubblici Italiani, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan 

Chiara Trabacchi is a manager within the Climate team of British International Investments, where she leads on the implementation of the organisation’s approach to climate adaptation and resilience investing and climate risk integration within the risk management framework. Prior to joining BII in 2021, Chiara worked for more than 10 years as analyst and technical advisor on climate finance, climate adaptation and physical risk management at public and private organizations such as the IDB Group, the World Bank Group and Acclimatise. 

Chiara, an Italian national, holds a PhD in the Science and Management of Climate Change from the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice.

Giovanni De Gregorio is the PLMJ Chair in Law and Technology at Católica Global School of Law and Católica Lisbon School of Law. He is also a member of the Católica Research Centre for the Future of Law. His research interest deals with constitutional law, human rights, freedom of expression, privacy, and data protection law.