Canan Ünal Adınır
has a PhD in Labour and Social Security Law, and is an Associate Professor at Marmara University, Faculty of Law. She is a Member of the Academic Network on European Social Charter and Social Rights (anesc), Member of the İstanbul Bar Association, and Member of the Turkish Labour and Social Security Law Association. She is a Mediator. She is the author of several books in Labour and Social Security Law, namely “Managing Executives in the Employment Law”, “Age Discrimination in the Employment Law”, and “Social Security Rights of the People with Disabilities and Suggestions in the Light of the New Approaches in the World”, as well as the author of several articles in Labour and Social Security Law, such as “Can Employees Be Entitled to Discrimination Compensation in Case of the Breach of Equal Treatment in the Narrow Sense? (Decision Review)”, Sicil, Vol. 2, No. 46, pp. 127–136; “Determination of the Objective Reason Condition in the Conclusion and Renewal of Fixed Term Employment Contracts”, İstanbul Hukuk Mecmuası, Vol. 79, No. 3, pp. 797–835; and “The Effects of Covid-19 Vaccines on the Employment Relationships”, Marmara Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Hukuk Araştırmaları Dergisi, Vol. 27, No. 1, pp. 693–715. Email: canan.unal@marmara.edu.tr.
Güçlü Akyürek
has a PhD in Criminal Law and is an Associate Professor at mef University Faculty of Law. He is a Member of the Academic Network on European Social Charter and Social Rights (anesc), Member of the İstanbul Bar Association, and Member of Turkish Penal Law Association. He is the author of several books in Criminal and Criminal Procedure Law, namely “Offence of violation of privacy”, “Retrial”, and “Criminal Labour Law: General Principles”, and of several articles in Criminal and Criminal Procedure Law, such as “Crime of mobbing in the light of France Telecom Case”, Galatasaray University Law Faculty Review, 2022/1, pp. 97–122; “Extraordinary African Chambers and the Case of Habré”, İnönü University Law Review, Vol. 9, No. 2, 2018, pp. 415–440; and “The principle of legality in the consideration of echr’s İmret-Turkey (2) Case”, Suç ve Ceza Review, 2018/3, pp. 1–16. Email: akyurekg@mef.edu.tr.
Giovanni Calvellini
is a Researcher in Labour Law at the Department of Law of the University of Siena (Italy) and has been licenced for the function of Associate Professor in the same subject (Ph.D). His research interests include European social law,
Deniz Ugan Çatalkaya
has a PhD in Labour Law and Social Security Law, and is an Assistant Professor at Kadir Has University, Faculty of Law. She is a member of the Academic Network on European Social Charter and Social Rights (anesc), and Member of the Turkish Labour and Social Security Law Association. She is the author of a book, namely “İş Hukukunda Ölçülülük İlkesi” (Principle of Proportionality in Labour Law), and of several articles on Labour Law and Social Security Law, such as “Droits et libertés fondamentaux du citoyen-salarié en droit du travail”, Annales de la Faculté de Droit d’Istanbul, 71, 2022, pp. 221–263; “Demokratik ve Barışçıl Toplu Eylem Hakkının Kullanılması İş Sözleşmesini Fesih Nedeni Olabilir mi Sorusuna Yanıt Arayışı: Yargıtayın Zorlu Görevi” (Quest for an answer to the question of whether the democratic right to peaceful collective action can be a reason for termination of the employment contract: Court of Cassation’s challenge), Çalışma ve Toplum, 78, 2023, pp. 2069–2120; “Labour relations under the influence of the globalization: Insights from Turkish collective labour law”, in Adalberto Perulli (a cura di), L’idea di diritto del lavoro, oggi, In ricordo di Giorgio Ghezzi, Wolters Kluwer cedam, 2016, pp. 455–465. Email: deniz.ugan@khas.edu.tr.
Kübra Doğan-Yenisey
is a Professor of Labour Law and Social Security Law at İstanbul Bilgi University and the General Secretary of the Turkish Association of Labour and Social Security Law. Having graduated from the Faculty of Law, Ankara University, she received her doctorate degree from the University of Geneva. Her main interests are contract of employment, technology and its impacts on labour law, the principle of equality and gender discrimination, harmonization of Turkish law with acquis communautaire, collective labour rights, and migrant workers. She has authored and edited several books and numerous articles on individual and collective labour law. She is the founder director of the Comparative Labour and Social Security Law Research Centre at İstanbul Bilgi University. E-mail: kubra.dogan@bilgi.edu.tr.
is a full professor of Labour Law at the Faculty of Law of the Université Catholique de Louvain (in Louvain-La-Neuve). He is the President of the School of Labour Sciences (Uclouvain). He has been elected Co-President of the Association belge de droit du travail et de la sécurité sociale (2020–2023), after serving as President of this association (2014–2016). He is a member of the Transnational Trade Union Rights Expert Network (European Trade Union Institute). Dorssemont has read law (Antwerp University, Master in Law 1993), studied philosophy (bachelor Antwerp University 1990, and completed Complementary Studies in Philosophy at the Higher Institute of Philosophy, Leuven University, 1994). In 2001 he defended a PhD thesis in Law at Antwerp University. This research in the field of comparative labour law (B, nl, Fr, Germany) dealt with the legal status of trade unions in relation to the right to organize. He is also a Master Student in History of Art (UCLouvain). He was invited as guest lecturer in Strasbourg, Bordeaux, Università Statale di Milano, ulb, vub, Université Saint-Louis de Bruxelles. Between 2002 and 2008, he worked as researcher and lecturer at Utrecht University. Email: filip.dorssemont@uclouvain.be.
Maria Paula Ribeiro de Faria
is an Associate Professor in Criminal Law at Porto Faculty of Law, Universidade Católica Portuguesa (currently teaching Criminal Law, Negligent Crimes and Omission (Undergraduate Programmes), Medical Law and Compensation and Crime (Master Programmes), and Crimes against the Elderly (PhD Programmes and Master’s Programmes). She obtained her degree in Law from Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Master’s in Criminal Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra, and her Ph.D. in Criminal Law by the same Faculty of Law. She is a researcher at the Católica Research Centre for the Future of Law (crcfl). Associate Professor with Aggregation since February of 2023. She is the author of Os Crimes praticados contra idosos, Porto, Edições Universidade Católica, 2019, 3ª ed., and “A proteção social das pessoas idosas na Carta Social Europeia Revista, no Código Europeu da Segurança Social e no Direito português”, Revista de los Derechos Sociales, Lex Social Monográfico, No. 1, 2017, pp. 303 ff. Email: mfaria@ucp.pt.
Luísa Andias Gonçalves
is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra. She obtained her Degree in Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra, her Master’s in Legal and Business Sciences from the same institution, and her PhD in Labour and Social Labour from the Faculty of Law of the
Bruno Mestre
is a Judge in the Portuguese Courts. He has a Degree in Law by the Porto Faculty of Law, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, a Master of Research, and a PhD in European and Comparative Labour Law by the European University Institute, Florence. He is a Member of anesc (Academic Network on European Social Charter and Social Rights), apodit (Portuguese Labour Law Association), and the author of several articles, book chapters and a book; he collaborates actively with Universities and the Portuguese School of Magistrates (cej) in several training sessions in Labour Law. Email: brunomestre@gmail.com.
Carole Nivard
is a Senior Lecturer in Public Law at Rouen University. As a member of the Centre Universitaire Rouennais d’Etudes juridiques curej (ea 4703), she dedicates her research to the guarantee of fundamental social rights in national, European, and international law. She is the author of the book La justiciabilité des droits sociaux. Etude de droit conventionnel européen, published by Bruylant Editors in 2012. As a member of anesc, she coordinates the French section, co-edited Volume i of the Commentary on the European Social Charter with Stefano Angeleri, and edited Volume ii. Email: carole.nivard@univ-rouen.fr.
Septimiu Panainte
is the Director of the Department of Private Law and former Dean of the Law Faculty of Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iași, Romania, Associate Professor of Labour Law and Social Security Law, trainer and member of the Scientific Council of National Institute of Magistracy (Romania), and a lawyer. He is the author of Individual Labour Law. University Course, 2nd Edition, Bucharest, Hamangiu Publishing, 2021; European Labour Law: Main Directives, cjeu jurisprudence, compliance of national legislation, Bucharest, Hamangiu Publishing, 2017; School of Organic Law, Vol. i, Iaşi, Junimea Publishing, 2007; Vol. ii, Bucharest, Hamangiu Publishing, 2019 (coord.); Employment Contract – Jurisprudence, Bucharest, Hamangiu Publishing, 2006. Email: septimiupanainte@yahoo.com.
obtained his PhD from UAntwerp in 2008 with a dissertation on employees’ rights to information and consultation in case of company restructuring. He is currently a judge at the Antwerp Labour Court. In addition, he is a part-time senior lecturer at Hasselt University and a member of the editorial board of several Belgian legal journals (e.g. ‘Rechtskundig Weekblad’, ‘Tijdschrift voor Sociaal Recht’, ‘ArbeidsrechtJournaal’). He has also been the secretary and treasurer of the Antwerp-based Employment Law Association since 2001. Before joining the judiciary, Johan Peeters was a lawyer at the bar for over 11 years, a job he combined with teaching assignments at, among others, the University of Antwerp, the University of Liège and the Free University of Brussels. Email: johan.peeters@uhasselt.be.
Anastasia Poulou
is currently a Judge at the Administrative Court of First Instance of Athens, Greece. Prior to this, she was a Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy in Munich and a Max Weber Postdoctoral Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence. She conducted her undergraduate studies at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and at the Free University of Berlin, graduating with honours in 2011. She earned her PhD in Law from the University of Heidelberg in 2015. Her dissertation, titled ‘Financial assistance conditionality and social rights: revisiting social rights protection in the EU in times of crisis’, received the second prize in the humanities category of the German Thesis Award 2016. She also has a Master’s in International Human Rights Law from the University of Oxford. Her research interests lie in the fields of European constitutional law and human rights. She is the author of a book on the Eurozone crisis and more specifically on the impact of financial assistance conditionality on social rights protection in the EU (Mohr Siebeck) and co-editor of a book on the European Welfare State Constitutions after the Financial Crisis (Oxford University Press). Email: anastasia.g.poulou@gmail.com.
Giuseppe Antonio Recchia
is an Associate Professor of Labour Law at the Department of Political Sciences of the University of Bari Aldo Moro. His main research areas are trade union law and industrial relations, anti-discrimination law, business transformation and employment relationship, and gig economy. He has widely published in this area, including the book Studio sulla giustiziabilità degli interessi collettivi dei lavoratori [Study on the enforceability of workers’ collective interests], Bari, Cacucci, 2008, and has participated in national and international projects, the
Ana Teresa Ribeiro
is an Assistant Professor at the Porto Faculty of Law, Universidade Católica Portuguesa (PhD, Universidade Católica Portuguesa – Faculty of Law, 2020) and is affiliated with Católica Research Centre for the Future of Law. Her focus is on Labour Law, particularly collective bargaining and trade unionism. She has several articles on these issues and has participated in numerous conferences with interventions devoted to these matters. She is also a member of anesc/racse and of the Transnational Trade Union Rights Expert Network (European Trade Union Institute). Email: aribeiro@ucp.pt.
Filipe Venade de Sousa
is an Invited Professor at the Faculty of Law, Lisbon School, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, and at the School of Education of the Polytechnic University of Porto (PhD, School of Law, University of Minho, 2018). He is a collaborating researcher at the Centre for Research in Justice and Governance of the School of Law of the University of Minho. His focus is on International Human Rights Law, particularly on the rights of persons with disabilities and language rights. He has several publications on these issues and has participated in numerous conferences with interventions dedicated to these matters. He is also a member of anesc/racse. Email: filipe.sousa1@sapo.pt.
Silvio Troilo
is a Full Professor of Public Law at the Department of Law of the University of Bergamo (Italy). After graduating in Law, cum laude, from the University of Pavia, he was a Researcher at the University of Verona, then an Associate Professor and now a Full Professor at the University of Bergamo. Between 1997 and 2001 he was called upon to carry out research and consultancy at the Italian Constitutional Court – as an assistant to Vice-President Fernando Santosuosso – supporting the analysis of cases submitted to the Court. He is a member of the editorial board of scientific journals and of national and foreign research teams, as well as of various scientific societies, including the Academic Network on the European Social Charter and Social Rights, of which he is co-coordinator of the Italian section. He is the author of more than one hundred essays, both in the form of articles and of monographs, on issues relating to the functioning of governments, institutional reforms, regional