Author: Juan Antonio Maldonado Molina

Rodolfo Gutiérrez Silva: Ph D (Candidate) in Law, University of Hamburg, Germany. LLM Master of Laws from the University of London and BSc in Social Policy and Sociology from the London Metropolitan University, UK. He has lectured at the postgraduate and undergraduate level in 10 countries at renowned universities such as the University of Padua, Italy, University of Granada, Spain, Constantino the Philosopher University, Slovakia and The University of Guadalajara, Mexico, among others. At the same time he has carried out advisory and consulting activities for various organisations and institutions in the United Kingdom such as Amnesty International. Juan Antonio Maldonado Molina: Professor of Labour Law and Social Security at the University of Granada, Spain. Specialised in Social Security Law, having published more than seventy works regarding a variety of subjects such as retirement pensions and dependency benefits. His doctoral thesis, related to the protection of pensioners, received First Prize for Research from the Ministry of Labour and Social Security. He has participated as a speaker and lecturer in numerous courses including courses of the UIMP-Santander, the University of Granada, the University of Jaén, the University of Málaga, the University of Complutense, the University of Oviedo, the University of Santiago, San José of Costa Rica, Valparaiso and Santiago of Chile. Roberto Cippitani: Professor at the Universitá degli Studi di Peruggia and Jean Monnet Chairholder; Academic Coordinator of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence “Rights and Science”. Full Professor on Private Law (professore straordinario); Lecturer: Biolaw; Law of Information; Law of Research and Innovation. Expert Evaluator (ID: EX2014D221002) for the European Commission (Programme Horizon 2020, MSC-IF). Valentina Colcelli: Researcher for the National Research Council (Italy)–IFAC, Institute “Nello Carrara” (via Madonno del Piano, 10 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze). She is the Module Leader of the J. Monnet European Module called “Europeanisation through Private Law Instruments” (Eu PLAW) and a Member of the Managing Board of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence in “Research and Science” (R&S) at the University of Perugia. Her main research interests focus on the interaction of domestic and European law in shaping rights and interests, and on market regulation. Barbara Pavlikova: Works at the Department of Social Work and Social Sciences, University of Constantine the Philosopher in Nitra, Slovakia – Univerzita Konštantína Filozofa v Nitre. Barbara actively researches Health Law, Public Health, Social Policy, and European Law. At the same time, she is a Ph D student in the field of Public Law at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. She is the author of several monographs dealing with health care issues and author or co-author of articles focusing on different aspects of European Law.