Pascale Vielle is a professor at the University of Louvain, where she specialises in international, European and comparative labour and social protection law. From 2006 to 2011 she was involved in the European network Reconciling Work and Welfare in Europe (RECWOWE). She has published numerous books and articles on social law and policy challenges in Europe. Silvia Borelli is a researcher at the University of Ferrara and had in 2011 a research grant at the University of Louvain, financed by the Fonds Spécial de Recherche (FSR).
She is member of editorial committee of Lavoro e Diritto, a journal that belongs to the International Association of Labour Law Journals. In 2007 she published the monograph Principi di non discriminazione e frammentazione del lavoro.