Hanna Schebesta is Associate Professor in the Law group at Wageningen University & Research (WUR, the Netherlands), where she leads the food law research area. Her own research focuses on legal foundations for a just food system and advances in legal methodologies. She is member of the Programme Committee for the Food Master's degrees and is involved in coordinating the MSc specialization 'Food Law & Regulatory Affairs'. She regularly publishes on food law topics in journals such as Nature, the European Law Review, the European Journal of Risk Regulation and various edited volumes. Schebesta holds a PhD from the European University Institute, and the degrees of LLM in European and International Law, LLB European Law, and BA European Studies from Maastricht University (the Netherlands).
Kai Purnhagen is Professor and Chair of Food Law and Director of the Research Unit for German and European Food Law at the University of Bayreuth. He has taught and researched at numerous institutions, including Wageningen University, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Justus Liebig University Giessen, and the London School of Economics and Political Science. A recognized expert in international food law, Purnhagen regularly serves as an advisor to various governments and consulting agencies. He holds a PhD from the European University Institute in Florence and an LLM from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.