Dr. Astrid Lorenz is a Professor of German and European Politics, Director of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence “The European Union and its Rural Periphery in East Central Europe” and Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Philosophy at Leipzig University, Germany.
Dr. Lisa H. Anders is a member of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence “The European Union and its Rural Periphery in East Central Europe” and a postdoctoral researcher in the project “Rule of Law in East Central Europe” at the Institute of Political Science, Leipzig University, Germany.