GORDON ALEXANDER Director of UNICEF's Office of Research in Florence, ItalyEDUARDO BARBERIS Postdoctoral student at the Department of Economy, Society and Politics, University of Urbino Carlo Bo, ItalyJONATHAN BRADSHAW Professor of Social Policy at the University of York, UKBEA CANTILLON Professor of Social Policy and director of the Herman Deleeck Centre for Social Policy, University of Antwerp, BelgiumTOMMY FERRARINI Associate professor at the Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University, SwedenTIM GOEDEMÉ Researcher at the Herman Deleeck Centre for Social Policy University of Antwerp, BelgiumHELENA HÖÖG Research Assistant at the Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University, SwedenVANESSA HUBL PhD candidate at the University of Mannheim, GermanyYURI KAZEPOV Professor of Urban Sociology and Compared Welfare Systems at the University of Urbino, ItalySARAH MARCHAL Researcher at the Herman Deleeck Centre for Social Policy, BelgiumEMESE MAYHEW Research Fellow at the University of York, UKBRIAN NOLAN Professor of Public Policy at University College Dublin, Ireland MICHAELA PFEIFER PhD candidate at the University of Mannheim, GermanyFRANK VANDENBROUCKE Professor at the KU Leuven, BelgiumANNE VAN LANCKER currently working as independent consultantNATASCHA VAN MECHELEN Post-doctoral Researcher at the Herman Deleeck Centre for Social Policy at the University of Antwerp, BelgiumJ. TIMO WEISHAUPT Junior Professor forthe Sociology of the Welfare State at the University of Mannheim, Germany