Stefano Manservisi
Director general of home affairs, European Commission

Mr Manservisi, an Italian national and law graduate, joined the European Commission in 1983. Since then, he worked in the DGs for Agriculture and Development, after which he served in the cabinets of four commissioners. He served as director general of DG Development from 2004 to 2010. In July 2010, he became the director general for home affairs.

Saskia Sassen
Robert S. Lynd professor of sociology, Columbia University, USA

Centennial visiting professor at the London School of Economics, Saskia Sassens also co-chairs the Committee on Global Thought. In addition, she writes and updates books, including A Sociology of Globalization (W.W.Norton 2007), Territory, Authority, Rights: From Medieval to Global Assemblages (Princeton University Press 2008) and the 4th edition of Cities in a World Economy (Sage 2011). Her books are available in twenty-one languages.

Ricard Zapata-Barrero
Professor of political theory, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona

Associate professor of political theory, Zapata-Barrero’s research focuses on contemporary liberal democracy in the contexts of diversity, especially the relationship between democracy, citizenship and immigration. He is the director of GRITIM-UPF (Interdisciplinary Research Group on Immigration) and of the masters programme on immigration management at UPF. He is a partner in the EU 7th Framework funded ACCEPT project. He regularly contributes to media and policy debates and has served on a number of commissions and government committees.