We, members of the academic community, hereby express our full support to the Editors-in-Chiefs, the Editorial and Scientific Advisory Board who resigned en masse from the European Law Journal, owned by Wiley. The conduct of the publishing house has shown total lack of appreciation of the values of academic integrity and autonomy. The Scientific Board’s brave move seeks not to be praised as heroic, but it firmly posits decency and respect for these principles above all other considerations.

Academic journals cannot merely be considered as random venues for professional publications. They are not isolated entities, nor are they mere commercial products to be owned and fructified. They exist only by virtue of scientific networks of (most often free) cooperation that allow for the production and the sharing of independent, original and reliable knowledge. These are part and parcel of a dense yet fragile ecology of knowledge that runs from universities and research centers to public libraries, students but also to a wider public of medias, representatives, NGOs, etc. The autonomy of the academic community is pivotal to this invisible architecture and is a crucial condition for the quality of public debate and democratic deliberation. In other words, all those who engage in the activity of publishing academic journals should recognize its public value.

European Law Journal has beautifully played that part over the past 25 years. We strongly believe that it is important to keep alive the legacy of the journal. Further, we deem it essential to maintain and preserve the existence of a distinctive platform for theoretical and critical thinking as well as for meaningful exchanges between disciplines and approaches. Independent voices and analyses are all the more necessary in the current turbulent times that the European integration process is going through.

We, as a community, must demonstrate that we have learnt the hard lesson that this deplorable situation is teaching us. In order to voice our disapproval:

We reaffirm the importance of making sure that any new publishing enterprise be developed under conditions in which it is fully owned by the academic component.
 
We encourage our colleagues to not submit papers, act as referees, or cooperate in any other form with a commercial publisher who do not respect these fundamental academic values.
 
We also invite all academic institutions, EU funding bodies, as well as national agencies funding public research to consider adopting rigorous policies to guarantee academic freedom.


The initiative has been initially promoted by Alessandra Arcuri, Francesco Costamagna and Antoine Vauchez.

1. Sébastien Adalid, professor of EU law, Université du Havre
2. Alberto Alemanno, Professor of Law, HEC Paris
3. Karen J. Alter, Professor of Political Science and Law, Northwestern University
4. Alessandra Arcuri, Professor of Inclusive Global Law and Governance, Erasmus University Rotterdam
5. Matej Avbelj, Professor of European Law, New University, Slovenia
6. Loïc Azoulai, Professor of Law, Sciences Po Law School
7. Antoine Bailleux, Professor of EU Law, Université Saint-Louis
8. Julie Bailleux, Associate Professor in Public Law, Université Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas
9. Ségolène Barbou Des Places, Professor of European Union law, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
10. Marija Bartl, Professor, University of Amsterdam
11. Richard Bellamy, Professor of Political Science, University College London
12. Leonard F.M. Besselink, Professor of Constitutional Law, Co-editor-in-chief European Constitutional Law Review, University of Amsterdam
13. Thomas Biermeyer, Assistant Professor, Maastricht University
14. Matteo Bonelli, Assistant Professor of EU Law, Maastricht University
15. Filipe Brito Bastos, Post-doctoral researcher, Amsterdam Centre for European Law and Governance
16. Laurence Burgorgue-Larsen, Professor at the Sorbonne Law School
17. Federico Casolari, Associate Professor of EU Law, University of Bologna
18. Hugo Canihac, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Université Saint Louis
19. Enzo Cannizzaro, Professor of International and EU Law, Università di Roma "La Sapienza"
20. Eric Carpano, Professeur de droit européen, Jean Monnet Chair, Université Lyon III
21. Sabino Cassese, Professor of Public Law, Luiss School of government
22. Damian Chalmers, Professor of EU law, National University of Singapore
23. Monica Claes, Professor of EU law, Maastricht University
24. Ramona Coman, Professor in Political Science, Director of the Institut d’études européennes, Université libre de Bruxelles
25. Francesco Costamagna, Associate Professor of EU Law, University of Turin
26. Tom Gerald Daly, Associate Professor, Deputy Director, Melbourne School of Government
27. Mark Dawson, Professor of European Law & Governance, Hertie School, Berlin
28. Josef Falke, Center für European Law and Politics, University of Bremen
29. Daniele Gallo, Professor of EU Law, Law Department, LUISS University (Rome)
30. Federico Ghezzi, Professor of Competition Law, Bocconi University, Milan
31. Matthias Goldmann, Junior Professor, Goethe University Frankfurt, Editor-in-Chief, German Law Journal
32. Lukasz Gruszczynski, Professor, Kozminski University
33. Ulrike Guérot, Professeur de politique européenne, University Krem
34. Gábor Halmai, Professor of Law, European University Institute
35. Stéphanie Hennette-Vauchez, Professor of Public Law, Université Paris Ouest Nanterre
36. Jean Paul Jacqué, Professeur émérite à l’Université de Strasbourg, Directeur de la Revue trimestrielle de droit européen
37. Christian Joerges, Professor for Law and Society, Hertie School of Governance in Berlin
38. Claire Kilpatrick, Professor of International and European Labour and Social Law, EUI
39. Jan Klabbers, Professor, University of Helsinki
40. Jan Komarek, professor of EU law, iCourts, University of Copenhagen
41. Stephanie Law, Lecturer in Law, University of Southampton
42. Nico Krisch, Professor of International Law, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
43. Jürgen Kurtz, Professor of International Economic Law, European University Institute
44. Amnon Lev, Associate professor, Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen
45. Marco B.M. Loos, Professor of Private Law, University of Amsterdam
46. Nicola Lupo, Professor of Public Law, Luiss University
47. Chantal Mak, Professor of Private Law, University of Amsterdam
48. Anna-Alexandra Marhold, Assistant Professor, Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies
49. Paola Mariani, Associate Professor of International and EU Law, Università Bocconi
50. Giuseppe Martinico, Associate Professor of Comparative Public Law, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
51. Francesco Martucci, Professor of EU law, Université Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas
52. Alison McDonnell, Researcher, Leiden University
53. Wolfgang Merkel, Direktor, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung WZB
54. Bastian Michel, Doctoral Student, University of Amsterdam, managing editor, European Constitutional Law Review
55. Hans Micklitz, Professor of Law, University of Helsinki/EUI Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies
56. Christoph Möllers, Professor of Public Law and Legal Philosophy, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
57. Christopher Mondschein, Researcher at Faculty of Law, Maastricht University and Executive Editor at the Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law
58. Stefano Montaldo, Associate Professor of EU Law, University of Turin
59. Lucinda Miller, Associate Professor, UCL Laws
60. Francesco Munari, Professor of EU Law, University of Genoa
61. Fernanda Nicola, Professor of EU law, American University in Washington
62. Kalypso Nicolaïdis, Professor of Political Science, Oxford University, Professor of International Relations, University of Oxford
63. Janne Nijman, Professor of law, University of Amsterdam
64. Enrico Partiti - Assistant Professor in Transnational Regulation and Governance, Tilburg University
65. Sébastien Platon, Professor of Public law, University of Bordeaux
66. Thomas Perroud, Professor of Public Law, Université Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas
67. Thomas Poole, Law Professor, London School of Economics & Political Science
68. Denise Prévost, Associate Professor of International Economic Law, Maastricht University
69. Jiří Přibáň, Director of the Centre of Law and Society School of Law and Politics, Cardiff University
70. Mikael Rask Madsen, Professor of European Law and Integration, ICourts, University of Copenhagen
71. Susan Rose-Ackerman, Emeritus Professor of Jurisprudence, Yale University
72. Ruth Rubio Marin, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Seville
73. Hélène Ruiz-Fabri, Professor of Law, Director of Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for Procedural Law
74. Guillaume Sacriste, Associate Professor of Political Science, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
75. Stefano Saluzzo, Assistant Professor of International Law, University of Eastern Piedmont
76. Kim Lane Scheppele, Princeton University, Rockefeller Professor of Sociology and International Affairs
77. Robert Schütze, Professor of European and Global Law, Durham University & College of Europe
78. Joanne Scott, Professor of Law, EUI
79. Andrea Spagnolo, Assistant Professor of International Law, University of Turin
80. Eleanor Spaventa, Professor of EU Law, Bocconi University
81. Edoardo Stoppioni, Senior Research Fellow, Institut Max Planck pour le droit procédural (Luxembourg)
82. Anne van Aaken, Alexander von Humboldt Professor for Law and Economics, Legal Theory, Public International Law and European Law, University of Hamburg, Director, Institute of Law and Economics
83. Marijn van der Sluis, Assistant Professor, Maastricht University
84. Antoine Vauchez, Cnrs Research Professor of Political Science, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
85. Marco Ventoruzzo, Professor of Business Law, Director of the Law Department, Bocconi University
86. Ingo Venzke, Professor of International Law, University of Amsterdam
87. Armin von Bogdandy, Director, Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht
88. Jonathan Zeitlin, Distinguished Faculty Professor of Public Policy and Governance, University of Amsterdam
89. Marco Rizzi, Senior Lecturer in Private Law and Regulation, University of Western Australia
90. Bosko Tripkovic, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Birmingham
91. Stijn Smismans, Professor of EU law, Cardiff University
92. Damjan Kukovec, Senior Lecturer in Law, Middlesex School of Law, London
93. Leonardo Borlini, Assistant Professor of International Law, University Bocconi, Associate Editor of Global Jurist
94. Marta Morvillo, Post-doctoral researcher, University of Amsterdam
95. Delia Ferri, Lecturer in Law, Maynooth University Department of Law
96. Alessandro Rosanò, Post-doctoral researcher, University of Turin
97. Massimo Fichera, , Faculty of Law, University of Helsinki
98. Benjamin Farrand, Reader in Law & Emerging Technologies, Law School, Newcastle University
99. Nathan de Arriba-Sellier, PhD Candidate, Erasmus University Rotterdam & Leiden University
100. Fernando Losada, Academy of Finland Research Fellow, University of Helsinki
101. Dimitry Kochenov, Professor of European Constitutional Law and Citizenship, University of Groningen
102. URŠKA ŠADL, Professor, European University Institute, Florence
103. Panos Delimatsis, Professor of EU and International Trade Law, Tilburg University
104. Alfio Mastropaolo, Emeritus Professor of Political science , Università di Torino
105. Patryk I. Labuda, Postdoctoral Scholar, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
106. András Jakab, Professor, University of Salzburg
107. Jo Shaw, Salvesen Chair of European Institutions, University of Edinburgh / Editor of Global Constitutionalism
108. Helmut Aust, Professor of Law, Freie Universität Berlin
109. Davor Jancic, Senior Lecturer in EU Law, Queen Mary University of London
110. Oran Doyle, Professor in law, Trinity College Dublin
111. Adrienne Yong, Lecturer in Law, The City Law School, City, University of London
112. Virginia Passalacqua, Postdoctoral Fellow, Collegio Carlo Alberto
113. Carole Lyons, , Law School, RGU Aberdeen
114. Lilian Tsourdi, Assistant Professor & Dutch Research Council grantee, Maastricht University
115. Valentin Schatz, Research Associate, Faculty of Law, University of Hamburg
116. Matthieu Burnay, Senior Lecturer in Global Law , Queen Mary University of London
117. John O' Brennan, Jean Monnet Chair of European Integration, Maynooth University, Ireland
118. Tobias Lock, Professor of Law, National University of Ireland Maynooth
119. Martin Husovec, Assistant Professor, Tilburg University
120. Marise Cremona, Professor Emeritus, European University Institute
121. Jo Hunt, Professor, Cardiff School of Law and Politics
122. Vicky Kosta, Assistant Professor, Europa Institute -  Leiden Law School
123. Patricia Mindus, Professor, Practical Philosophy/Philosophy of Law, Uppsala University, Sweden
124. Andrés Delgado Casteleiro, Assistant Professor, Universidad Autónoma de Chile
125. Jennifer Hendry, Associate Professor in Law & Social Justice, University of Leeds School of Law
126. Emilia Korkea-aho, Associate Professor of EU Law, University of Eastern Finland
127. Aspa Theochari, PhD researcher in EU Law and Administrative Law, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
128. Panu Minkkinen, Professor of Jurisprudence, University of Helsinki
129. Annamaria Viterbo , Professor of International Law, University of Torino
130. Pasquale De Sena, Professor of International Law, Catholic University, Milan
131. Graziella Romeo, Assistant Professor of Constitutional Law, Bocconi University
132. Jorrit Rijpma , Associate Professor of EU Law, Europa Institute, Leiden Law School
133. Dana Schmalz, Visiting scholar, Columbia Law School
134. Maria Weimer, Associate Professor of EU law, University of Amsterdam
135. Anna Wallerman Ghavanini, Associate professor of EU Law, University of Gothenburg
136. Anniek de Ruijter, Associate Professor European Law, University of Amsterdam
137. Luis Arroyo Jiménez, Professor of EU and Administrative Law, University of Castilla-La Mancha
138. Anna Katharina Mangold , Professor of European Law , Europa University Flensburg
139. Pavlina Hubkova, Law researcher, University of Luxembourg
140. Elaine Fahey, Jean Monnet Chair of Law and Transatlantic Relations, Professor of Law, Institute for the Study of European Law, City, University of London
141. Jan Zglinski, Assistant Professor, London School of Economics
142. Marco Longobardo, Lecturer in International Law, University of Westminster
143. Susanna Cafaro, Associate Professor of EU Law, Università del Salento
144. Costanza Di Francesco Maesa, , University of Siena
145. Vestert Borger, Assistant Professor of EU Law, Leiden University
146. Marios Costa, Dr, City University of London
147. Candida Leone, Lecturer and researcher, University of Amsterdam
148. Jaka Kukavica, , European University Institute
149. Giorgio Sacerdoti, Emeritus Professor of International Law, Jean Monnet Chair of European Law (2004), Bocconi Univeristy, Milano
150. Katarina Pijetlovic, Reader in Sports Law , Manchester Law School
151. Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh, Assistant Professor of Public International Law, Leiden University
152. Jaakko Husa, Professor in Law and Globalisation, University of Helsinki
153. Marco Dani, Associate Professor of European and Comparative Public Law, Faculty of Law, University of Trento
154. Amandine Crespy, Professor, Université libre de Bruxelles
155. Peter Strachan, Professor, Robert Gordon University
156. Cesare P Romano, Professor of Law, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
157. Melissa Kennedy, PhD Candidate, University of Melbourne
158. Rain Liivoja, Associate Professor, University of Queensland
159. Martijn Hesselink, Professor of Transnational Law and Theory, European University Institute
160. Hannes Lenk, Assistant Professor of Law, Aarhus University
161. Pablo Martin Rodriguez, Associate Professor of International and European Law, University of Granada
162. Carlo Ierna, dr., Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam / Radboud Univertsiteit
163. Olav Velthuis, Professor, University of Amsterdam
164. Boillet, Professor, University of Lausanne
165. Veit Bader, emeritus prof. of sociology and political philosophy, University of Amsterdam
166. Paola Gori-Giorgi, Professor of Theoretical Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
167. Christina Eckes, Professor of European Law, University of Amsterdam
168. Jessica de Bloom, Dr., University of Groningen
169. Han Wiskerke, Professor of Rural Sociology, Wageningen University
170. Han Wiskerke, Professor of Rural Sociology, Wageningen University
171. Niels Niessen, Researcher in Arts and Culture, Radboud University Nijmegen
172. Jos BIJMAN, associate professor, Wageningen University
173. Stasja Koot, Dr., Wageningen University
174. Yolande Jansen, Prof.dr., University of Amsterdam and Free University Amsterdam
175. Federica Violi, Assistant Professor in International Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam
176. Francesco Pennesi, Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher, Erasmus School of Law
177. Fabrizio Esposito, Postado , UCLouvain
178. Nikos Skoutaris, Associate Professor in EU law, University of East Anglia
179. Felix Lange, Researcher in International Law, Humboldt University Berlin
180. Armin von Bogdandy, Professor, Max Planck Institut für öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht
181. Valsamis Mitsilegas, Professor of European Criminal Law and Global Security, Queen Mary University of London
182. Marco Vergano, Chair ot the Ethics Section, Italian Society of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine
183. Marjan Peeters, Professor of Environmental policy and law, Maastricht University
184. Florin Coman-Kund, Assistant professor in EU law, Erasmus University Rotterdam
185. Cristiana Strava, Assistant Professor, Middle Eastern Studies, Leiden University
186. Barbara Henkes, senior lecturer, Dr., University of Groningen
187. Jacob Öberg, Associate Professor in Law, Lund University
188. Ana C. Uribe Sandoval, Lecturer, Erasmus University Rotterdam
189. Ertug Tombus, Dr, Research Associate, Humboldt-Universität zuBerlin
190. Leandro Mancano, Lecturer in EU Law, Edinburgh Law School
191. Muhammad Ali Nasir, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Marmara University
192. Alberto Miglio, , University of Turin
193. Juan A. Mayoral,   Associate professor,   iCourts,   University of Copenhagen
194. Laarni Escresa,   Assistant Professor,   University of the Philippines
195. Katerina Kalaitzaki,  Early Career Fellow in EU Law,  University of Edinburgh
196. Mattias Wendel,  Professor,  Bielefeld University
197. Rebecca Zahn,  Senior Lecturer in Law,  University of Strathclyde
198. Marie Claire Ponthoreau,  Professor of Constitutional Law and Comparative Law,  University of Bordeaux
199. Mariolina Eliantonio,  Professor of European and Comparative Administrative Law and Procedure,  Maastricht University
200. Jeroen Warner,  Dr,  Wageningen University
201. Tiago Fidalgo de Freitas,  Guest Lecturer,  University of Lisbon School of Law / Lisbon Centre for Research in Public Law
202. Gianpaolo Maria Ruotolo,   Professor of international and EU law,   Università di Foggia
203. Paul James Cardwell,  Professor of Law,  University of Strathclyde
204. Sylvia de Mars,  Senior Lecturer in Law,  Newcastle University
205. Jeremy Bierbach,  associate fellow,  Amsterdam European Centre for Law and Governance
206. Artur Gruszczak,  Professor of Social Sciences,  Faculty of International and Political Studies,   Jagiellonian University,   Krakow
207. Anneli Albi,  Professor of European Law,  University of Kent
208. Betül Kas,  Post-doc Researcher ,  Erasmus University Rotterdam
209. Masuma Shahid,  Lecturer in EU Law,  Erasmus University Rotterdam
210. Emanuel V. Towfigh,  Professor of Public Law,   Empirical Legal Research and Law & Economics,  EBS Law School,   Wiesbaden,   Germany
211. Marco Borraccetti,  Associate Professor of EU Law,  University of Bologna
212. Joshua Cohen,  Distinguished Senior Fellow,  UC Berkeley
213. Nathaniel Lane,  Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor),  Monash University
214. Jacob Thaisen,  Associate Professor of English Language,  University of Oslo
215. Johan Rooryck,  Prof.dr.,  Leiden University
216. Robert McColl Millar,  Professor in Linguistics and Scottish Language,  University of Aberdeen
217. Iyiola Solanke,  Professor in EU Law and Social Justice,  University of Leeds
218. Pietro Sirena,  Dean Law School - Professor of European Contract Law,  Bocconi University
219.       Dieter Grimm - Professor emeritus for Public Law at the Humboldt University, Berlin





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