Afke Groen, MSc is a PhD Candidate at the Department of Political Science, Maastricht University and the Amsterdam Institute for German Studies. Her research focuses on practices of transnational cooperation between political parties in the European Union. Afke also teaches in the BA and MA European Studies at Maastricht University.

Dr. Patrick Bijsmans is Assistant Professor in European Studies at Maastricht University. His research interests include Euroscepticism, media coverage of EU affairs and the European public sphere, as well as issues related to teaching and learning in European Studies. Patrick teaches BA and MA courses in in European Studies, covering topics such as EU politics and academic research and writing skills. He also coordinates the teacher training trajectory of the university’s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.