Lucia Scaffardi, Ph.D., is Full Professor of Public Comparative Law at the University of Parma. She has authored monographs, book chapters and numerous articles on different research topics including privacy, DNA databases, BRICS cooperation, hate speech, Novel Foods, GMOs and biometric data. Chiara Cerbone, Ph.D., is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Public Comparative Law at the University of Parma. Her research focuses on food law and European policies against food waste, the constitutional law of emergencies in the EU, and regionalism from a comparative perspective.