Team

Luigi Melica is Professor of Comparative Public Law at the University of Salento, Director of the Department of Legal Sciences, and teaches Comparative and European Constitutional Law, European Constitutional Justice, and Sport and Cultural Identity in Comparative Law. He served as scientific coordinator of the EUSportRoL Jean Monnet Module and coordinates the “Sport and Law: Sustainability and Integrity” research unit. He has contributed as an expert to the Council of Europe’s Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media on the Olympic Movement, the neutrality of sport and constitutional values. His books include Sport e “diritti” in Italia e nel mondo and L’“éclairer” dell’Olimpismo. De Coubertin tra i Giganti del metodo comparato. He directs VAREUS and coordinates its academic and teaching activities.

Alberto Orlando is a researcher in Comparative Public Law at the University of Salento’s Department of Legal Sciences, where he teaches Sport and Cultural Identity in Comparative Law on the Sports Law and Management degree programme. He holds a PhD based on research into artificial intelligence regulation and is a member of the “Sport and Law: Sustainability and Integrity” research unit. His work focuses on transnational sports law, the European sports model and AI regulation. He is the author of Ordinamento transnazionale dello sport tra autonomia e modello sportivo europeo. In VAREUS, he focuses on the relationship between European and transnational sports law and helps coordinate project activities.