Kristina Siig is Professor (WSR) of Private Law and Maritime Law, University of Southern Denmark, leader of the cross-faculty research cluster Blue SDU and specialises in maritime law and law of the sea from an interdisciplinary perspective. She is the Chairperson of the Task Force Scandinavian Star and teaches maritime contracts at the Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law, Oslo.

Birgit Feldtmann is Professor (WSR) in criminal law, criminal procedure and international law enforcement at the Department of Law, Aalborg University, Denmark. She led the DFF2-research project Policing at Sea (PolSEA) under the Independent Research Fund Denmark. She is legal expert with the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia and Danish Institute against Torture.

Fenella M.W. Billing is Assistant Professor with the Department of Law, University of Southern Denmark. With a background in criminal prosecutions, her core research interests are state responsibility, transnational law enforcement and human rights, such as human rights in EU and comparative criminal justice, maritime law enforcement and border security.