Donatella M. Viola, PhD in International Relations from the London School of Economics, lectures International Politics and European Union at the University of Calabria, Italy. Formerly Robert Schuman Scholar at the European Parliament in Luxembourg and Marie Curie Fellow at the London School of Economics, she has worked in several British and American academic institutions in the UK: Universities of Bristol, Cardiff, Leeds, London, Plymouth, Regent's College and Richmond American International University in London. Donatella M. Viola has been Visiting Scholar at the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium as well as Visiting Professor at the Academy of European Public Law in Greece, TEI-Serres, Greece, University of Malta, 'Friedrich-Alexander' Universität of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany and University College London, Great Britain. Editor and main contributor of the Routledge Handbook of European Elections, Routledge, 2016, 2018. Her research interests focus on European integration and International Relations theories; European Parliament and political groups; national parliaments; European foreign policy as well European Union migration and environmental policies.