Francis Snyder is Professor at the Université Paul Cézanne Aix-Marseille III, Jean Monnet Chair ad personam and Centennial Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics. He is Professor at the College of Europe (Bruges and Warsaw) and Co-Director of the Academy of International Trade Law (Macao, China). He is Editor-in-Chief of the European Law Journal.

The Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Internationales et Communautaires (CERIC), based at the Faculty of Law and Political Science of the Université Paul Cézanne Aix-Marseille III, is a multidisciplinary research centre composed of lawyers, economists and specialists in international relations. The CERIC is associated with the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS - UMR 6201 - Comparative Public Law - European and International Law).