Francesco Alicino is Full Professor in Public Law and Religion at the University of LUM (Casamassima, Bari, Italy), where he also teaches Constitutional Law, Law of the Third Sector, and Immigration Law. He is Vice Rector (Prorettore) for teachings activities, the Coordinator of the five-years Degree Course in Law (LGM /01) and the Director of the School of Law at the University of LUM. He is a member of the Italian Council for the relationship with Muslim communities at the Italian Minister of the Interior. He is a member of the European Consortium for State and State Research. He is the national coordinator of EUREL (Sociological and Legal Data on Religions in Europe) based at CNRS University of Strasbourg (see at https://www.eurel.info/spip.php?rubrique126&lang=fr). He is the editor of the Italian first-class review Daimon-Annuario di diritto comparato delle religioni (Il Mulino). He has been the Coordinator of the research project on Creating a Consolidated Act from the Laws concerning State-Confessions Understandings and Religious Associations (Realizzazione di un Testo Unico sulle leggi relative alle intese e agli enti ecclesiastici), financially supported by Unione Cristiana Evangelica Battista d’Italia (UCEBI) (D.R. n. 1024/2017). He has been member of research groups for Bioethics, Research Integrity and Sustainable Food at the Italian National Research Council (Consiglio nazionale delle ricerche-CNR). He is a reviewer for international journals and is involved in several international research projects. In 2010 he took the Ph.D in European Studies in Canon Law and Law of State-Religions Relations at the University of Paris-Sud 11 and Catholic Institute of Paris (France). In 2008 he took the Ph.D in Docteur en DROIT at the École doctorale of the University of Paul Cézanne Aix-Marseille III (Aix-en-Provence, France) with a Thesis titled “Constitutionalism and Constitution-Making Process of the European Union’s Law”, unanimously commended as très honorable (the highest mark) by all members of the Commission (Jury). In 2007 he took the Ph.D in Institutions and Comparative Politics at the University of Bari (Italy). Ph.D. Thesis: The European Constitutionalism and the European Union. The Thesis was unanimously commended as eccellente (the highest mark) by all members of the Commission. He is the author of several books and articles in English, Italian and French.