Gemma Andreone is Research Associate of International Law in the Institute of International Legal Studies of the Italian National Research Council (ISGI-CNR). She has been teaching International Law as adjunct Professor of at the University of Naples “L’Orientale” from 2001 to 2013 and she obtained the National Scientific Qualification to Associate Professor of International law and European Law in Italian Universities on 24 January 2014. She obtained a PHD in Public and European Law at the Faculty of Law of Seconda Università of Naples in 2001 and obtained a LLM in European Law and Economics at the University of Naples Federico II in 1998.

She is Chair of the COST ACTION IS 1105 “MARSAFENET” – NETwork of experts on the legal aspects of MARitime SAFEty and security – funded by the EU from March 2012 to March 2016. She is member of the Scientific Council of INDEMER since February 2015. She is Treasurer and member of the Scientific Council of the International Association of the Law of the Sea. She is legal adviser and solicitor at the Bar of Rome, Italy. She is author of books, papers, and articles on many international law issues, and especially on the law of the sea, fisheries and Mediterranean sea governance.