Current Positions Since 12/2023 Associate Professor of Political Science, Department of Social Sciences, University of Naples Federico II Academic Qualifications 2020 German Habilitation in Political Science (venia legendi in Politikwissenschaft) 2020 Italian National Scientific Qualification in Political Science
Education Titles and Degrees Attained 2020Privat Dozent in Politikwissenschaft (Political Science), Leuphana University Lüneburg. Habilitation thesis title: Political Institutions and Political Elites in Changing Liberal-Democracies 2013 Ph.D. in Political Science, very good (molto positivo), University of Pavia. Dissertation title: Conflicts and Inter-Party Conflict Management in Government Coalitions. A Study on Coalition Governance with an Analysis of Some Cases of the Italian Second Republic (in Italian) 2008 M.A. Degree in Political Theory, mark of 110 points out of 110 con lode (with honours), University of Pavia 2005 B.A. Degree in Political Sciences, mark of 110 points out of 110, University of Pavia
Additional Training 2016 24th IPSA World Congress of Political Science (Adam Mickiewicz University). Research methods course on Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) and Fuzzy Sets (teacher: Carsten Schneider) 2014 3rd ECPR Winter School in Methods and Techniques (University of Vienna). Courses on statistics for political and social scientists (teacher: Bernhard Kittel) and SPSS software (teacher: Dieter Feierabend)
Professional Experience Current Since 3/2024 Associate, Portuguese Institute of International Relations, NOVA University Lisbon Since 12/2023 Affiliate member, Center for the Study of Democracy, Leuphana University Lüneburg Since 1/2022 Co-Editor of the European Journal of Political Research Political Data Yearbook (ECPR), Wiley Since 7/2023 Member of Executive Board of the Research Committee on Political Elites, International Political Science Association (IPSA) RC02 and International Sociological Association (ISA) RC18: Elected for the 2023-2027 period Since 1/2017 Member of the Editorial Staff of the peer-reviewed journal Quaderni di scienza politica, Il Mulino
Previous 11/2022-12/2023 Researcher in Comparative Politics, Portuguese Institute of International Relations, NOVA University Lisbon 7-8/2023 Visiting Researcher, University of Buenos Aires 1/2022-7/2022 Adjunct Professor, USAC - University Studies Abroad Consortium (University of Nevada) in Germany 1/2021-12/2023 Lecturer (Dr. habil./Privatdozent), Center for the Study of Democracy, Leuphana University Lüneburg 5/2017-12/2020 Research Associate, Center for the Study of Democracy, Leuphana University Lüneburg 4-5/2020 Visiting Scholar, Torcuato di Tella University, Buenos Aires (cancelled due to pandemic crisis) 3/2019 Visiting Lecturer in Comparative Politics, Keele University 6/2018-7/2023 Member of the Executive Board of the Research Committee on Political Sociology, International Political Science Association (IPSA RC02) and International Sociological Association (ISA) RC18: elected for the 2018-2023 period 12/2016-12/2017 Adjunct Professor (Professore a contratto), Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Milan 12/2014-9/2018 Newsletter Co-Editor and Webmaster for the Research Committee on Political Sociology, International Political Science Association (IPSA) RC06 and International Sociological Association (ISA) RC18 3/2013-4/2017 - Teaching Assistant at the Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Pavia 2-3/2017- Research Collaborator at the Luigi Einaudi Center for Investigation and Documentary Research of Turin 4-8/2016; Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Center for the Study of Democracy, Leuphana University Lüneburg 4-8/2015; 3-7/2014; 4-7, 10/2013 9-10/2011 Visiting PhD Student, Department of Government, University of Vienna (Supervisor: Wolfgang C. Müller) 10-12/2010 Doctoral Fellow, Center for the Study of Democracy, Leuphana University Lüneburg (Supervisor: Ferdinand Müller-Rommel) 11-12/2004 Responsible Administrator for a population survey about service customer satisfaction, Internship, Municipal Office of Travacò Siccomario (Italy)
Areas of Research Interests Comparative Government; Political Elites and Leadership; Political Parties; Women and Politics; Italian Politics
Linguistic Skills Italian (mother tongue); English (fluent); Spanish (good); German (intermediate); Portuguese (basic) Appearances and Opinions as Expert in Media and Institutions (2023) Interviewed as expert for a TV report on Euronews on age limits of world leaders. (2023) Discussant at the ‘Book Talks Series’ of the European Parliament Research Service (EPRS) about Women and Leadership in the EU, 25 April. (2022) Interviewed as expert for the article Impôts, protectionnisme… Les politiques économiques des populistes en Europe à l’épreuve de la réalité [Taxes, Protectionism... Europe’s Populist Economic Policies Put to the Test] (by Marie Charrel) for the French newspaper ‘Le Monde’, 6 October. (2022) Expert opinion on electoral manifestos and campaign in Italy. Radio Popolare Newscast, Italian radio, 7 September. (2021) Interview about the changing profiles of Italian heads of government in comparative perspective. Database – RAI GR Parlamento, Italian national public radio, 4 November.
Professional Service and Scientific Affiliations Journal Reviewer for: Governance; Party Politics; British Journal of Political Science; International Political Science Review; Politics & Gender; Acta Politica; Parliamentary Affairs; Comparative Political Studies; European Political Science Review; Political Behavior; Regional & Federal Studies; The Journal of Legislative Studies; South European Society and Politics; Swiss Political Science Review; Religion, State & Society; Italian Political Science Review; Local Government Studies; Contemporary Italian Politics; Journal of Women, Politics & Policy; Rivista di Digital Politics; Italian Political Science; Nationalities Papers; Quaderni di scienza politica; Italian Journal of Electoral Studies; Law, Democracy & Development Book Reviewer for: Routledge Selected Reviewer for Academic Funding Agencies: Polish National Science Centre (Narodowe Centrum Nauki – NCN); South Africa's National Research Foundation (NRF) Job Search and PhD Evaluation Committees: Committee member for the applicants' evaluation for the PhD Programme in Political Studies of the Network for the Advancement of Social and Political Studies (NASP) based in Milan (2015); Search committee member, Chair in Comparative Politics, Leuphana University Lüneburg (2018-2019) Organization of Conferences: coordinator (with Lucía Miranda Leibe) of the Committee on Political Sociology (IPSA RC06/ISA RC18) program session for the IPSA World Congress, Buenos Aires, 15-19 July 2023. Resarch Groups: SISP Standing Group on Partiti, Opinione Pubblica, Elezioni [Parties, Public Opinion, Elections] (2021-present); SISP Standing Group on Governo, parlamento, rappresentanza [Government, Parliament, Representation] (2018-present); ECPR Standing Group on Elites and Political Leadership (2015-present); ECPR Standing Group on Presidential Politics (2015-present); IPSA Research Committee on Political Elites (RC02) (2014-present); SISP Standing Group on Candidate and Leader Selection (2013-present); ECPR Standing Group on Political Parties (2012-present); Research Committee on Political Sociology (IPSA RC06/ISA RC18) (2016-2023); ECPR Standing Group on Political Sociology (2020-2022); SISP Standing Group on Genere e politica [Gender & Politics] (co-proposer, 2018-2021);PSA Specialist Group on Political Leadership (2017-2018); PSA Specialist Group on Anti-Politics (2017-2018); PSA Specialist Group on Italian Politics (2014-2018) Professional Associations: International Political Science Association (IPSA) (2016-present); Società italiana di scienza politica [Italian Political Science Association] (2009-present); European Union Studies Association (EUSA) (2018-20); Political Studies Association (2014-18); Council for European Studies (CES) (2017-18); Association for the Study of Modern Italy (ASMI) (2014) Academic Bodies: substitute member in the 7th Academic Senate of the Leuphana University of Lüneburg (2018-2019)
Panel Chair/Discussant 2023XXXVI Annual Conference of the Italian Political Science Association, University of Genoa, Genoa, 14-16 September. Panel ‘New Parties in Office: Parliamentary and Governmental Challenges’: discussant 2023XXXVI Annual Conference of the Italian Political Science Association, University of Genoa, Genoa, 14-16 September. Panel ‘New Parties in Office: Parliamentary and Governmental Challenges’ (with Marco Lisi): co-chair 202317th ECPR General Conference, Charles University, Prague 4-8 September. Panel 'Italian Politics after the 2022 General Election: Government, Parties and Legislators in a Reformed Parliament': discussant 202327th World Congress of the International Association of Political Science, Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, Buenos Aires, 15-19 July. Panel ‘Far Right Politics, Political Executives’ Radical Leadership Styles, and Anti-Far Right Social Movements’: discussant 202327th World Congress of the International Association of Political Science, Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, Buenos Aires, 15-19 July. Panel ‘Inter-Branch Conflicts and Declining Satisfaction with Democracy in Latin America’: discussant 2023Doctoral Conference of the Department of Political Studies of NOVA-FCSH, NOVA University Lisbon, Lisbon, 5 June. Panel ‘Political Behavior’: discussant 2023Lunch Seminar, NOVA University Lisbon, Portuguese Institute of International Relations, Lisbon, 2 June 2023. Talk on ‘Chaos and Charisma: Chances and Challenges of Comparing Charismatic Leaderships’: discussant 2022XXXV Annual Conference of the Italian Political Science Association, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, 8-10 September. Panel ‘Crisis and Change in Territorial Politics: Regional Elections, Representation and Government from the Great Recession to the Post-Pandemic Era’: discussant 202216th ECPR General Conference, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, 22-26 August. Panel (roundtable) 'Developing an Ecosystem of FAIR, Linked, and Open Data in and beyond Political Science' (with Raul Gomez and Thomas Mustillo): co-chair. 2021XXXIV Annual Conference of the Italian Political Science Association, Virtual Event, 9-11 September. Panel ‘Portfolio Allocation and Ministerial Selection in the Life Cycle of Governments’ (with Andrea Pedrazzani): co-chair. 2021 26th World Congress of the International Association of Political Science, Virtual Event, 10-15 July. Panel ‘Prime Ministerial Performance in the Age of “Presidentialization”: Case Studies’: discussant 2019EUSA International Biennial Conference, Sheraton Denver Downtown, Denver, 9-11 May . Panel 'Personnel Turnover in the EU: Effects on Citizen-Elite Linkages and Policy Outputs': chair/discussant 2018XXXII Annual Conference of the Italian Political Science Association, University of Turin, Turin, 6-8 September. Panel 'Parliamentary Class, Legislative Turnover, and Elite Circulation' (with Eugenio Salvati): co-chair 2018 12th ECPR General Conference, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, 22-25 August. Panel 'Classic Topics in Electoral Research': chair 201811th ECPR General Conference, University of Oslo, Oslo, 6-9 September. Panel ‘Pathways to Power: Political Careers of Chief Executives’ (with Ferdinand Müller-Rommel: co-chair/discussant 2017 11th ECPR General Conference, University of Oslo, Oslo, 6-9 September. Panel ‘Pathways to Power: Political Careers of Chief Executives’ (together with Ferdinand Müller-Rommel): discussant 2017Different Worlds of Political Party Development. Comparative Analysis of the Institutionalization of Political Parties in Democracies workshop, University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, 24 July: discussant 2016 24th World Congress of the International Association of Political Science, Poznań Congress Center, Poznań, 23-28 July. Panel ‘Political Career Paths at the Regional Level I’: chair 2014 42nd ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, 10-15 April: discussant 2012 4th ECPR Graduate Conference, Jacobs University, Bremen, 4-6 July. Panel ‘Parties as Strategic Actors’ (together with Markus Baumann): co-chair (with Markus Baumann)/discussant 2011 3rd Graduate Conference of the Italian Political Science Association, University of Turin, Turin, 23-25 June. Panel ‘Partiti e leadership politiche 1’ [Parties and Political Leaderships 1]: chair
Participation in Collective Research Projects 2020 External collaborator of Monocratic Government: The Impact of Persononalisation on Contemporary Political Regimes. Project funded by the Italian Ministry of Education, University, and Research (Research project of national interest - PRIN 2017RFS2JY) and coordinated by the University of Naples Federico II 2019-2020 Affiliated to the team of Career Profiles and Prime Ministerial Performance in Central and Eastern European Democracies. Project funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and coordinated by the Helmut Schmidt University of Hamburg and Leuphana University Lüneburg 2017 EuVisions - An Observatory and Data Collection Project on the Social Dimension of European Integration, University of Milan and Luigi Einaudi Center of Turin 2016-2017REScEU – Reconciling Economic and Social Europe: Values, Ideas and Politics. Project funded by the European Research Council (ERC, grant no. 340534) and coordinated by the University of Milan 2013National survey on the open elections for the selection of the Italian Democratic Party’s leader. Project coordinated by the University of Cagliari and the University of Milan 2009Formazione e sostegno del governo in Italia: una ricerca empirica (1980-2010) [Government Formation and Party Support in Italy: An Empirical Research (1980-2010)]. University of Pavia
Teaching Experience 2023 Program coordinator and co-lecturer of Research Methods in the Social Sciences (M.A. and Ph.D. level), NOVA University Lisbon (in English) 2023 Appointed as lecturer in Parties, Government, and Political Elites in Europe (B.A. level, not activated due to low number of students), NOVA University Lisbon (in English) 2020-2022 Lecturer in Party Democracy and Its Challenges (B.A. level, English), Leuphana University of Lüneburg 2022 Adjunct Professor in Government and Politics in Germany and Europe (B.A. level), University of Nevada, USAC Exchange Program in Germany (in English) 2022 Taught class (invited lecturer) for the course Government and Political Leadership (M.A. level, German), University of Innsbruck (scheduled, in English) 2019-2020 Lecturer in Party Government in Europe (B.A. level, English), Leuphana University of Lüneburg 2017-2019 Lecturer in Political Institutions in Europe (B.A. level, English), Leuphana University Lüneburg 2019 Taught classes for the courses Elections, Voters and Publics Opinion and Party Systems and Elections (B.A. level, English), Keele University 2018-2019 Lecturer in Theories and Methods in Comparative Politics (M.A. level, English), Leuphana University Lüneburg 2018-2019 Lecturer in Government and Politics (M.A. level, English), Leuphana University Lüneburg 2018 Taught class (invited lecturer) for the course European Politics and Migration Policy (B.A. level, English), Boston University in Padua 2018Selected as Teacher of The Legislative Process(declined), 'Lex Populi 2017/18 program, Italian Diplomatic Academy 2017/2018 Lecturer in Political Institutions in Europe (B.A. level, English), Leuphana University Lüneburg 2016/2017 Adjunct Lecturer in Italian Political System, University of Milan 2016 Taught classes for the course Theories of Political Change (M.A. level, Italian), University of Pavia 2015 Appointed as Adjunct Lecturer in Political Science (declined), Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Pavia 2014 Teaching Assistant for the course Methods of Law and Politics at the Leuphana University Lüneburg 2012- Cultore della materia at the Department of Political and Social Sciences of the University of Pavia for political courses 2012-2013 Tutoring for the course Political Science at the University of Pavia 2012-2013 Tutoring for the course Political Communication at the University of Pavia 2012 Taught classes for the course Theory of Political Institutions (M.A. level, Italian), University of Pavia 2010 Taught classes for the course Theory of Political Institutions (M.A. level, Italian), University of Pavia 2010 Taught classes for the course Italian Political System (B.A. level, Italian), University of Pavia 2008- Teaching Assistant for the courses Political Science; Political Communication; Theory of Political Institutions; Italian Political System at the Faculty of Political Sciences/Department of Political and Social Sciences of the University of Pavia
Scholarships, Fellowships, and Grants 2022 Research scholarship, German-Italian Centre for the European Dialogue Villa Vigoni (€2000) 2019 Early career stage fund, Leuphana University Lüneburg (€2085) 2019 Teaching Mobility Erasmus+ grant for a period abroad of one week, European Union 2018 Early career stage fund, Leuphana University Lüneburg (€598) 2017 Early career stage und, Leuphana University Lüneburg (€2100) 2013 Post-doctoral scholarship in Political Science (Political Executives), research topic on ‘Political Recruitment of Prime Ministers in Europe’, Leuphana University of Lüneburg 2012 Tutor grant for the course of Political Science, Italian Ministry for Education, University and Research 2012 Tutor grant for the course of Political Communication, Italian Ministry for Education, University and Research 2010/2011 Increase of the Doctoral scholarship, authorized for research periods abroad, Italian Ministry for Education, University and Research 2010 Visiting Fellowship, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) 2010 Erasmus grant for a period abroad of six months (declined), European Union 2008 Doctoral scholarship, Italian Ministry for Education, University and Research