Invited Talks 17. University of Lisbon, Social and Political Attitudes: Resilience and Change (SPARC) Seminar, 16 November 2023. 16. University of El Salvador, Invited Political Science Seminar, 21 July 2023 (Buenos Aires, Argentina, cancelled). 15. Portuguese Institute of International Relations and Town of Óbidos, Summer Course, 6 July 2023 (Óbidos, Portugal). 14. University of Valencia, Workshop on The Selection of Rulers in Changing Democracies: Partisanship, Knowledge and Political Experience, 2 December 2022 (Valencia, Spain) 13. NOVA University Lisbon, Portuguese Institute of International Relations, Lunch Seminar, 25 November 2022 (Lisbon, Portugal). 12. University of Naples Federico II, Workshop on The Italian President of the Republic in Turbolent Times: Election and Prospects, 27 June 2022 (Naples, Italy) 11. University of Innsbruck, Department of Political Science, Invited Lecture (online), 3 May 2022 (Innsbruck, Austria). 10. Leuphana University Lüneburg, Center for the Study of Democracy, Tuesday Seminar, 15 December 2020 (Lüneburg, Germany, cancelled). 9. Torcuato Di Tella University, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Invited Lecture, 7 May 2020 (Buenos Aires, Argentina, cancelled due to pandemic crisis,). 8. Keele University, School of Politics, Philosophy, International Relations, and Environment (SPIRE), Research Cluster, 13 March 2019 (Keele, United Kingdom). 7. University of Naples Federico II, Workshop on Government and Personal Power in Italy, 4 May 2018 (Naples, Italy) 6. University of Siena, Department of Social, Political and Cognitive Sciences, Jean Blondel Tuesday Seminar, 27 March 2018 (Siena, Italy). 5. Boston University, European Politics and Migration Policy Guest Lecture, 22 February 2018 (Padua, Italy) 4. University of Duisburg-Essen, Workshop on Different Worlds of Political Party Development. Comparative Analysis of the Institutionalization of Political Parties in Democracies, 24 July 2017 (with Fortunato Musella, Duisburg, Germany). 3. University of Milan, Reconciling Economic and Social Europe: Values, Ideas and Politics Project Meeting, Milan, 13 December (Milan, Italy). 2. University of Pavia, Department of Political and Social Sciences, Lunch Seminar, 3 March 2015 (with Pamela Pansardi, Pavia, Italy). 1. University of Vienna, Department of Government, Research Seminar, 17 October 2011 (Vienna, Austria).
Conference Papers (2024) 'Women in Female-Led Executives: The Meloni Cabinet in Comparative Perspective.' 8th European Conference on Politics and Gender (accepted), Ghent University, Ghent, 8-10 July (with Pamela Pansardi). (2023) 'Women in Female-Led Executives: The Meloni Cabinet in Comparative Perspective.' XXXVI Annual Conference of the Italian Political Science Association, University of Genoa, Genoa, 14-16 September. (2023) 'Gendering Cabinet Politics in Italy: Does a Female Prime Minister Have an Effect?' 17th ECPR General Conference, Charles University, Prague, 4-8 September. (2022) 'Party Government Decline, Mediatization, and the Increasing Power of the Italian Presidents.' XXXV Annual Conference of the Italian Political Science Association, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, 8-10 September. (2022) 'Il governo italiano durante la pandemia: tra accentramento decisionale e compromessi partitici,' [The Italian Government during the Pandemic: Between Centralized Decision-Making and Party Compromises].' One-day workshop on Parlamento e governo alla prova della pandemia [Parliament and Government in the Face of the Pandemic], Roma Tre University, Rome, 9 June. (2021) 'How Covid-19 Reshaped the German-Italian Relationship in the EU: A Multi-Level Perspective.' Workshop on E la nave va? Social Science Perspectives on Germany, Italy and the European Union after a Decade of Crises, Centro Italo-Tedesco, Loveno di Menaggio, 7-9 October. (2021) 'Tra coordinamento e accentramento: Angela Merkel e il contenimento della pandemia di Covid-19 nel contesto federale della Germania [Between Coordination and Centralization: Angela Merkel and the Containment of the Covid-19 Pandemic in the Federal Context of Germany].' XXXIV Annual Conference of the Italian Political Science Association, Virtual event, 9-11 September. (2021) 'Cabinet Reshuffles in Parliamentary Democracies: Linking Types and Effects.' XXXIV Annual Conference of the Italian Political Science Association, Virtual event, 9-11 September (with Ludger Helms). (2021) 'Cabinet Ministers and the Dynamic Architectures of Executive Power: Types of Ministerial Turnover in Democratic Regimes.'15th ECPR General Conference, Virtual event, 30 August-3 September (with Ludger Helms). (2021) 'Changing Prime Ministers' Political Experiences and Career Profiles in European Democracies.' 24th World Congress of the International Association of Political Science, Virtual event, 10-15 July (with Ferdinand Müller-Rommel and Jan Berz). (2020) ‘Towards Inexperienced Leaders? Changing Prime Ministers’ Political Experiences and Career Profiles in European Democracies.’ 14th ECPR General Conference, Virtual event, 24-28 August (with Ferdinand Müller-Rommel and Jan Berz). (2019) ‘Paths to Power and Legitimacy: The Impact of Legislators’ Experience on Policy-Making in the European Parliament.’ Conference on Comparative Research on Political Elites, Hertie School, Berlin, 29-30 November 2019 (with Eugenio Salvati). (2019) 'Mutuo controllo e cooperazione nel governo M5S-Lega: meccanismi di gestione e accordo coalizionale in ottica comparata.' [Mutual Control and Cooperation in the M5S-Lega Government: Management Mechanisms and Coalition Agreement in a Comparative Perspective] (not attended) XXXIII Annual Conference of the Italian Political Science Association, University of Salento, Lecce, 12-14 September. (2019) 'Professionalization in the European Parliament: The Impact of Different Multi-Level Careers on the Definition of Institutional Leadership.' 13th ECPR General Conference, University of Wrocław, Wrocław, 4-7 September (with Eugenio Salvati). (2019) 'Party or Expertise? Political Careers and Leadership in the European Parliament.' Eusa International Biennal Conference, Sheraton Denver Downtown, Denver, 9-11 May (with Eugenio Salvati). (2019) ‘Presidente del Consiglio, partiti politici e maggioranza parlamentare (1996-2016) [Prime Minister, Political Parties, and Parliamentary Majority (1996-2016)].' National conference on Il Presidente del Consiglio dei Ministri dallo Stato liberale allo Stato democratico fino all’Unione europea [The Prime Minister from the Liberal State to the Democratic State and the European Union], University of Verona, Verona, 20-22 February (with Fortunato Musella). (2017) 'Studying Prime Ministers' Career Paths to Power: Notes for a New Approach.' Redefining Political Sociology conference, Andrés Bello University, Santiago de Chile, 11-13 December (with Ferdinand Müller-Rommel). (2017) 'European Parliaments under Stress: The Reform Process of Bicameralism.' XXXI Annual Conference of the Italian Political Science Association, University of Urbino, Urbino, 14-16 September. (2017) 'The Anti-Systemic Facet of Euroscepticism: Conceptualization and Explanation.' XXXI Annual Conference of the Italian Political Science Association, University of Urbino, Urbino, 14-16 September (with Eugenio Salvati). (2017) 'Institutionalization and De-Institutionalization of Italian Political Parties. Triumph and Challenges of Personal Politics.’ 11th ECPR General Conference, University of Oslo, Oslo, 6-9 September (with Fortunato Musella). (2017) ‘Eurosceptic or Anti-System? The Conditions for the Systemic Opposition to Europe.’ 24th International Conference of Europeanists: Sustainability and Transformation, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, 12-14 July (with Eugenio Salvati). (2017) ‘After the Referendum: What Consequences for the Italian Parliamentarism?’ 67th Political Studies Association Annual International Conference: Politics in Interesting Times, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, 10-12 April. (2017) ‘Constitutional Reforms and Decision-Making in Times of Crisis: The Italian Parliamentarism in the European Context.’ European Democracy under Stress conference, University of Turin, Turin, 13-14 January. (2016) ‘From Symmetrical Bicameralism to Which Model? The Constitutional Reform and the Second Chamber in Comparative Perspective.’ XXX Annual Conference of the Italian Political Science Association, University of Milan, Milan, 15-17 September. (2016) ‘Career Paths and Turnover of Regional Presidents in Italy: A Comparative Longitudinal Analysis.’ 24th World Congress of the International Association of Political Science, Poznań Congress Center, Poznań, 23-28 July (with Selena Grimaldi). (2016) ‘The Italian Senate Reform: Diversity and Women’s Representation.’ 24th World Congress of the International Association of Political Science, Poznań Congress Centre, Poznań, 23-28 July (with Maria Antonietta Confalonieri and Pamela Pansardi). (2015) ‘Primarie e elezioni regionali 2014 in Emilia-Romagna.’ [Primaries and 2014 Regional Election in Emilia-Romagna] XXIX Annual Conference of the Italian Political Science Association, University of Calabria, Arcavacata di Rende (Cosenza), 10-12 September (with Eugenio Salvati). (2015) ‘The Effects of Personalisation on Party Change in Italy.’ 65th Political Studies Association Annual International Conference: Civic Pride (not attended), Sheffield City Hall and Town Hall, Sheffield, 30 March-1 April. (2014) ‘Twenty Years On: Failures and Successes of Party Institutionalisation.’ Conference of The Association for the Study of Modern Italy. The Italian Crisis: Twenty years on, The Italian Cultural Institute, London, 21-22 November. (2014) ‘Beyond the Leader? Party Organization and Change of Leadership in the Italian Personalistic Parties.’ XXVIII Annual Conference of the Italian Political Science Association, University of Perugia, Perugia, 11-13 September. (2014) ‘How Women Become Prime Minister in Europe: Pathways to Power.’ 42nd ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, 10-15 April (with Ferdinand Müller-Rommel and Ina Kubbe). (2013) ‘Ministerial Resources, Types of Ministers and Cabinet Government. A New Comparative Perspective on Cabinets and Their Structures’ (with Cristina Barbieri). 63rd Political Studies Association Annual International Conference. The Party’s Over? (not attended), City Hall, Cardiff, 25-27 March. (2012) ‘A Prime Minister between Old Constraints and New Chances for a Powerful Leadership. The Impact of Silvio Berlusconi on Coalition Governance.’ Silvio Berlusconi and Post-modern Politics one day conference, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, 14 December. (2012) ‘Coalizioni e decisioni difficili: la gestione dei conflitti interpartitici nelle coalizioni italiane.’ [Coalitions and Difficult Decisions: Inter-Party Conflicts Management in Italian Coalitions] XXVI Annual Conference of the Italian Political Science Association, Roma Tre University, Rome, 13-15 September. (2012) ‘Coalitions and Inter-Party Conflicts Management: The Case of Italy.’ 4th ECPR Graduate Conference, Jacobs University, Bremen, 4-6 July. (2011) ‘I conflitti nelle coalizioni di governo e la loro gestione: l’evoluzione del caso italiano.’ [Conflicts and Conflict Management in Government Coalitions: the Evolution of the Italian Case] 3rd Graduate Conference of the Italian Political Science Association, University of Turin, Turin, 23-25 June. (2010) ‘The Decision-Making and the Internal Functioning of Cabinets: Actors, Arenas, and Conflicts.’ 3rd ECPR Graduate Conference, Dublin City University, Dublin, 30 August-1 September.