Prof in short
I graduated at the University of Milano in Political Sciences – plural – in 1986 (the pic should come roughly from that year …).
I thought I was writing a thesis in political sociology, but it turned out to be in public policy. This is how I discovered the importance of mutual exclusion in taxonomies (and in the academy).
For this reason, I decided to apply only to PhD programs in Political Science – singular – and 
had the chance to win a scholarship at the University of Florence, where I took my PhD in 1990.
I did the standard works of any “unskilled” PhD: translations, interviews, research assistance, short courses, data collection, data input and some basic data analyses. I even worked for a while at ISPI, the Institute for international and political studies, before eventually receiving a post-doc grant by the University of Milano.
I became lecturer in 1994, associate professor in 2000 and full professor in 2005. I’ve been Head of the Department of Social and Political Sciences from 2012 to 2014, coordinator of the Ba programme in Political Sciences (SPO) from 2014 to 2017, and since 2022 I am member of the Board of directors of my university.
I have taught Comparative Politics, Political Science, Public Administration and European Politics at the University of Milano, Pavia and for the Bocconi university.
Peep my CV, if you really want to…
I live in Milan and don't own a car.
Naturally, I had to dive into the city’s mobility policy and take the opportunity to reflect on the challenging methodological task of evaluating its outcomes in the absence of clear counterfactuals.
Check out our new column 'Giovani fuori di casa: Il welfare state aiuta' by @ilaria_madama and @marcogiuliani63 for the September issue of @altreconomia
Read the article here (Italian only) https://www.eprahub.com/giovani-fuori-di-casa-il-welfare-state-aiuta/
Che bello vivere in un paese di commissari tecnici, allenatori di tennis e politologi.
#Spalletti #Sinner #Referendum
Something private
I like odd numbers.
3, 1, even 1963.
I went to school at 5,
finished highschool at 17,
graduated at 23,
phd at 27.
Married at 29,
fathered at 35.
My next prime number will be 67.
