Curriculum Vitae
Higher education
9/2004 – 10/2009 - Doctoral studies
European University Institute, PhD in Social and Political Sciences.
Dissertation: Pension Reforms in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe: Legislation, Implementation and Sustainability. Supervisor: Prof. Martin Rhodes.
9/2002 – 8/2003 - Graduate studies
The London School of Economics and Political Science, MSc European Political Economy: Transition (Distinction).
10/1996 – 3/2001 - Undergraduate studies
Università degli Studi di Trieste, BSc Economics and Trade: Political Economy (110 cum laude).
Working experience
10/2021 – now
Università degli Studi di Padova – Department of Political Science, Law and International Studies (SPGI), Padova, Italy.
Assistant Professor (tenure track)
6/2021 – 9/2021
Scuola Normale Superiore – Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, Pisa, Italy.
Researcher.
1/2019 – 4/2019
5/2017 – 12/2017
International Labour Organization (ILO) – Governance and Tripartism Department, Social Dialogue and Tripartism Unit, Geneva, Switzerland.
Senior Technical Officer on Social Dialogue.
8/2019 – 12/2019
1/2018 – 12/2018
Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies – DIRPOLIS Institute (Institute of Law, Politics and Development), Pisa, Italy.
Researcher.
8/2013 – 7/2016
University of Southern Denamrk – Centre for Welfare State Research, Odense, Denmark.
Assistant Professor.
4/2013 – 6/2013
Central European University – Institute for Advanced Studies (CEU-IAS), Budapest, Hungary.
Volkswagen Foundation “NewDem” Post-Doctoral Fellowship.
9/2012 – 8/2013
Collegio Carlo Alberto, Moncalieri (Turin), Italy.
Postdoctoral Fellow within the Master in Public Policy and Social Change (MAPS).
1–5/2012
University of Michigan – European Union Center of Excellence (EUCE-MI) and European Union Center of Excellence and the Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia (WCEE), Ann Arbor, USA.
EUI Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Political Science.
1/2010 – 12/2011
European University Institute – Max Weber Programme – Academic Careers Observatory, Florence, Italy.
Academic assistant: management of the activities of the Academic Careers Observatory, research on educational systems, web editing, recruitment and employment of interns.
9–12/2008
European Trade Union Institute for Research, Education and Health and Safety, Brussels, Belgium.
Stagiaire.
6–7/2006
European University Institute – Social and Political Sciences Department, Florence, Italy.
Research assistant for Assistant Prof. Ito Peng: the Italian welfare state.
8–10/2005
European Commission – DG Enlargement – Croatian Unit, Brussels, Belgium.
Stagiaire: consultancy on Italian-Croatian-Slovenian relations.
2–8/2004
The Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Slovenia – General Tax Administration, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Professional and technical collaborator.