Institutional Activity
I have been serving in several institutional roles in international scientific political science associations, and I am a regularly active member in several of their Standing Groups. I have being part of PhD programs’ Teaching Committees since 2016, and I am/have been in charge of different internationalization activities in my department, as well as PhD program activities. Currently I am Coordinator of the International Relations and Political Science Program, and Official Representative of my department at the ECPR.
Current national & international roles
(2025- present) Coordinator of the Bachelor Program Political Science and International Relations of the Political Science Department, Univ. Perugia
(2025- present) Official Representative (OR) of the Political Science Department Perugia at the European Consortium of Political Research (ECPR)
(2024-present) Coordinator of the Political Culture Program within the PhD Program Legality, Political Culture and Democracy, Univ. Perugia
(2024-present) Chair of the Steering Committee of the Standing Group on Local Government and Politics of the European Consortium of Political Research (ECPR)
(2024-present) Member of the Political Science Department Erasmus Commission
(2023-present) Board Member of the Research Committee RC05-Comparative Studies on Local Government and Politics of the International Political Science Association (IPSA)
(2022-present) Co-convenor of the Standing Group on Parties, Public opinion, Elections of the Italian Political Science Association (SISP)
(2022-present) Member of the Teaching Committee of the PhD Program Legality, Political Culture and Democracy, Univ. Perugia
(2021-present) Exchange Coordinator of several Erasmus+ Agreements (Spain, Germany, UK, Belgium)
Past roles
(2021-2023) Scientific Coordinator of the Research Scholars/Guest Lecturers Program for the Excellence Department Project LEPA, Department of Political Science, Univ. Perugia
(2016-2021) Member of the Executive Committee of the Italian Political Science Association (SISP)
(2017-2020) Member of the Executive Committee of the Italian Association of Electoral Studies (SISE)
(2013-2017) Co-convenor of the SISP Section Regional studies and local policies of the Italian Political Science Association (SISP)
(2005-2021) Official Representative by the European Consortium of Political Research (ECPR) of the Department of Social Sciences, Univ. Naples Federico II
(2017-2022) Member of the Teaching Committee of the PhD Program in Politics, Culture and Development Univ. Calabria
(2016-2017) Member of the Teaching Committee of the PhD Program in Social Sciences and Statistics Univ. Naples Federico II
Memberships
(2005- present) Member of the Italian Association of Political Science (SISP),
(2005 - present) Member of the Italian Association of Electoral Studies (SISE)
(2005-2008; 2016- present) Member of the International Political Science Association (IPSA)
(2017- present) Member of the Political Science Association (PSA-UK)
(2017-present) Associate Member of the Centre for Local Government, Univ. of New England (Australia)
(2007-present) Research fellow at the Istituto Carlo Cattaneo, Bologna
Member of the Standing Groups of the Italian Association of Political Science (SISP):
(2005- present) Studi regionali e politiche locali (Regional Studies and Local Policies) – Partiti Opinione Pubblica Elezioni (POPE - Partiti, Public Opinion, Elections) – Scienza politica e Politiche Pubbliche (SPPP- Political Science and Public Policies)
Member of the Standing Groups of the European Consortium on Political Research (ECPR):
(2009- present) Southern European Politics; (2009-present) Federalism and Regionalism; (2014- present) Local Government and Politics
Member of the Specialist Groups of the Political Studies Association (PSA - UK):
(2017- present) Italian Politics (IPSG); (2017-present) Local Government (LGSG); (2018-present) German Politics (GPSG)
