Prof. Simona Piattoni

Education 1985: Laurea in Discipline Economiche e Sociali, “Bocconi” University, Milan, Italy. 1996: Ph.D. in Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambrigde, MA, USA. Teaching activities 1994-1999: Assistant, then Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science, Faculty of the Social Sciences, University of Tromsø, Norway. Undergraduate and graduate courses in: Comparative Politics, Methods of Comparative Analysis. 1999-2000: one-year contract, Faculty of Sociology, University of Trento, Italy. Undergraduate course in: Sociology of Local Communities. Since 2000: Associate Professor of Political Science, Faculty of Sociology, University of Trento, Italy. Undergraduate and graduate courses in: Comparative Politics, Local Government, Regionalism and Europe, Cities and Regions in Multi-Level Governance. Since 2000: Teaching associate at the doctoral program in Comparative and European Politics, University of Siena. Courses in: Regions in Europe. Other activities 2000-2003: Program Chair, Conference Group on Italian Politics and Society. Since 2001: Corresponding Editor of European Political Science Since 2003: Member of the Editorial Board of Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica Since 2003: Member of the Editorial Board of Regional and Federal Studies Affiliations and Visitorships 1992-1994: Affiliate, “Minda de Gunzburg” Center for European Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA. 1998 (Summer), 1999-2001: Visiting Scholar at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Research, European University Institute, Fiesole, Italy. Main Publications - Simona Piattoni ed. (2001): Clientelism, Interests and Democratic Representation. The European Experience in Historical and Comparative Perspective. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. - Jeanie Bukowski, Simona Piattoni, Marc Smyrl eds. (2003): Between Europeanization and Local Societies. The Space for Territorial Governance. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. - Thomas Christiansen and Simona Piattoni eds (2004): Informal Governance in the European Union. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. Publications on UNITN-Polaris