Simona Piattoni
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Personal data
Born in Milano (Italy), July 1, 1960. Co-habiting, two children.
Current position
Associate Professor of Political Science, Faculty of Sociology, University of Trento (Italy), since 2000.
Director of two-year Master’s programme in European and International Studies, School of International
Studies, University of Trento, Italy, since 2006.
Education
M.Sc. in Economic and Social Sciences (DES), Bocconi University, Milano (Italy), December 1985.
PhD in Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge (USA), June 1996.
Past teaching positions
Assistant, then Associate Professor (tenured) of Political Science, Department of Political Science,
University of Tromsø (Norway), October 1994-October 1999.
Research interests
1. Multi-Level Governance.Transformations in center-periphery relations under the impact of European
integration.
2. Clientelism, Patronage, Corruption. A comparative inquiry into contemporary causes of clientelism,
patronage and corruption.
3. Italian actors and networks in European governance. What role do Italian institutional and noninstitutional actors play within European multi-level governance?
Grants, scholarships, affiliations (selected)
Jean Monnet Module “Cities and Regions in European Multi-Level Governance”, funded by the Action Jean
Monnet 2003, European Commission, 2003-2006.
Jean Monnet Fellowship, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Research, European University Institute,
Florence, 1999-2000.
Community service (selected)
Reviewer for Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica, Rivista Italiana di Politiche Pubbliche, Regional and
Federal Studies, European Journal of Political Research, Cambridge University Press.
Evaluator DAAD-Villa Vigoni scholar exchange programme of the Ateneo Italo-Tedesco/DeutschItalienisches Hochschulzentrum, since 2005.
Main publications
Piattoni S., Fabbrini S. (eds): Italy in the EU. Redefining National Interest in a Compound Polity, Boulder,
CO: Rowman & Littlefield, forthcoming November 2007.
Piattoni S., Le virtù del clientelismo. Una critica non convenzionale, Bari/Roma: Laterza 2007.
Piattoni S., Clientelismo. L’Italia in prospettiva comparata, Roma: Carocci, 2005.
Christiansen T., Piattoni S. (eds), Informal Governance in the European Union. Cheltenham, UKNorthampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar, 2003.
Bukowski J., Piattoni S., Smyrl M. (eds), Between Europeanization and Local Societies. The Space for
Territorial Governance in Europe. Boulder, Co.: Rowman & Littlefield, 2003.
Piattoni S. (ed), Clientelism, Interests and Democratic Representation. The European Experience in
Historical and Comparative Perspective. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2001.