is forthcoming associate professor of political science at the Politecnico of Turin and non-resident fellow at Bruegel. He also serves as professor of political economy at Ghent University, and visiting fellow at the Fondazione CSF. He holds a PhD in political economy and his research focuses on the role of crises and long-term structural change in shaping processes of integration and public policy at European and international level. His work has appeared on leading scientific outlets such as the Journal of European Public Policy (JEPP), the Journal of Common Market Studies (JCMS), Economic Policy, European Union Politics, the European Journal of Political Economy, Policy and Society, the European Journal of Public Health, Comparative European Politics, and others. He specializes in experimental survey research, econometric analysis, counter-factual methods, as well as a range of theory-based approaches.