I am a member of CISE (Italian Center for Electoral Studies), ITANES (Italian National Election Studies) and Co-Chair of the CES Research Network on Political Parties, Party Systems and Elections.
My research interests focus on elections, party system change and the processes of party system nationalization and institutionalization in comparative perspective.I have published articles on Comparative Political Studies, Party Politics, South European Society and Politics, Government and Opposition, Regional and Federal Studies, Journal of Contemporary European Research, Italian Political Science Review, Contemporary Italian Politics. I have co-edited seven e-books on Italian local and national elections and the European Parliament elections published by CISE, and I am the author of several book chapters focusing on party systems, voting behaviour, Italian and European politics.My first monograph, entitled ‘Cleavages, institutions, and competition. Understanding vote nationalization in Western Europe (1965-2015)’, has been published by Rowman and Littlefield/ECPR Press. My second monograph, entitled ‘The deinstitutionalization of Western European party systems’ is forthcoming with Palgrave Macmillan.