About

Davide Vampa is a Senior Lecturer in Territorial Politics and co-director of the Centre on Constitutional Change at the University of Edinburgh. He completed his doctorate in Political Science at the European University Institute in 2015. Before joining the University of Edinburgh, Davide worked at various UK universities, including LSE, SOAS, the University of Nottingham, De Montfort University, and Aston University. His work focuses on territorial politics and public policy, transformations in democratic representation, the rise of populism, and the crisis of social democracy.

Research Interests

Comparative Politics, Democracy, Elections, European Politics, Federalism, Governance, Government, Local Government, Policy Analysis, Political Competition, Political Economy, Political Parties, Populism, Regionalism, Social Policy, Welfare State, Qualitative, Quantitative, Party Systems, Policy Implementation, Public Opinion, Southern Europe, Policy-Making

Current/Upcoming Events

Standing Groups and Research Networks

• Federalism and Regionalism
• Southern European Politics
• Extremism and Democracy
• Local Government and Politics