About

Iacopo is a PhD student in Political Studies at the University of Milan - Network for the Advancement of Social and Political Studies. His research aims to assess the effectiveness of the European Union as a Militant Democracy Agent in both promoting and defending democracy in post-socialist countries and member states. He graduated from the University of Bologna and has studied at UC Santa Barbara and the University of Wrocław (PL). He conducted research at Roskilde and Warsaw University as part of the research project “Populism and Democratic Defense in Europe” and interned at the Permanent Representation of Italy to the European Union. He worked as a Teaching Assistant at Vassar College (Poughkeepsie, NY) and is currently collaborating as a researcher at the Western Europe desk for the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project.

Research Interests

Europe (Central and Eastern), Comparative Politics, Democracy, Democratisation, European Politics, Human Rights, Populism, Liberalism, Capitalism

Current/Upcoming Events

Standing Groups and Research Networks

• Extremism and Democracy
• European Union
• Gender and Politics
• Differentiated Integration in the EU
• Central and East European Politics
• Democratic Innovations
• Political Theory
• Political Violence