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Current Position: From 2020- Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science, Law and International Studies, University of Padua. From 2010- Post-doctoral Fellow at the Department of Political Science, Law and International Studies, University of Padua. Education: 2009- Ph.D. in Political Science with scholarship, University of Florence. Thesis: The President’s accordion. A comparison of the Head of State's political behavior in four parliamentary systems: Austria, Germany, Ireland and Italy. Advisor: Prof. Gianfranco Pasquino. 2005- Master Degree in Political Sciences cum laude University of Padua Thesis: The civic pedagogy of the President Ciampi. Advisor: Prof. Gianni Riccamboni Last Pubblications Articles -Grimaldi S. (2021), The Elephant in the Room in Presidential Politics: Informal Powers in Western Europe, «Political Studies Review», DOI: 10.1177/14789299211041957. -Grimaldi S. Bolgherini S., Paparo A. (2021), National and Local Effects in the Italian Regional Elections (2018-2020). Beyond Second-Order Election Expectations, in «Contemporary Italian Politics», vol. 13 issue 4 DOI: 10.1080/23248823.2021.1969613. -Grimaldi S., Bolgherini S., Paparo A. (2020), Assessing Multi-Level Congruence in Voting in Comparative Perspective. Introducing the municipal level; «Local Government Studies», http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03003930.2020.1797692. -Grimaldi S. Nesti G. (2018), The reluctant activist: the Italian parliament and the scrutiny of EU affairs between institutional opportunities and political legacies, «Journal of Legislative Studies», DOI: 10.1080/13572334.2018.1547946. -Grimaldi S. Vercesi M. (2017), Political Careers in Multi-Level Systems: Regional Chief Executives in Italy, 1970-2015, «Regional & Federal Studies», DOI: 10.1080/13597566.2017.1407314. -Grimaldi S. Bolgherini S. (2017), Critical election and a new party system. Italy after the 2015 regional election, «Regional & Federal Studies» vol. 27, n. 4, pp. 483-505. -Grimaldi S. (2015), The President during the so-called Second Republic: from veto player to first in command?’, in Contemporary Italian Politics, vol. 7, no. 1, 2015. Chapters in Books -Grimaldi, S., Vercesi, M., (2019). Using large N longitudinal comparison to explain political recruitment in changing democracies. SAGE Research Methods Cases. doi:10.4135/9781526492470 -Grimaldi S. (2017), The Leadership Capital of Italian Presidents: The Politics of Constraint and Moral Suasion, in M. Bennister, P. T’Hart, B. Worthy (eds.), The Politics of Leadership Capital: A Comparative Examination, Oxford, Oxford University Press. -Grimaldi S., M.S. Righettini (2015),” Social Accountability in the Regulatory Policy Process: The governance of Telecommunications in Italy and Spain”, in A. C. Bianculli, X. F. –i-Marin, J. Jordana (edt) Accountability and Regulatory Governance, Palgrave McMillan, pp. 143-165. Books: -Grimaldi S. Riccamboni G. (2018), La classe politica regionale: il Veneto, Padova, Padova University Press. -Grimaldi S. (2012), I Presidenti della Repubblica nelle forme di governo. Tra Costituzione, partiti e carisma, Roma Carocci.

Research Interests

Comparative Politics, Elites, European Politics, Government, Local Government, Political Leadership, Political Participation, Political Parties, Regionalism, Qualitative Comparative Analysis, Voting Behaviour

Current/Upcoming Events

Standing Groups and Research Networks

• Presidential Politics
• Local Government and Politics
• Federalism and Regionalism
• European Union