Teaching

February 2025 NASP Seminar Series, University of Milan. Paper presented: “The external dimension of regime legitimation: how political leaders leverage international engagement to legitimize their rule

October 2024 Lecturer, States, politics, and conflicts in Africa (in Italian), BA course on Political Science, University of Milan

September 2024 Convegno 2024 SISP–Società Italiana di Scienza Politica. Trieste, Italy. Paper presented: “The external dimension of regime legitimation: how authoritarian leaders in Africa leverage international engagement to legitimize their rule domestically” (with M. Casiraghi)

September 2024 Convegno 2024 SISP–Società Italiana di Scienza Politica. Trieste, Italy. Paper presented “Countering autocratization from the outside: evidence from Africa” (with A. Cassani)

June 2024 EPRA Hub Seminar Series “Parliaments, academics, and defense policies. A comparative analysis”, Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Milan. Chair and discussant.

June 2024 NASP Seminar Series “Europe under threat: intra-institutional and cross-border challenges”, Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Milan. Discussant.

May 2024 Workshop on Democracy and its Discontents – co-organised in Pavia, Italy by SISP, University of Milan, and University of Pavia. Convenor and chair.

July 2024 EPSA Annual Conference (European Political Science Association), Cologne, Germany. Paper presented (by co-author): “The external dimension of regime legitimation: how authoritarian leaders in Africa leverage international engagement to legitimize their rule domestically” (with M. Casiraghi)

June 2024 Convegno 2024 SGRI–Standing Group on International Relations. Parma, Italy. Paper presented: “Slower and more reluctant to give in. The dual impact of domestic veto players on sanctions compliance” (with F. Zucchini)

December 2023 Workshop on Resisting the autocratic turn – WZB Berlin Social Science Centre and SCRIPTS-Cluster of Excellence. Berlin, Germany. Paper presented: “Countering autocratization from the outside: evidence from Africa” (with A. Cassani)

October 2023 Lecturer, States, politics, and conflicts in Africa (in Italian), BA course on Political Science, University of Milan

September 2023 Workshop on Can (and should) autocratization be prevented, stopped, and resisted? – Université Libre de Bruxelles. Brussels, Belgium. Paper presented: “Countering autocratization in Africa from within and outside” (with A. Cassani)

September 2023 Convegno 2023 SISP–Società Italiana di Scienza Politica. Genoa, Italy. Paper presented: “Breaking Down the Success of Democratic Sanctions in Africa: The Role of Regional Organizations and Sender Composition”

September 2023 Chair at convegno 2023 SISP–Società Italiana di Scienza Politica. Genoa, Italy. Panel on: “Defending democracy against autocratization: the role of external (f)actors”.

September 2023 Chair at Convegno 2023 SISP–Società Italiana di Scienza Politica. Genoa, Italy. Panel on: “Non-state actors and sanctions” (with F. Giumelli).

January 2023 Chair at the SPS Seminar/Frontiers “Norm violations, audience costs and support for war: Evidence from conjoint experiments”, held by M. Casiraghi and E. Grasmeder at the Department of Social and Political Sciences of the University of Milan

November 2022 Discussant at the Conference “From Cradle to Grave. The Policy Cycle of EU Restrictive Measures”, organized by the University of Groningen, Netherlands

October 2022 Lecturer, States, politics, and conflicts in Africa (in Italian), BA course on Political Science, University of Milan

September 2022 Convegno 2022 SISP–Società Italiana di Scienza Politica. Rome, Italy. Paper presented: “Sanctions in Africa. Reassessing their use and effects on coups and other unconstitutional changes of government”

September 2022 Convegno 2022 SISP–Società Italiana di Scienza Politica. Rome, Italy. Paper presented: “Explaining status-seeking ambition and status recognition with diplomatic visits: evidence from Italy” (with M. Casiraghi)

August 2022 ECPR General Conference 2022. Innsbruck, Austria. Paper presented: “To go far, go together. The role of African-led coordination behind the success of democratic sanctions in Africa”

July 2022 Lecturer, The African Agenda of Gulf Powers: Saudi Arabia and the UAE, ISPI School’s Course on the Horn of Africa

March 2022 Workshop on 21st Century Authoritarianism: Resilience, Innovation, Reconsolidation – co-organised in Florence, Italy by SISP, Scuola Normale Superiore, and Université Libre de Bruxelles. Paper presented: “Winning the Battle of Narratives: How Autocrats and Their Opponents Fight to Control Information and Consolidate Power. Insights from the Ethiopian Case” (with C. Raleigh)

December 2021 Lecturer, Diplomatic Outreach, Bocconi University

October 2021 Lecturer, States, politics, and conflicts in Africa (in Italian), BA course on Political Science, University of Milan

October 2021 Lecturer, Course of Geopolitcs, Gorizia, Italy

September 2021 Convegno 2021 SISP–Società Italiana di Scienza Politica. Online. Paper presented: “Authoritarian reconsolidation in Abiy Ahmed’s Ethiopia” (with C. Raleigh)

July 2021 Lecturer, The African Agenda of Gulf Powers: Saudi Arabia and the UAE, ISPI School’s Course on the Horn of Africa

October 2020 Lecturer, Course of Geopolitics, Trieste, Italy

July 2020 Lecturer, The African Agenda of Gulf Powers: Saudi Arabia and the UAE, ISPI School’s Course on the Horn of Africa

June 2020 International Relations Research Colloquia, University of Groningen. Paper presented: “Constraining Compliance. Explaining Sanctions Effectiveness through the Lens of Veto Players”