Gabriele is a PhD candidate in Political Science and Sociology at the Scuola Normale Superiore. He holds a Master’s degree in International Relations from the University of Bologna. He also studied Political Science and International Relations at the University of Pavia and at the University of Wien. His graduate thesis analyzed the Eurozone’s collective economic response to the Covid-19 crisis during 2020, on the fiscal and monetary sides and at the intergovernmental and supranational level, and compared it to the response to the 2010s’ Eurozone debt crisis.

Gabriele’s research interests lie at the intersection between European politics, comparative political economy, and political science. The multiple crises of the Economic and Monetary Union are Gabriele’s particular area of interest, with a special attention on how they impact different countries inside the Eurozone, how crises change their socio-economic institutions and influence their macroeconomic policies. He is curious and passionate on the politics of macroeconomic decisions and policies, and the complementary role of power, material interests, institutions, and ideas in shaping politico-economic outcomes in the Eurozone and elsewhere, especially during moment of crisis. Gabriele currently researches the political and institutional underpinnings of the Italian and German growth regimes, and of their fiscal and welfare policies between the Eurozone Crisis and the recent Covid-19 economic crisis.

Research interests: Eurozone politics, economic crises, and comparative political economy