Curriculum Vitae
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RECENT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
11/2022–present. Research Fellow, ERC PROJECT “CONSULTATIONEFFECTS”: EFFECTS OF STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATIONS ON INPUTS, PROCESSES AND OUTCOMES OF EXECUTIVE POLICYMAKING, Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
11/2020–10/2022. Marie Skłodowska‑Curie Postdoctoral Researcher, HORIZON 2020 PROJECT “PFCORR”: DOES PUBLIC FUNDING MATTER? THE EFFECT OF STATE SUBSIDIES TO POLITICAL PARTIES ON POLITICAL CORRUPTION, School of Law and Government, Dublin City University.
RECENT EDUCATION
2014–2019, Ph.D. Political and Social Sciences, European University Institute, Florence, Italy
2013–2014, MRes, Political and Social Sciences, European University Institute, Florence, Italy
2011–2013, MA, Interdisciplinary Research and Studies on Eastern Europe, University of Bologna, Italy
RESEARCH GRANTS & FUNDING
2023–2027, Pathway Programme Research Fellowship, Dublin City University, School of Law and Government (Amount - €436,035) - Declined
2020–2022, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship, Dublin City University, School of Law and Government (Amount - €184,590) - Completed
2016–2017, PhD Research Grant, European University Institute, Department of Political and Social Sciences (Amount - €15,360) - Completed
2013–2016, PhD Research Grant, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, managed by the European University Institute (€41,400) - Completed
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
04-08 September 2023, “Does public funding of political parties affect party systems and electoral competition? Evidence from the post-communist space”. ECPR General Conference, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
12-14 July 2023, “Understanding patterns of public commenting on bureaucratic policymaking: Evidence from the European Union”, ECPR Biennial Conference of the Standing Group on Regulatory Governance University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
15-18 September 2022, “Does Public Funding of Parties Reduce Corruption? Evidence from Firm-Level Data”, APSA Annual Meeting, Montréal Convention Centre, Montréal, Canada.
23-25 June 2022, “Does state funding of political parties reduce political corruption? Evidence from the post-communist space”, EPSA Annual Conference, Prague Congress Centre, Prague, Czech Republic.
03 May 2019, Open Lecture, “Party Finance and Political Corruption in Post-Communist Space”. MA program Interdisciplinary Research and Studies on Eastern Europe, Faculty of Political Sciences Roberto Ruffilli, University of Bologna, Forli, Italy.
10 April 2018, “Drawing Electoral Districts Boundaries: Between Neutrality and Political Partisanship”. National Conference, “Towards a functional electoral democracy in Moldova”, Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung & Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova.
15 December 2017, “Problems and Challenges in the Financing of Parliamentary Elections in the Context of the Electoral System Reform”. International Conference, “Financing of Political Parties in the Republic of Moldova: Lessons Learned in the Eastern Partnership”, International IDEA, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung & Central Electoral Committee of the Republic of Moldova, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova.
RESEARCH SOFTWARE
Proficient R user
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Romanian (native); Russian (native-level proficiency); English (fluent); Italian (advanced proficiency); French (reading knowledge)