Giovanni Marco Carbone

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1 Giovanni Marco Carbone Professor of Political Science Dipartimento di Scienze Sociali e Politiche Via Conservatorio 7, Milan (Italy) Phone (office): (+39) g.carbone@unimi.it Academic positions and direction of / affiliations to research projects Professor of Political Science from April 2017 Head, Africa Programme from January 2015 Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale (Ispi, Milan) Programme Chair, B.A. in Political Sciences from October 2017 Associate Professor of Political Science Nov Mar Lecturer in Political Science Dec Oct Principal Investigator Nov Oct ERC Starting Grant, European Research Council Principal Investigator Sept Dec Africa Report, commissioned by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale National Coordinator / Principal Investigator Mar July 2011 PRIN 2008 Grant, Italian Ministry for Universities and Research National Coordinator / Principal Investigator Feb Gen PRIN 2006 Grant, Italian Ministry for Universities and Research Visiting Fellow/Senior Visiting Fellow Nov Oct Crisis States Research Centre, London School of Economics Post-Doc Research Fellow Oct Sept ESRC Research Fellowship Development Studies Institute, London School of Economics 1

2 Senior Associate Research Fellow from February 2002 Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale (Ispi, Milan) Associate Fellow June Dec Penn Program in Ethnic Conflict, University of Pennsylvania Education PhD in Political Science/Development Studies Sept London School of Economics Master of Science in Development Studies (Politics) Sept London School of Economics B.A. in Political Sciences (Four-year Laurea degree) June 1996 Diplôme Européen Histoire des Idées et des Doctrines Politiques March 1994 Université Jean Moulin, Lyon Fellowships, grants and prizes Frank Cass 2012 Prize for Best Article on Democratization 2013 Routledge/Taylor & Francis Publishers ERC Starting Grant (Principal Investigator) Nov Oct European Research Council PRIN 2008 Grant (Principal Investigator) Mar July 2011 Italian Ministry for University and Research PRIN 2006 Grant (Principal Investigator) Feb Gen Italian Ministry for University and Research University Programme for Research (PUR) Internal Technological and Scientific Research Fund (First) Post-Doc Research Fellowship (voluntarily suspended) Nov Oct Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship Oct Sept Economic and Social Research Council Young Researchers Programme 2000 LSE Research Scholarship (Intermediate/High Fee Scholarship) 1999 and 2000 London School of Economics 2

3 Central Research Fund Grant 1999 University of London Scholarship for Studying Abroad 1997 and 1998 Erasmus scholarship Oct Feb European Union Languages Italian (native speaker), English (fluent), French (good) Publications Monographs and edited volumes G. Carbone Alessandro Pellegata, Political Leadership in Africa: A Comparative Study of Sub-Saharan Leaders, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press (in progress, expected publication date: 2018) G. Carbone (ed.), Out of Africa. Why migrants flee the sub-saharan region, Milan, ISPI, 2017 G. Carbone (ed.), South Africa: the need for change, Milan, ISPI, 2016 G. Carbone (ed.), Africa: still rising?, Milan, ISPI, 2015 G. Carbone Marta Montanini, Leoni d'africa. Come l'italia può intercettare la crescita subsahariana, Milan, Università Bocconi Editore, 2015 G. Carbone, Gianpaolo Bruno, Gian Paolo Calchi Novati, Marta Montanini, Scommettere sull Africa emergente. Opportunità e scenari della presenza italiana nell Africa subsahariana, Milan, ISPI, 2013 G. Carbone, No-party democracy? Ugandan politics in comparative perspective, Boulder (Co), Lynne Rienner, 2008 (shortlisted for the 2008 best book award on African politics by the African Politics Conference Group) G. Carbone, L Africa. Gli stati, la politica, i conflitti, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2005 (3rd ed. 2012) Articles in international peer-reviewed journals G. Carbone Alessandro Pellegata, To elect or not to elect. Leaders, alternation in power and social welfare in sub-saharan Africa, Journal of Development Studies (forthcoming: doi ) G. Carbone Alessandro Pellegata, Researching the dynamics of leaders replacement: The Africa Leadership Change (ALC) dataset, European Political Science (forthcoming: doi s y) G. Carbone Andrea Cassani, Nigeria and the jigsaw puzzle of democratization by elections in Africa Africa Spectrum, 3, 2016, pp G. Carbone Vincenzo Memoli Lia Quartapelle, Are lions democrats? The impact of democratization on economic growth in Africa, ", Democratization, 2016, 23 (1), pp G. Carbone Cassani Andrea, Citizen wellbeing in African competitive authoritarian regimes, Zeitschrift fuer Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft / Comparative Politics and Governance, 10 (1), 2016, pp G. Carbone Vincenzo Memoli, Does democratization foster state consolidation? Democratic rule, political order and administrative capacity, Governance, 28 (1), 2015, pp G. Carbone, Democratization as a state-building mechanism: a preliminary discussion of an understudied relationship, Political Studies Review, 13 (1), 2015, pp G. Carbone, Do new democracies deliver social welfare? Political regimes and health policy in Ghana and Cameroon, Democratization, 19 (2), 2012, pp (Winner of the 2012 Frank Cass Prize for Best Article awarded by Routledge/Taylor & Francis Publishers) G. Carbone, Democratic demands and social policies: the politics of health reform in Ghana, Journal of Modern African Studies, 49 (3), 2011, pp G. Carbone, Las consecuencias de la democratización, Journal of Democracy en Español, 2, 2010, pp

4 G. Carbone, The consequences of democratization, Journal of Democracy, 20 (2), 2009, pp G. Carbone, Political parties and party systems in Africa: themes and research perspectives, World Political Science Review, 3 (3), 2007, pp.1-29 G. Carbone, Comprendre les partis et les systèmes de partis africains: entre modèles et recherches empiriques, Politique Africaine, 104, 2006, pp G. Carbone, Continuidade na renovação? Ten years of multiparty politics in Mozambique: roots, evolution and stabilisation of the Frelimo-Renamo party system, Journal of Modern African Studies, 43 (3), 2005, pp G. Carbone, Political parties in a 'no-party democracy'. Hegemony and opposition under 'Movement democracy' in Uganda, Party Politics, 9 (4), 2003, pp G. Carbone, Constitutional alternatives for the regulation of ethnic politics? Institution-building principles in Uganda s and South Africa s transitions, Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 19 (2), July 2001, pp Additional publications in journals, books and working paper series G. Carbone, Sudafrica, in Salvatore Vassallo (ed.), Sistemi politici comparati, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2016 (II ed.), pp G. Carbone, Big shoes to fill: the ANC and Zuma s leadership deficit, in Giovanni Carbone (ed.), South Africa: the need for change, Milan, ISPI, 2016, pp G. Carbone Camillo Casola, Dal Sahel al Corno d Africa: l arco di instabilità e le aree di crisi in Africa subsahariana, Osservatorio di Politica Internazionale ISPI (Commissioned by the Italian Parliament and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs), n. 122, August 2016 G. Carbone, The end of emerging Africa? Prospects for sub-saharan frontier markets, in Giovanni Carbone (ed.), Africa: still rising?, Milan, ISPI, 2015, pp G. Carbone, Opportunità e strategie per le imprese italiane, in Gian Paolo Calchi Novati - Marta Montanini (eds), La Nigeria in Africa e la politica dell Italia, ISPI Report for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Milan, ISPI, 2014, pp G. Carbone, Economic and social trends in sub-saharan Africa, in Federico Casprini, Sonia Lucarelli, Alessandro Marrone (eds), Flexible frameworks, beyond borders. Understanding regional dynamics to enhance cooperative security, NATO, Brussels, 2014, pp G. Carbone Pietro Grilli di Cortona, Democrazia e democratizzazioni, in Gianfranco Pasquino, Marta Regalia, Marco Valbruzzi (eds), Quarant anni di scienza politica in Italia, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2013, pp G. Carbone, Leadership turnovers in sub-saharan Africa: from violence and coups to peaceful elections?, ISPI Analysis, no.192, 2013 G. Carbone (co-editor of the Italian edition with Fabio Franchino, Luigi Curini, Luciano Fasano, Francesco Zucchini), Clark, William Roberts Golder, Matt Golder, Sona N., Principi di scienza politica, Milan, McGraw-Hill, 2011 G. Carbone, L alba di un tramonto? La guerra in nord Uganda e le prospettive di pace e giustizia, Afriche e Orienti, 10 (1), 2008, pp G. Carbone, La nuova generazione dei partiti politici africani, Afriche e Orienti, 8 (3-4), 2006, pp G. Carbone, Partiti politici e sistemi di partito in Africa. Temi e prospettive di Ricerca, Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica, 36 (1), 2006, pp G. Carbone, "Populism" visits Africa. The case of Yoweri Museveni and no-party democracy in Uganda, Crisis States Programme Working Paper Series 1, No.73, Development Research Centre, London School of Economics, 2005 G. Carbone, Africa sub-sahariana, in Atlante geopolitico mondiale, Milan, Touring Club Italiano Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale, 2004 G. Carbone, State and conflict in Africa: lessons from the Congo wars ( ), in Alessandro Gobbicchi (ed.), Globalization, armed conflicts and security, Roma, Rubbettino, 2004, pp G. Carbone, Developing multi-party politics: stability and change in Ghana and Mozambique, Crisis States Programme Working Paper Series 1, No.36, Development Research Centre, London School of Economics,

5 G. Carbone, Transizioni di regime e tentativi di consolidamento in Africa, , Working Paper no.1/2003, Dipartimento di Studi Sociali e Politici,, 2003 G. Carbone, Emerging pluralist politics in Mozambique: the Frelimo-Renamo party system, Crisis States Programme Working Paper Series 1, no. 23, Development Research Centre, London School of Economics, 2002 G. Carbone, Fragili tentativi di democratizzazione in Africa, ISPI-Relazioni Internazionali, 10 (10), 2002, pp G. Carbone, Le elezioni 2001 in Uganda: evoluzione o involuzione del regime?, Afriche e Orienti, n.3-4, 2001, pp G. Carbone, Lo stato dei partiti in uno stato senza partiti. L organizzazione delle opposizioni nella democrazia del movimento ugandese, Africa (Roma), 61(1), marzo 2001, pp G. Carbone, Disguising partisanship and hegemony: A new type of democracy in Uganda?, Il Politico, 65(4), 2000, pp G. Carbone, Regolazione dei conflitti etnici: le transizioni di Uganda e Sudafrica, Politica Internazionale, 28 (3), maggio-giugno 2000, pp Teaching, Facoltà di Scienze Politiche, Courses: Political science; Comparative Politics; Politics, institutions and development; Geopolitics, Università Luigi Bocconi, Comparative Politics, Graduate School in Social, Economic and Political Sciences,, PhD courses and PhD Supervisor, Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale, Convener and Lecturer for Winter/Summer School courses: Africa: politics, economics and development, Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale, Convener and Lecturer for Winter/Summer School courses: Democratisation processes in developing countries, Nuovo Istituto di Business Internazionale (NIBI), Lecturer for the Executive Course Business in Africa, Milan, Scuola di Studi Superiori Giacomo Leopardi, Università degli Studi di Macerata, Geopolitics Seminar: Resources, conflicts and development in sub-saharan Africa, October 2010 Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Milan), Course: Politics and institutions, Master in Management for Development, Alta Scuola Impresa e Società (Altis), Castelgandolfo, 2006 Università Luigi Bocconi (Milan), Convener and Lecturer for short courses: Africa at the beginning of the XXI century: economy and conflicts, reforms and cooperation, Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale, Convener and Lecturer for Winter School courses: Geopolitics of conflicts in Africa, Collegio di Milano, Convener and Lecturer for the course: Africa at the beginning of the XXI century, Milan, November-December 2005, Lectures, Master in Strategic Studies and the Master in Environmental Policies, Facoltà di Scienze Politiche, London School of Economics, Department of Government, Teacher, Democracy and democratisation, , Facoltà di Scienze Politiche, Teacher, Workshops: Modernization, Democratisation and Comparative Political Institutions in Africa, Selected presentations at conferences, seminars and occasional lectures Lecturer, L Africa nella politica internazionale: quali sfide geopolitiche?, Diploma in Politica Internazionale, ISPI & Fondazione Sicilia, Palermo, March 2017 Speaker, L Africa tra globalizzazione, terrorismo e mercati emergenti, Friuli Future Forum, Udine, February 2017 Speaker, Crescita economica e mercati di frontiera in Africa subsahariana, Confindustria Belluno-Dolomiti, Belluno, October

6 Speaker, Crescita e sviluppo in Africa subsahariana: quali progressi? quali sfide?, Ciclo Africa conoscere e comprendere, Associazione L altra Via, Calolziocorte (Lecco), 18 October 2016 Paper giver (with Alessandro Pellegata), Introducing the Africa Leadership Change dataset. Leadership Change and Government Performance, 24 th World Congress of the International Political Science Association (IPSA), Poznań, July 2016 (renounced paper presented by co-author) Paper giver (with Andrea Cassani), Nigeria and the jigsaw puzzle of democratization by elections in Africa, ECPR General Conference, Prague, 7-10 September 2016 (renounced paper presented by co-author) Lecturer, L Africa nello scenario globale, Scuola di Formazione delle Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri, Rome, April 2017 and July 2016 Speaker, Sudafrica: tempo di cambiare?, ISPI, Milan, November 2016 Paper giver, The Africa Leadership Change dataset: A new tool for studying political leadership and development, Seminar, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London, June 2016 Rapporteur, Italia-Africa. Conferenza Ministeriale, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Rome, 18 May 2016 Speaker, L Africa sub-sahariana nel 2016, Conferenza Un mondo in subbuglio: quali scenari per il 2016?, Assolombarda-Confindustria, Milan, January 2016 Speaker, Africa s frontier markets: evolution and opportunities, Panel on Sectoral value chains and industrial cooperation between EU-Med and Africa, EUROMED Invest Conference, Milan, October 2015 Speaker, Political leaders and development in Africa: beyond personal rule?, ISPI Research Seminar, Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale, October 2015 Speaker, Leoni d Africa. Le economie emergenti subsahariane e l Italia, Alta Scuola di Economia e Relazioni Internazionali (ASERI), Milan, 23 April 2015 Speaker, Le elezioni 2015 in Nigeria, Foreign and European Affairs Commission, House of Deputies, Parliament, Rome, March 2015 Speaker, Il sistema politico della Nigeria, Workshop: Nigeria: nuova potenza economica africana?, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Rome, 1 December 2014 Speaker, Economic, social and political change in sub-saharan Africa. Implications for Europe, Inter-Parliamentary Conference for the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP), Senate of the Republic, Rome, 5-7 November 2014 Paper giver, Leadership change and social welfare in sub-saharan Africa, Congress of the South African Association of Political Science (SAAPS), University of South Africa, Pretoria, September 2014 Paper giver, Economic and social trends in sub-saharan Africa, International NATO conference: Flexible frameworks, beyond borders. Understanding regional dynamics to enhance cooperative security, jointly organized by Headquarters, NATO Supreme Allied Command Transformation (HQ SACT), Università degli Studi di Bologna, and Institute of International Affairs (IAI) of Rome, Bertinoro (Forlì), May 2014 Speaker, Le nuove frontiere. Stabilità politica e rischio politico nella regione sub-sahariana, Conference Global scenarios, Rome, SACE, April 2014 Speaker, The Africa Report ( La politica dell Italia in Africa. Contesto, interessi e scenari della presenza politica e economica italiana nell Africa subsahariana, ISPI, transl. Italy s policy in Africa: political interests and economic opportunities), a background study commissioned by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nuova Aula dei Gruppi Parlamentari, Rome, 13 February 2014 Speaker, L Africa cambia. Quali prospettive per l Italia?, Conference on Africa. Un continente in trasformazione, Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale, Milan, 24 March 2014 Speaker, From autocracy to democracy: Africa's experiences, ISPI Research Seminar, Milan, 15 May 2013 Paper giver, The impact of democratization on economic growth and social welfare: some evidence from Africa s emerging lions, Invited presentation at Center for African and Development Studies (CeSA), School of Economics and Management (ISEG), Lisbon, May 9 th, 2013 Speaker, Executive Briefings for Assolombarda: Nigeria and Ghana, Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale, Milan, 19 November 2012 Paper giver, Are lions democrats? The impact of democratization on economic growth in Africa, (coauthors: Vincenzo Memoli, Lia Quartapelle), Paper presented at the XXVI Congress of the Società Italiana di Scienza Politica, Rome, September

7 Paper giver, Does democratization foster state consolidation? A panel analysis of the backward hypothesis (co-author: Vincenzo Memoli), Paper presented at the XXII World Congress of the International Political Science Association, Madrid, 8-12 July 2012 Lecturer, The states of the Gulf of Guinea, Course on Refugees and the Right of Asylum, Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale, Milan, 3 May 2012 Speaker, Research seminar: The African lions between good governance and economic growth, Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale, Milan, 17 April 2012 Paper giver, Democratic reforms and the state, Paper presented at the 20th Anniversary Conference & Alumni Reunion of the Department of International Development, London School of Economics, 7-10 September 2011 Discussant, Panel: Forme e dinamiche della recessione democratica in Africa Sub - sahariana, XXIV Congresso Annuale della Società Italiana di Scienza Politica (SISP), Università IUAV, Venice, September 2010 Speaker, Roundtable: Uganda at a cross-roads: Trends, dilemmas and contradictions in the democratization process, 52 nd Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association (ASA), New Orleans, November 2009 Paper giver, Do new democracies deliver social welfare? Political regimes and health policy in Ghana and Cameroon, Paper presented at the 52 nd Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association (ASA), New Orleans, November 2009 Scientific Co-ordinator, Conference, Stati Generali della Solidarietà e Cooperazione Internazionale (SG) Forum Regione Lombardia, Facoltà di Scienze Politiche,, 5-6 June 2008 Paper giver, Do all good things go together? The political, economic and social consequences of democratisation, paper presented at: 66 th Annual Conference of the MidWest Political Science Association-MPSA (Chicago, 6 April 2008); Crisis States Research Centre, London School of Economics (London, 10 October 2007); Dipartimento di Studi Sociali e Politici, (Milan, 8 January 2008); XXI Congresso Annuale della Società Italiana di Scienza Politica (Catania, 21 September 2007). Speaker, L espansione politica ed economica del Sudafrica in Africa subsahariana, Festival Dedica, Pordenone, 17 April 2008 Lecturer, L Africa tra stati deboli e relazioni globali, Corso Avanzato in Diplomazia e Studi Internazionali, Istituto Universitario di Studi Europei, Turin, 26 March 2008 Speaker, Sistemi politici e conflitti in Africa sub-sahariana, Ministry of Home Affairs, Rome, 28 June 2007 Discussant, Panel: Political parties and ethnic conflict management in sub-saharan Africa, 4 th General Conference of the European Consortium for Political Research-ECPR, Pisa, 8 September 2007 Lecturer, Europe and Africa, Seminar series: Le nuove frontiere dell Unione Europea, Università Bocconi, 20 March 2007 and 5 December 2007 Speaker, Conference: La giustizia penale internazionale e i conflitti africani, Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale, Milan, 26 February 2007 Speaker, Conferenza La Somalia fra guerra civile e guerra globale al terrorismo, Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale, Milan, 2 February 2007 Speaker, Stato e conflitti armati in Africa sub-sahariana, Centro Alti Studi per la Difesa (CASD), Istituto Superiore di Stato Maggiore Interforze (ISSMI), Rome, 11 December 2006 Convener, La riscoperta dell'africa: cinque tavole rotonde, Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale, October 2006-May 2007 Speaker, Conference: Democratizzare l Africa, Conference series: La riscoperta dell'africa, Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale, Milan, 6 November 2006 Speaker, Conference on Perchè l Africa oggi, Conference series: La riscoperta dell'africa, Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale, Milan, 24 October 2006 Lecturer, Non si vive di sola guerra. Crisi, conflitti e processi di pace e stabilizzazione in Africa sub-sahariana, serie di seminari L Africa è più vicina, Associazione Culturale Puntorosso, Milan, 2 March 2006 Speaker, Workshop: Fighting poverty effectively: lines of reflection for a new partnership with Africa, in preparation of VII International Europe-Africa Conference organized by Aspen France, Accra (Ghana), November, 2005 Convener and Lecturer, Course: L Africa nel mondo alle soglie del XXI secolo, Collegio di Milano, Milan, November-December

8 Lecturer, Risorse naturali, maledizioni e conflitti in Africa, Master in Politiche Ambientali, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, 11 October 2005 Convener, Panel: Le società culturalmente divise: democrazia e conflitto, XIX Convegno Nazionale della Società Italiana di Scienza Politica (SISP), Cagliari, September 2005 Paper giver, Partiti politici e sistemi di partito in Africa. Temi e prospettive di ricerca, paper presented at the XIX Convegno Nazionale della Società Italiana di Scienza Politica (Sisp), Cagliari, September 2005 Convener, Panel: Stato, conflitto e democrazia: Africa e oltre, XVIII Convegno Nazionale della Società Italiana di Scienza Politica (SISP), Padua, September 2004 Paper giver, La riduzione delle guerre civili nell Africa sub-sahariana: nuovo trend o breve parentesi?, paper presented at the XVIII Convegno Nazionale della Società Italiana di Scienza Politica (SISP), Padua, September 2004 Discussant, Workshop: Mutamenti dello stato nell Africa postcoloniale, Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, Milan, 18 April 2005 Lecturer, La guerra in Africa: un bilancio, Master in Strategic Studies,, 4 March 2005 Paper giver, Populism visits Africa: the case of Yoweri Museveni and no-party democracy in Uganda, Crisis States Programme Annual Workshop, India International Centre, New Delhi, December 2004 Speaker, Le guerre in Africa: un bilancio, come ospite del Seminario permanente di Politica internazionale su L uso della violenza nella politica contemporanea, Università degli Studi di Pavia, Pavia, 25 November 2004 Paper giver, A decline in the number of civil wars in sub-saharan Africa? Hypotheses and prospects, Centre for Basic Research, Kampala, 7 October 2004 Speaker, State and conflict in Africa: lessons from the Congo wars, paper presented at the Convegno su Globalization and armed conflicts, Centro Militare Studi Strategici (CeMISS), Rome, 23 May 2003 Memberships and other appointments Member of the Scientific Committee of the PhD Programme in Political Studies, Graduate School in Social, Economic and Political Sciences,, Consultant, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Italy), Member, Editorial Board, Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica, Expert (African politics and geopolitics), International Criminal Court, The Hague, External evaluator of research projects and academic products for the Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Research, External evaluator of research projects for the Research Foundation - Flanders (Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek - Vlaanderen, FWO), 2012 External evaluator of research projects for the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (research funding agency of the Portuguese Ministry of Education and Science), 2012 External evaluator of research projects for the programme Thalis for the Greek Ministry of Education, Life Long Learning and Religious Affairs, 2011 External evaluator of research projects for the Consultative Research Committee for Development Research (FFU) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, 2010 External reviewer for the academic journals Comparative Political Studies, Democratization, Studies in Comparative International Development, Political Studies Review, Journal of Modern African Studies, Development Policy Review, Swiss Political Science Review, Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica, Stato e Mercato External reviewer for the academic publisher Il Mulino, Bologna, Member of the Examination Committee, PhD programme in Political Science Comparative and European Politics, Graduate School, Università degli Studi di Siena, January 2011 Member of the Examination Committee, PhD programme in Political Science, Dipartimento di Studi Politici, Università degli Studi di Torino, February 2009 Member of the Committee, Committee for the recruitment of a lecturer in political science (SPS/04), Dipartimento di Studi Politici, Università degli Studi di Torino, June-July 2007 Member of the Società Italiana di Scienza Politica (SISP) 8

9 Member of the International Political Science Association (IPSA) Member of the African Politics Conference Group (APCG) of the African Studies Association (ASA) Member of the Scientific Committee of the Progetto Afro Consultant, Consultancy Africa Intelligence (South Africa) Consultant, Why Africa today?, SACMI (Industrial plants) Annual Meeting, Desenzano del Garda (Italy), February 2012 Consultant, Internal Democracy of Political Parties project, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA, Stockholm), Consultant for Ispi, International Relations Structure, Lombardy Regional Administration, Representative of ISPI, Organising Committee, Conference Milano con l'africa. Il ruolo della città nei progetti di collaborazione, jointly organised by the Comune di Milano and the Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale, 2003 Editorial contributions to lavoce.info, Il Manifesto, VitaNoProfit, Nigrizia, Africa&Affari, Afriche e Orienti, and a number of African newspapers 9