Curriculum Vitae Francesco Nicoli, Ph.D. cum laude General Information Address Borssenburgplein 71, 1078 WB Amsterdam Mobile Phone 0039 348 6049712 (Italian-preferred) /// 0031 651751903 Mail f.nicoli@uva.nl Website wwww.francesconicoli.wordpress.com Citizenship Italian Date of Birth 02/03/1988 Working Experience and related 10/2016-10/2017 (current) Institution University of Amsterdam (NL) Position/1 ACCESS Europe Postdoctoral Fellow (Political Economy & Transnational Governance) Position/2 Lecturer Own courses: Spring 2017: Politicizing Europe?: economics, identity and public opinion (42 front h) Fall 2017: Governance and crises in European Integration (42 front h) tutoring: Power, Politics, Governance II (European Union Politics) (Lecturer: T Kuhn) 01/2016-04/2016 Institution Hertie School of Governance (Berlin, DE) Position Visiting Fellow, Political Economy Department 08/2013 10/2016 Institution School of International Studies, University of Trento (IT) Position/1 PhD Researcher Dissertation title Integration through crises? Testing neofunctional hypotheses in a political economy investigation of crisis-led integration. Final Grade Cum Laude Position/2 Teaching Assistant Support lectures in Quantitative Methods (20 h, semester 1/2015) and Europe s economic integration in the 1971-2012 period (4h, semester 1/2015) (master level); EU Markets analysis (48h, semester 2/2015) (bachelor level) 03/2015-08/2015 Institution Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), (Brussels, BE) Position Visiting Fellow, Economic and Finance Unit. Contributing in EU governance research and, in the framework of a EU Commission project grant, in a study on a European Unemployment Benefit Scheme 09/2012-08/2013 Institution European Policy Centre (EPC) (Brussels, BE) Position Research Assistant Task description Research on New Economic Governance, Regional Policy and the Single European Labour Market. Contributing to setting up research projects for the European Commission and the Committee of the Regions 02/2012-07/2012 Institution Bruegel (Brussels, BE) Position Research Assistant Task description Support the research team on European Economic Governance of the EU Francesco Nicoli: CV 1
Education Dates 10/2010-11/2012 Degree Double Master's Degree (120 ects) in Economics and International Policies Final mark Summa Cum Laude- Average of 9,04/10 Title of the thesis Functional integration in currency areas: updating economic and political functionalism Universities University of Italian Switzerland, Lugano, Switzerland Postgraduate School of Economics and International Relations, Milano, Italy Exchange Term: Nijmegen School of Management, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, The Netherlands ----- --- Dates 10/2007-09/2010 Degree Bachelor's Degree (180 ects) in Political Science and International Relations Final Mark 110 cum laude/110 Title of the thesis Beyond the GDP. Measuring well-being and its sustainability University Catholic University of Milan, Milan, Italy Erasmus Exchange (2 nd year): University of Montpellier I- Montpellier, France Language skills Software skills Statistics and quantitative analysis Italian Mother tongue French Level C1, certified with a DALF C1 Diploma English Level C1, certified with a IELTS diploma with score of 8/9 Dutch Level A2 (strong commitment to improve due to pressing personal reasons) Stata 2012 (micro & macro econometrics); Excel, R Extensive knowledge of classic datasets (Eurostat, OECD and IMF statistics) Other relevant software Microsoft Office package Volunteering and Social activities European Federalist Movement Institute for New Economic Thinking Additional Key Information Publications See annex 1 Presentations in See annex 2 international conferences Extracurricular See Annex 3 Education Head of the National Finance Office (July 2015 September 2016) Executive secretary, Trento Section (September 2014 July 2016) Regional Board Member, Emilia Romagna (2010-2014) Member (2011 - today) coordinator of the Young-Scholars-Initiative Standing Group on Europe s political economy (July 2015 - today) Francesco Nicoli: CV 2
Annex 1: Publications and Research Currently under review Merler, S. and F. Nicoli (2017) Convergence of economies, convergence of identities? Estimating the impact of the Eurocrisis on the process of formation of European Identities. In review at Journal of Common Market Studies (second review) Nicoli, F. (2017) Powers, Eurobonds, Governance. Did the crisis affect preferences for integration? In review at European Union Politics (first review) Nicoli, F. (2017) Crises and institutional change: reviewing the nested logic of economic integration from the Common Market to the European Fiscal Union In review at International Journal of Political Economy (first review) Nicoli, F. (2017) Spillarounds, but mainly Spillovers? An empirical challenge to the intergovernmentalist interpretation of crisis-led integration. Submitted at Journal of European Integration Nicoli, F. (2017) European integration a series of trilemmas. Submitted at International Organization Nicoli, F. (2016) Is the Eurocrisis a functional crisis? An econometric analysis In preparation for submission at International Organization Publications Double-blind Peer reviewed Nicoli, F. (2017) Democratic legitimacy in the Era of Fiscal Integration. Journal of European Integration, vol. 39, Issue 4, pp. 389-404 (http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07036337.2017.1298591) Nicoli, F. (2017) Electoral Euroscepticism and the economic crisis: evidence from a 108 elections panel study across Europe. Journal of Common Market Studies, 55, No. 2,pp. 312-331 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jcms.12463/abstract Nicoli, F. (2016) From Governance to Government? Towards a Genuine Economic and Monetary Union. Politica Economica-Journal of Economic Policy, Vol. 32, Issue 3, pp. 413-440 Nicoli, F. (2016) Governance in the 2025 run-up: a Joint Budgetary Procedure. Perspectives on Federalism, Vol. 8, Issue 2, pp. 100-124 Nicoli, F. (2015) Eurocrisis and the Myths of European Redistribution: Illegitimate, Unsustainable, Inefficient? Perspectives on Federalism, Vol. 7, Issue 3, pp. 19-48 Nicoli, F. (2015) Greece in the Euro: economic delinquency or system failure? A review. Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 53, Issue 4 Book Chapters Nicoli, F. (2015) Legitimacy, Democracy, and the future of European Integration Chapter in: Krieger, T., Panke, D. and B. Neumaker (eds) (2015) Europe s Crisis: the conflicttheoretical perspective. Nomos Publishing, University of Freiburg Nicoli, F. (2014) Populism, Polarization, Politicization, Participation. Projecting the EU Beyond the Market? Chapter in Growing Populism and European Elections. Institute of European Democrats, Spring 2014 Nicoli, F. and F. Zuleeg (2014) The Long Term Implications of the Euro Crisis for European Integration. Chapter in: Basevi, G., Daianu, D., D Adda, C. and R. Kumar (eds) (2014) The Eurozone Crisis and the Future of Europe: Challenges and Prospects for Integration and Governance, Palgrave Macmillan, 2014 Policy briefs and reports Alcidi, C., Barslund, M., Busse, M. and F. Nicoli (2016) Will a European unemployment benefit scheme affect labour mobility? CEPS special report, No. 152, December 2016 Nicoli, F. (2013) Pathways for a Genuine Fiscal Union. EPC Policy Brief, June 2013. Dhéret, C., Pascouau, Y., Lazarowich, A. and F. Nicoli (2013) Completing the Single European Labour Market. EPC Issue Paper No. 73, May 2013 Dhéret, C., Nicoli, F. and F. Zuleeg (2013) The impact of the European Fiscal Union on regional authorities: in-depth analysis of Catalonia, PACA Region and Province of Trento. EPC Report for the Committee of the Regions, June 2013 Francesco Nicoli: CV 3
Dhéret, C., Nicoli, F. and F. Zuleeg (2013) The impact of the European Fiscal Union on local autonomies: in-depth analysis of Copenhagen, Warsaw and Bremen. EPC Report for the Committee of the Regions, June 2013 Dhéret, C., Nicoli, F. and F. Zuleeg (2012) The implications of an EU fiscal union for local and regional authorities. Report to the Committee of the Regions, EPC, Brussels, November 2012 Hallerberg, M., Marzinotto, Wolff, G., Andreicut, D., Granelli, G. Nicoli, F. and P. Schuseil (2012) An Assessment of the European Semester. Bruegel. Study in behalf of the European Parliament, policy department A-economic and scientific policy/econ. Peer-reviewed, non-blind Nicoli, F. (2016) Towards a new theory of functional legitimacy. Polish Journal of Political Science, Issue 3, No. 2, pp. 6-32 Nicoli, F. (2013) A threefold model of Fiscal Union. Government: Pan-European Networks Review, Issue III, 2013 Research in --- progress Nicoli, F. and A. K. Reinl (2017) Euroscepticism, identity and the crisis: a revisited and expanded model. Paper being written Nicoli, F. (2017) The fiscal rules Epos: a case of political spillover? In preparation for submission (journal to be identified) Referred -- research Bonatti, L. (2014) Verso un Meccanismo Europeo di Accordi Contrattuali. contributions Chapter in: Paganetto, L. (eds) (2014) Revitalizing Anaemic Europe: Rapporto del Gruppo dei 20. Fondazione Economia Tor Vergata, Eurilink. Kolev, A., Riess, D., Zachmann, G. and E. Calthrop (2012) Investment and growth in the time of climate change. European Investment Bank- Economic Department, Luxembourg Francesco Nicoli: CV 4
Annex 2: Paper presentations at international conferences Powers, Eurobonds, Governance? Assessing the determinants of citizens preferences for European Integration. Paper presentation at the Biannual conference of CES, Sustainability and transformation, Glasgow, July 12-14, 2017 Europe s Circular Illness (with. S. Wijsman, Leuven University), Paper presentation at the annual conference of EPSA, Milan, June 22-24, 2017 Path dependency in regional integration: nested economic interdependence as a chain of 5 trilemmas. Trento Festival of Economics, INET-YSI sessions, June 1-4, 2017 Eurobonds, Governance? Assessing the determinants of citizens preferences for European Integration. Paper presentation at the General Conference of EUSA, Miami, May 3-7, 2017 Preferences for economic governance: insights from 12 Eurobarometer waves on German, Italian and Austrian regions. Paper presentation for the Seminar Amici come prima? Social Sciences Perspectives on Germany, Italy and the EU in times of crisis. Villa Vigoni, Menaggio, April 10-13, 2017 From Governance to Government: engineering a smooth transition towards a genuine monetary Union. Prize lecture given at the International Conference How to govern Europe, Camera dei Deputati, Italian Parliament, Rome. November 22-23, 2016 Powers, Eurobond, Governance? Assessing the determinants of citizens preferences for European Integration. Presentation for the Political Economy of Europe Working Group during the INET-YSI General Conference, Budapest, October 17-22, 2016 A theory of Functional Legitimacy. Presentation for the International Conference EU legitimacy in times of crisis, Warsaw, June 20-21, 2016. Is the Eurocrisis a functional crisis? Quantitative and qualitative evidence, and Extreme Euroscepticism and the crisis: quantitative evidence, two presentations for the SGEU Pan-European Conference The Union Constitutional and Institutional Adaptation, Trento, June 15-18 2016 Did the Euro contribute to the Eurocrisis? Quantitative evidence from a 700 observations panel study. Presentation for the Second Meeting of the INET Standing Group on Europe s Political Economy, University of Trento, June 2-5, 2016 Organization and Coordination of the inception meeting of the INET Standing Group on Europe s Political Economy, jointly organised by INET and CEPS Brussels, February 25-28, 2016 From Governance to Government? A proposal for a Joint Budgetary Procedure to overhaul the new economic governance. Presentation for the International Conference What Budget, resources fiscal and borrowing powers for the EU? Florence, November 10-13 2015 Electoral Euroscepticism and the Economic Crisis: Evidence from 108-Elections Panel Study Across Europe. Presentation for the Quinquennial International Conference of the European Electoral Survey, University of Mannheim, November 6-8, 2015 Solidarity in times of crisis: inefficient, illegitimate, unsustainable? Presentation for the International Conference Solidarity in Hard Times", University of Madrid CEU San Pablo, June 9-12, 2015 Francesco Nicoli: CV 5
Democratic legitimacy in the Era of fiscal integration, and Electoral Euroscepticism and the Economic Crisis: Evidence from 100-Elections Panel Study Across Europe. Two presentations for the Fifth Euro-Academia international conference, Barcelona, March 27-28, 2015 Democratic Legitimacy, Fiscal Integration and the Governance Trilemma. Presentation for the international conference Europe's Crisis: The Conflict-Theoretic Perspective, Freiburg, September26, 2014 Populism, Polarization, Politicization, Participation: projecting the EU beyond the Market? Presentation for European Union and Rising Populism: a Challenge for Democracy conference, Institute of European Democrats, Bratislava, April 24-25, 2014 The issue of democratic legitimacy in the Era of Fiscal integration. School of International Studies, University of Trento, April 8, 2014 Functional and economic analysis of the building European Fiscal Union Presentation for Questioning Re:Generating Europe Conference, German Journal of European Law. School of International Studies, University of Trento, December 16, 2013 Forthcoming presentations Convergence of the economies, convergence of the identities? Assessing the impact of the Eurocrisis on the construction of an European identity. Paper presentation (with Silvia Merler, John Hopkins University), ECPR General Conference, Oslo, September 6-9, 2017 Integration through crises? The long term dynamics of economic integration. Paper presentation for the 2017 General Conference of the Società Italiana di Scienza Politica, Urbino, September 14-16 Hard-line Euroscepticism and the Eurocrisis: A regionalised model (with Ann-Katherin Reinl, Regensburg University). Paper presentation for the conference Populism: Between Resentment and Resistance, University of Amsterdam, October 21, 2017 Francesco Nicoli: CV 6