Alessandro Pellegata Curriculum Vitae

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1 Alessandro Pellegata Curriculum Vitae PERSONAL INFORMATION Place and date of birth: Magenta (MI), 17 November 1981 Nationality: Italian CONTACT INFORMATION University of Siena Department of Social, Political and Cognitive Sciences Via Pier Andrea Mattioli Siena (IT) Tel: Fax: Website: alessandropellegata.weebly.com CURRENT POSITION present Research Fellow, Department of Social, Political and Cognitive Sciences, University of Siena. PREVIOUS ACADEMIC POSITIONS AND ACTIVITIES Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Milan (Italy) (April) Expert coder for Italian parties, EUvox2014 ( (Feb-Apr) Research assistant in the project The effects of democratization on social welfare: a comparative analysis of new democracies co-financed by the Italian Ministry for Research and Higher Education (PRIN 2008, Protocol 2008WPTS99_001, Principal Investigator: prof. Giovanni Carbone), University of Milan, Department of Social and Political Sciences (Sep-Dec) Research assistant in the project Agenda control and veto powers in the Italian legislative process. co-financed by the Italian Ministry for Research and Higher Education (PRIN 2007, Protocol 2007SCRWT4_001, Principal Investigator: prof. Marco Giuliani, University of Milan, Department of Social and Political Sciences. EDUCATION 2010 Ph.D. in Political Studies, Graduate School in Social Economic and Political Sciences, University of Milan (Italy). Dissertation title: Government Alternation and its Implications on Democratic Performance. Supervisor: prof. Francesco Zucchini Master Degree in Political Science, University of Milan (Italy).

2 ADDITIONAL TRAINING 2008 Visiting Student, Department of Political Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI th Oslo Summer School in Comparative Social Science Studies, University of Oslo, Norway (course attended: Research Design) th Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis and Collection, University of Essex, Colchester, UK (courses attended: Mathematics for Social Sciences; Theory of Regression; Analysis of time series data: non-stationarity, volatility, VARs and cointegration). RESEARCH EXPERIENCES present The Evolution of Policy Mood in Italy, Principal Investigator: prof. Paolo Bellucci) present The economic, social and political consequences of democratic reforms. A quantitative and qualitative comparative analysis. co-financed by the European Research Council (Grant agreement no , Ideas, European Commission 7 th Framework Program, Principal Investigator: prof. Giovanni Carbone) Institutional agenda setting: Actors, time, information. co-financed by the Italian Ministry for Research and Higher Education (PRIN 2009, Protocol 2009TPW4NL_002, Principal Investigator: prof. Marco Giuliani) Agenda control and veto powers in the Italian legislative process. co-financed by the Italian Ministry for Research and Higher Education (PRIN 2007, Protocol 2007SCRWT4_001, Principal Investigator: prof. Marco Giuliani). GRANTS AND AWARDS 2011 Carlo Maria Santoro Prize for the best paper presented by a young scholar at the XXIV Annual Conference of the Società Italiana di Scienza Politica (SISP) Post-doctoral Research Fellowship (two plus two years) co-financed by University of Milan, Regione Lombardia and European Social Fund Nominated by the Graduate School in Social, Economic and Political Sciences Steering Committee to participate at the selection for the ECPR Jean Blondel Prize for the best PhD dissertation in Political Science Scholarship financed by Cariplo Foundation and conferred by the University of Milan for a research period spent at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (August-December 2008). I hereby consent to the processing of my personal data for uses allowed by law 2

3 2006 Three-years scholarship financed by the Italian Minister of Higher Education to attend the PhD program in Political Studies at the Graduate School in Social, Economic and Political Sciences of the University of Milan Scholarship conferred by the University of Milan for the formation of young promising scholars at the Department of Social and Political Sciences under the supervision of professor Marco Giuliani. TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2015 Democracy, electoral competition and control of corruption in comparative perspective, Master in Analysis, Prevention and Contrast of the Organized Crime and Corruption, University of Pisa present Teaching assistant for undergraduate course Politics, Institutions and Development, University of Milan Teaching assistant for undergraduate course Geopolitics, University of Milan Teaching assistant for undergraduate course Political Science, University of Milan. RESEARCH INTERESTS The effects of electoral competition and government alternation on political performance and democratic quality; democracy and democratization; causes and consequences of political corruption; legislative studies; public opinion. PUBLICATIONS Articles in peer-reviewed journals 2015 Pellegata, A. and V. Memoli. Can corruption Erode Confidence in Political Institutions among European Countries? Comparing the Effects of Different Measures of Perceived Corruption, in Social Indicators Research, first published online on July , DOI: /s Pellegata, A. Assessing the Complex Relationship between Government Alternation and Ideological Congruence, in International Political Science Review, first published online on July , DOI: / Mesiti, M., A. Pellegata and P. Perlasca. Making the Analysis of the Italian Legislative System Easy: The ILMA Web Portal, in Journal of Information Technology and Politics 12(1): Memoli, V. and A. Pellegata. Corruption and EU Institutions: The Italians Opinion, in Perspective on European Politics and Society 15(2): I hereby consent to the processing of my personal data for uses allowed by law 3

4 2013 Pellegata, A. Constraining Political Corruption: An Empirical Analysis of the Impact of Democracy, in Democratization 20(7): Borghetto, E., L. Curini, M. Giuliani, A. Pellegata and F. Zucchini) Italian Law- Making Archive (ILMA): A New Tool for the Analysis of the Italian Legislative Process, in Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica 42(3): Pellegata, A. L alternanza dove non te l Aspetti. L Impatto dell Alternanza di Governo sul Controllo della Corruzione Politica nelle Democrazie Consensuali in Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica 42(1): Chapters in edited books 2011 Pellegata, A. Cacciare i Mascalzoni: Alternanza Politica e Corruzione, in Gianfranco Pasquino and Marco Valbruzzi (Eds.). Il Potere dell Alternanza. Teorie, Ipotesi e Ricerche sulle Alternanze di Governo. Bologna: Bononia University Press, pp Working papers and other publications 2014 Pellegata, A. Challenges and Traps for Italy s New Renzi Government, Front Page, online section of the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, 1 April Available from: Pellegata, A. Democracy, Government Alternation and Political Corruption, GSSEPS Working Paper Series, 6/2009. WORKS UNDER REVIEW AND IN PROGRESS - (with S. Splendore) Media and Corruption: The Other Way Round. Exploring Macro Determinants of Journalists Perceptions and Accountability and Professional Autonomy. (Revise and resubmit by an international peer-reviewed journal) - (with V. Memoli) Corruption and Satisfaction with Democracy: The Mediating Role of Electoral Disproportionality and Personal Vote. (Revise and resubmit by an international peer-reviewed journal) - (with G. Carbone) The Africa Leadership Change Dataset. (Under review by an international peer-reviewed journal) - (with G. Carbone) Leadership Changes and Social Welfare in sub-saharan Africa. (Under review by an international peer-reviewed journal) - (with A. Pedrazzani and L. Pinto) Economic crisis and lawmaking. The impact of crisis on legislative agenda in Italy ( ). (First draft) - (with E. Borghetto) Exploring Bill Winnowing in the Italian Chamber of Deputies ( ). (First draft) I hereby consent to the processing of my personal data for uses allowed by law 4

5 SELECTED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS 2014 (with G. Carbone) Multiparty Elections, Leadership Turnovers and Social Welfare in sub-saharan Africa, 4 th Annual Conference of the European Political Science Association (EPSA), Edinburgh (UK), June 2014 and XXVIII Annual Conference of the Società Italiana di Scienza Politica, University of Perugia, Perugia (Italy), September (with E. Borghetto) Exploring Bill Winnowing in the Italian Chamber of Deputies ( ), XXVII Annual Conference of the Società Italiana di Scienza Politica, University of Florence, Florence (Italy), September (with V. Memoli) Electoral Systems, Corruption and Satisfaction with Democracy, XXVII Annual Conference of the Società Italiana di Scienza Politica, University of Florence, Florence (Italy), September 2013 and 3 rd General Conference of the European Political Science Association, Barcelona (Spain), June (with V. Memoli) Can Corruption Erode Confidence in Political Institutions Among European Countries? Comparing the Effects of Different Measures of Perceived Corruption, XXII World Congress of the International Political Science Association, Universidad Complutense, Madrid (Spain), 8-12 July Assessing the Degree of Political Responsiveness in Contemporary Democracies. The Complex Relationship between Government Alternation and Ideological Congruence, 2 nd General Conference of the European Political Science Association, Berlin (Germany), June Government Alternation: A New Explanatory Factor of the Quality of Democracies, I IPSA-ECPR Joint Conference, University of Sao Paulo (Brasil), February Throw the Rascals Out: Gli Effetti dell Alternanza di Governo sul Controllo della Corruzione Politica, XXIV Annual Conference of Società Italiana di Scienza Politica (SISP), IUAV University, Venice (Italy), September The Effects of Government Alternation on the Capacity of Political Systems to Constrain Corruption, 3 rd ECPR Graduate Conference, Dublin City University, Dublin (Ireland), 30 August 01 September The Effects of Democracy on the Quality of Governance. Evidence on the Capacity of Political Systems to Constrain Corruption, XIII Annual Conference of Società Italiana di Scienza Politica (SISP), LUISS University, Rome (Italy), September INVITED PRESENTATIONS 2014 Consolidating Democratic Transitions. Problems of Organization and I hereby consent to the processing of my personal data for uses allowed by law 5

6 Representation, London School of Economics and Political Science (UK), July Permanent Seminar of Political Theory, Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Pavia (Italy), 8 April How Do the Electoral Systems and the Party Systems Affect the Satisfaction with Democracy?, King s College, London (UK), 1 February DATASETS - Co-manager of the Italian Law-Making Archive (ILMA) developed by the Centre for the Observation of Legislatures (COoL). Available at - Government Alternation in contemporary democracies. - (with G. Carbone) Africa Leadership Change (ALC). PERSONAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES Languages: ITALIAN (Native speaker); ENGLISH (Fluent reading and writing); SPANISH (Basic knowledge) Statistical software: SPSS, STATA (advanced level); R (basic level); Database management system: MySQL Workbench (basic level); PhpMyAdmin (basic level); PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND SERVICE Panel chair Annual Conference Italian Political Science Association (SISP) 2013 Annual Conference European Political Science Association (EPSA) 2014 Discussant Annual Conference European Political Science Association (EPSA) 2014 Reviewer, article manuscript Democratization; International Political Science Review; Italian Political Science Review-Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica; Social Indicators Research. University Service Examiner for the admission of new students (TEC: Test delle conoscenze in ingresso) in the undergraduate courses at the Faculty of Political, Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Milan, I hereby consent to the processing of my personal data for uses allowed by law 6