Fabio Franchino
{{Short description|Italian political scientist and professor}}
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| occupation = Professor of Political Science
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| awards = EUSA Award for the best book published in 2007 or 2008
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| alma_mater = London School of Economics and Political Science
| thesis_title = Executive and bureaucratic politics in the European Union: Bureaucratic preferences, executive discretion and procedural control of the European Commission
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| thesis_year = 2000
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| workplaces = London School of Economics and Political Science
University College London
University of Milan
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Fabio Franchino (born 3 December 1969) is an Italian political scientist, professor at the University of Milan. He is editor of the Italian Political Science Review and associate editor of European Union Politics.{{cite web |title=Editorial Board |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/italian-political-science-review-rivista-italiana-di-scienza-politica/information/editorial-board |website=Italian Political Science Review / Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica |publisher=Cambridge University Press |accessdate=23 July 2018}}{{cite web |title=Editorial board |url=https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/journal/european-union-politics#editorial-board |website=European Union Politics |date=28 October 2015 |publisher=SAGE |accessdate=23 July 2018}} His areas of specialization are EU politics and policy, comparative politics, and policy analysis, and is author of influential publications in these fields.{{cite web |title=Fabio Franchino |url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=0HBzlKMAAAAJ&hl=en |website=Google Scholar Citations |accessdate=5 November 2018}}
Early life and academic career
Franchino obtained an undergraduate degree from the University of Brighton, a master's from Universita Commerciale Luigi Bocconi in Milan, and a PhD from the London School of Economics and Political Science.{{cite web |title=Education |url=http://users2.unimi.it/fabiofranchino/position/education/ |website=Fabio Franchino |publisher=University of Milan |accessdate=23 July 2018}} His doctoral thesis, dated 2000, was titled [http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1542/ Executive and bureaucratic politics in the European Union: Bureaucratic preferences, executive discretion and procedural control of the European Commission.]{{cite thesis|last=Franchino|first=Fabio|date=2000|title=Executive and bureaucratic politics in the European Union: Bureaucratic preferences, executive discretion and procedural control of the European Commission|type=PhD|publisher=London School of Economics and Political Science|url=http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1542/|access-date=25 June 2021}} He started his academic career at the London School of Economics and Political Science as a class teacher, tutorial fellow, and lecturer between 1997 and 2001. He then moved to University College London where he was lecturer and reader from 2002 to 2007, when he earned his chair at the University of Milan.{{cite web |title=Work experience |url=http://users2.unimi.it/fabiofranchino/position/work-experience/ |website=Fabio Franchino |publisher=University of Milan |accessdate=23 July 2018}}
Academic service
Franchino was elected president of the European Political Science Association for 2016-2018.{{cite web |title=Committee |url=http://www.epsanet.org/committee/ |website=European Political Science Association |accessdate=23 July 2018}} He is also treasurer of the Standing Group on the European Union of the European Consortium for Political Research.{{cite web |title=Steering Committee of SGEU |url=http://sgeu-ecpr.org/steering-committee/ |website=Standing Group on the European Union of the European Consortium for Political Research |date=20 July 2012 |accessdate=23 July 2018}}
Selected works
- The Powers of the Union: Delegation in the EU. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2007), p. 355. EUSA Award for the best book published in 2007 or 2008.
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Category:Italian political scientists
Category:European Union and European integration scholars
Category:Academic staff of the University of Milan
Category:Academics of University College London
Category:Academics of the London School of Economics
Category:Alumni of the London School of Economics
Category:Bocconi University alumni