New publication out! Neofunctionalism revisited
In this article, published in November on the Journal of European integration, I provide an update to Neofunctionalism as a static theory of European integration (you heard more about its … Continue reading
New publication out! Euroscepticism: a tale of two crises.
In the paper “A tale of two Crises”, recently published on Comparative European Politics, Ann Kathrin Reinl and myself present original econometric estimates of the joint effect of the Euro- … Continue reading
Will she stay or will she go?
Will she stay or will she go? The UK is waiting to know the fate of May and of Brexit. A pivotal issue, at this point, is whether the Tories … Continue reading
SPE Award Decision 2018
Francesco Nicoli, who defended his PhD in February 2017, was awarded the Supranational Political Economy Thesis Prize for his dissertation on the Political Economy of the Eurocrisis, supervised by professor … Continue reading
Beyond democratic deficit: modelling legitimacy and politicization
In a previous article, I discussed the fundamental issue of contemporary politics: the mismatch between “hyperglobalization” in economic integration, and “under-globalization” in political integration. This mismatch applies, especially, to the … Continue reading
After the Election: scenarios and probabilities
In a twitter follow-up on my previous post on the flow-diagram of Italian Elections, I’ve been suggested to attach to my various scenarios on the election results some probabilities. This … Continue reading
Italian Elections for Dummies: a flow-chart
The Italian elections are approaching. After 3 governments led by the Democratic Party (Letta, Renzi, Gentiloni), the non-winner of the 2013 General Election, the country is heading towards an impossible … Continue reading
New Publication out! do crises impact on preferences for fiscal integration?
In this paper, published on the peer-reviewed journal Comparative European Politics, I analyse quantitatively the impact of the Eurocrisis on preferences for fiscal integration. The paper can be downloaded here. … Continue reading
German coalition agreement- fully translated Europe programme
A new departure for Europe The European Union is a historically unique, successful project of peace; it has to maintain those features. It combines economic integration and welfare, anchored into … Continue reading
A Bitcoinworld would be Liberism on steroids (if you are lucky)
I’ve been told that Bitcoin (and cryptocurrencies in general) are a revolution that would democratize the markets and shake the foundations of modern capitalism. Perhaps. But not the revolution I’d … Continue reading
Francesco Nicoli - junior professor of political economy 