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I am Lecturer in European and Comparative Politics in the School of Politics and International Relations of the University of Kent. I previously held teaching appointments at the Royal Holloway college of the University of London, at the London School of Economics and at the University of Surrey. I was educated at the University of Turin [Laurea Social Sciences], at the University of Durham [MA European Integration], at the London School of Economics [PhD Government] and at the University of Kent [PGCHE]. I am fluent in French and Italian, have intermediate knowledge of Spanish and some basic German. My research seeks to advance our understanding of the evolving connections between statehood, nationality and democracy, with a particular focus on Europe. I am the author of Between Two Unions: Europeanisation and Scottish Devolution, published by Manchester University Press, and of articles in Political Studies, Acta Politica, Party Politics, Regional and Federal Studies, Nations and Nationalism, Local Government Studies, the Swiss Political Science Review and the Österreichische Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft. I helped set up Kent's Centre for Federal Studies of which I am the Deputy Director. I teach undergraduate modules on European state and regional politics and a postgraduate module on decision-making in the EU. I am the director of the MA in European Governance and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, the British professional body for HE teachers. I have given guest lectures at the universities of Barcelona Pompeu Fabra, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Krakow Jagiellonian, Lille 2, Madrid Autonoma, Siena, and St Andrews, among others. I am engaged in service to the profession as co-editor for both Routledge's Federal Studies series and the Book Reviews section of Regional and Federal Studies and as a referee for funding bodies, academic presses and peer-reviewed journals, such as the ESRC, the British Academy, Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Political Studies, the American Political Science Review, the American Journal of Political Science, Regional and Federal Studies, Publius, and Nations and Nationalism, among others. I am also involved in shaping the public debate and public policy through consultancy work and commentary for the international media. I have advised the UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Swiss Embassy in London and the Institut européen pour la coopération territoriale and given evidence to the House of Lords. I contribute to Oxford Analytica and The Monkey Cage, have published articles in La Jornada and letters in Times Higher Education, The Economist and The European and have been interviewed by BBC News 24, BBC Radio 4, European Voice, Facts, World Radio Switzerland, SwissInfo, Swisster, Rzeczpospolita, South China Morning Post, Metro, Firstnews, Campaigns and Elections and Heart radio. |