FRANCHINO FABIO

Curriculum Vitae
DR FABIO FRANCHINO

PERSONAL DETAILS

Place and Date of Birth Turin (Italy) December 3, 1969
Status, Nationality and Gender Married, Italian, Male
Work Address Dipartimento di Studi Sociali e Politici
Facoltà di Scienze Politiche
Università degli Studi di Milano
Via Passione 13
20122 Milano - Italy
Tel. +39 334 14 11 554
Email fabio.franchino@unimi.it

QUALIFICATIONS

2000 London School of Economics and Political Science, London
Ph.D. in Government
Title: Executive and Bureaucratic Politics in the European
Union: Bureaucratic Preferences, Executive Discretion and
Procedural Control of the European Commission
Supervisor: Dr. C. Schonhardt-Bailey
Examiners: Prof. G. Majone and Prof. H. Margetts

1995 University of Brighton, Brighton
Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

1993 Università Commerciale “Luigi Bocconi”, Milan
Master in International Economics and Management
Final Result 6/7

1992 University of Brighton, Brighton
First Class BSc (Hons) in European Business with Technology

1988 Liceo Scientifico “Marie Curie”, Turin
Maturità Scientifica (equivalent to A Level)


EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE – PRESENT APPOINTMENT
2015- University of Milan, Department of Social and Political Studies
Full Professor in Political Science

2007-15 University of Milan, Department of Social and Political Studies
Associate Professor in Political Science

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE - CAREER
2002-7 University College London, Department of Political Science
Lecturer/Reader in Political Science
Director of the MSc in European Public Policy
Responsible for two Master courses: 1) The European Union:
Institutions and Politics, 2) Comparative European Politics
and Policy.
Teaching in the following courses 1) Public Management:
Theories and Innovations, 2) Policy-Making and Regulation in
Europe, 3) Public Policy Formulation

2000-1 London School of Economics and Political Science
Department of Government
Lecturer in European Union Politics and Policies
Convenor of three courses: 1) Government and Politics of the
European Union, 2) European Union: Politics and Policy and
3)Institutional Analyses of the European Union.
Lecturing and seminar teaching in the Master on European
Politics and Policy with Dr K.Goetz. Also involved in
a course on European Politics: Comparative Analysis

1998-2000 London School of Economics and Political Science
Department of Government
Tutorial Fellow in European Union Politics and Policies
Lecturing and seminar teaching in the Master on European
Politics and Policy with Dr K.Goetz and Dr S.Hix.
Involved in two courses: 1) European Politics: Comparative
Analysis and 2) European Union: Politics and Policy.
Lecturing and seminar teaching in the Master on Public
Administration and Public Policy. Course on Public Policy
and Public Choice I.
Teaching in the undergraduate course on Government,
Politics and Public Policy in the European Union

1998-9 University of Castellanza, Castellanza (Milan)
Teaching on EU policy courses for Master students and
public sector employees of local and regional authorities.

1997-8 London School of Economics and Political Science
Department of Government
Undergraduate Class Teacher. Course on Government, Politics
and Public Policy in the European Union with Dr S. Hix.

1997-8 University of Brighton, Brighton Department of Business Management
Undergraduate Lecturer and Class Teacher. Courses on 1)
European Social and Economic Studies and 2) Economic and
Political Environment
1994-7 University of Brighton, Brighton
Economic and Social Research Council Teaching Fellow
Undergraduate Class Teaching in 1) European Social and
Institutional Studies and 2) Economic and Political
Environment.
Seminars on EU Commercial Policy in the Global Forum
Programme of the Master of Business Administration of the
University of Brighton
Research Activities on the internationalisation of small and
medium enterprises in Europe in the Department of Business
Management

PUBLICATIONS - BOOK
• Franchino, Fabio (2007) The Powers of the Union: Delegation in the EU. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p.355

PUBLICATIONS – BOOK CHAPTERS
Franchino F and Mariotto C (2025) Balancing Pressures: The Politics of Governing the European Economy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Franchino, Fabio (2007) The Powers of the Union: Delegation in the EU. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 355.

PUBLICATIONS – JOURNALS: EDITED SPECIAL ISSUES
Fabio Franchino and Claudio M. Radaelli (eds.) (2004) 'Europeanisation and the Italian Political System: Politics and Policy' Journal of European Public Policy, Special Issue 11, 6.

PUBLICATIONS – JOURNALS: ARTICLES AND NOTES
Franchino, Fabio, Marta Migliorati, Giovanni Pagano, and Valerio Vignoli (2023) ‘Concepts and Measures of Bureaucratic Constraints in European Union Laws from Hand-Coding to Machine-Learning’. Regulation & Governance 18(3): 688–703.
Franchino F (2024) International oversight of fiscal discipline. European Journal of Political Research 63(1): 281–302.
Franchino, Fabio, Mark A. Kayser, and Christopher Wratil (2022) ‘Electoral Competitiveness and Responsiveness: Rational Anticipation in the EU Council‘ Journal of European Public Policy, 29:1, 42–60.
Franchino, Fabio and Camilla Mariotto (2021) ‘Noncompliance Risk, Asymmetric Power and the Design of Enforcement of the European Economic Governance‘ European Union Politics, 22:4, 591–610.
Franchino, Fabio and Camilla Mariotto (2021) ‘Bargaining Outcomes and Success in EU Economic Governance Reforms‘ Political Science Research and Methods, 10:2, 227–242.
Mariotto, Camilla e Fabio Franchino (2020) ‘L’attuazione delle raccomandazioni specifiche all’Italia dal 2002 al 2018‘ Rivista Italiana di Politiche Pubbliche, 2/2020, 159-186.
Franchino, Fabio, and Camilla Mariotto (2020) ‘Politicisation and Economic Governance Design ‘ Journal of European Public Policy, 27:3, 460-480.
Franchino, Fabio, and Fedra Negri (2020) ‘The Fiscally Moderate Italian Populist Voter: Evidence from a Survey Experiment,’ Party Politics, 26:2, 176-190.
Franchino, Fabio, (2020) ‘In Search of the Ideational Foundations of EU Fiscal Governance: Standard Ideas, Imperfect Rules‘, Journal of European Integration, 42:2, 179-194.
Franchino, Fabio and Christopher Wratil (2019) ‘Representing the Compromise: How Institutions Serve Government Support Coalitions in European Union Policy Making‘, European Journal of Political Research, 58,4: 1129-1151.
Uyar Okcu, Esra, Fabio Franchino and İbrahim Alper Arisoy (2019) ‘The Role of EU Institutions in Common Trade Policy: An Assessment on EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement‘, International Review of Economics and Management, 7:2, 83-104.
Franchino, Fabio, and Paolo Segatti (2019) ‘Public Opinion on the Eurozone Fiscal Union: Evidence from Survey Experiments in Italy,‘ Journal of European Public Policy, 26,1: 126–148.
Hagemann, Sara, and Fabio Franchino (2016) ‘Transparency vs Efficiency? A Study of Negotiations in the Council of the European Union‘, European Union Politics 17, 3: 408–428.
Franchino, Fabio, and Marco Mainenti (2016) ‘The Electoral Foundations to Noncompliance: Addressing the Puzzle of Unlawful State Aid in the European Union‘, Journal of Public Policy 36,3: 407-436.
Franchino, Fabio, and Francesco Zucchini (2015) ‘Voting in a Multi-Dimensional Space: A Conjoint Analysis Employing Valence and Ideology Attributes of Candidates‘, Political Science Research and Methods, 3,2: 221-241.
Franchino, Fabio (2014) ‘The Social Bases of Nuclear Energy Policies in Europe: Ideology, Proximity, Belief Updating and Attitudes to Risk‘, European Journal of Political Research, 53,2: 213–233.
Franchino, Fabio and Marco Mainenti (2013) ‘Electoral Institutions and Distributive Policies in Parliamentary Systems: An Application to State Aid Measures in EU Countries‘, West European Politics, 36,3: 498-520.
Franchino, Fabio and Camilla Mariotto (2013) ‘Explaining Negotiations in the Conciliation Committee‘, European Union Politics, 14,3: 345-365.
Franchino, Fabio (2013) ‘Challenges to Liberal Intergovernmentalism‘, European Union Politics, 14,2: 324-337.
Borghetto, Enrico and Fabio Franchino (2010) ‘The Role of Subnational Authorities in the Implementation of EU Directives‘, Journal of European Public Policy, 17,6: 759-80.
Franchino, Fabio (2009) ‘Modelli Econometrici Innovativi per la Scienza Politica‘, Quaderni di Scienza Politica, 16,3: 447-61
Franchino, Fabio and Bjorn Hoyland (2009) ‘Legislative Involvement in Parliamentary Systems: Opportunities, Conflict, and Institutional Constraints‘, American Political Science Review, 103,4: 607-621
Franchino, Fabio (2009) ‘Perspectives on European Immigration Policies‘, European Union Politics, 10,3: 403-420
Franchino, Fabio (2009) ‘Experience and the Distribution of Portfolio Payoffs in the European Commission‘, European Journal of Political Research, 48,1: 1-30
Franchino, Fabio (2006) ‘Democrazia, Delega e Burocrazia nei Sistemi Presidenziali, Parlamentari e Sovranazionali‘, Teoria Politica, 22, 3: 59-79.
Franchino, Fabio (2006) ‘Delega ed Attuazione delle “Policies” nell’Unione Europea‘, Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica, Sezione Focus 36: 115-34.
Borghetto, Enrico, Fabio Franchino and Daniela Giannetti (2006) ‘Complying with the Transposition Deadlines of EU Directives: Evidence from Italy‘, Rivista Italiana di Politiche Pubbliche 5: 7-38.
Franchino, Fabio (2005) ‘The Study of EU Public Policy: Results of a Survey’, European Union Politics, Forum Section, 6,2:243-52.
Franchino, Fabio (2005) ‘A Formal Model of Delegation in the European Union‘, Journal of Theoretical Politics 17,2: 217-47. Claudio M. Radaelli e Fabio Franchino (2004) ‘Analysing Political Change in Italy‘, Journal of European Public Policy 11, 6: 941-53.
Franchino, Fabio (2004) ‘Delegating Powers in the European Community‘, British Journal of Political Science. 34: 449-76
Franchino, Fabio and Anne J. Rahming (2003) ‘Biased Ministers, Inefficiency and Control in Distributive Policies: An Application to the EC Fisheries Policy‘, European Union Politics 4, 1:11-36.
Franchino, Fabio (2002) ‘Efficiency or Credibility? Testing the Two Logics of Delegation to the European Commission’, Journal of European Public Policy 9, 5: 677–94.
Franchino, Fabio (2001) ‘Delegation and Constraints in the National Execution of the EC Policies: A Longitudinal and Qualitative Analysis’, West European Politics 24, 4: 169-92.
Franchino, Fabio (2000) ‘Control of the Commission’s Executive Functions: Uncertainty, Conflict and Decision Rules’, European Union Politics 1, 1: 63–92.
Franchino, Fabio (2000) ‘The Commission’s Executive Discretion, Information and Comitology’, Journal of Theoretical Politics 12, 2: 155-81.
Franchino, Fabio (2000) ‘Statutory Discretion and Procedural Control of the European Commission’s Executive Functions’, Journal of Legislative Studies 6, Autumn: 28-50.
Franchino, Fabio (1999) ‘The Determinants of Control of Commission’s Executive Functions‘, European Integration online Papers 3.
Franchino, Fabio (1998) ‘Institutionalism and Commission’s Executive Discretion: an Empirical Analysis‘, European Integration online Papers 2.

PUBLICATIONS - CHAPTERS
Franchino, Fabio (2017) ‘Why Italian Nuclear Energy Policy Failed Twice.’ In Wolfgang C. Müller and Paul W. Thurner (eds) The Politics of Nuclear Energy in Western Europe. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp.183-214.
Franchino, Fabio (2006) 'Delegation in the European Union: Debates and Research Agenda'. In Dietmar Braun e Fabrizio Gilardi (curatori) Delegation in Contemporary Democracies. Routledge: London, pp.216-38.

EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES
2014 - : Editorial board Journal of Public Policy
2013 - : Editorial board Political Science Research and Methods
2008 - : Associate editor European Union Politics
2014-8: Co-editor Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica / Italian Political Science Review
2011-3: Editorial board Swiss Political Science Review
2010-5 : Editorial board European Journal of Political Research
2004-9: Editorial board Journal of European Public Policy
2004-7: Editorial board European Union Politics

OTHER ACTIVITIES
2017-21: Co-coordinator with Thomas König (University of Mannheim) of the Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models Summer Institute
2017-9: Council Member, European Political Science Association
2015-7: President, European Political Science Association
2017: Programme Committee Member, 7th Annual Conference of the European Political Science Association, Milan, June 22 - 24
2011-3: Chair, ECPR Standing Group on the European Union
2012: Section Chair, European and EU Politics, 2nd Annual EPSA Conference, Berlino, 21-23 Giugno
2011: Coordinatore (con Stefania Panebianco), Sezione su Studi Europei, XXV Convegno Annuale SISP, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, 8-10 Settembre
2009-11: Deputy Chair, ECPR Standing Group on the European Union
2009: Responsabile Didattico e Coordinatore, ECPR-Carlo Alberto Summer School on Analytical Politics in Europe, Collegio Carlo Alberto, 15-24 Settembre
2008: Member of Steering Committee, ECPR Standing Group on the European Union