Bio. Welcome! I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Economy at King's College London.       

Before joining King's, I was a Postdoc at the London School of Economics (2016-2017). I held visiting positions at University of Cambridge (2025), University College London (2017), and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (2013).

I did my PhD at the Université libre de Bruxelles (2017)  and my BA at the Università di Firenze (2008). In between, I worked for UNICEF and the European Commission. 

I study politics and society in Europe, focusing on how education changes ideology.

Coeducation and Sexism in the Soviet Union

Journal of Politics, online first with Krzysztof Krakowski 

[Working paper] [Data and code] 

Globalization, Higher Education, and Neoliberal Values 

British Journal of Political Science,  55 2025 

[Working paper] [Data and code] 

How Parents Invest in their Children's Cultural Capital throughout Schooling: Comment

American Journal of Sociology, 130(5) 2025 

[Working paper] 

Education and the Paradox of Perceived Discrimination

World Politics,  78(2) 2025 with Margarita Gelepithis 

[Working paper] [Data and code] 

Military Culture and Institutional Trust 

American Journal of Political Science,  68(2) 2024 with Vincenzo Bove and Riccardo Di Leo

[Working paper] [Data and code] 

Wait and See? Public Opinion Dynamics after Terrorist Attacks

Journal of Politics 85(3), 2023 with Mariaelisa Epifanio and Ria Ivandic 

[Working paper] [Data and code] 

Global Racist Contagion following Donald Trump's Election

British Journal of Political Science,  51(3) 2021 with Pierre-Guillaume Méon 

[Working paper] [Data and code] 

Fear without Prejudice in the Shadow of Jihadist Threat

Comparative Political Studies,  54(6) 2021 

[Working paper] [Data and code] 

Terrorist Attacks and Minority Perceived Discrimination

British Journal of Sociology,  72(2) 2020 with Luca Merlino

[Working paper] [Data and code] 

Electoral Competition through Issue Selection

American Journal of Political Science,  59(1) 2015 with Enriqueta Aragonès and Micael Castanheira 

[Working paper] [Supplementary Appendix]  

Civil Military Gap and the Military Recruitment Crisis in Europe

Cambridge University Press (Elements in Defence Studies) with Vincenzo Bove, Riccardo di Leo and Alessia Tortolini  

Homeland Terrorism, Counterfactual Thinking, and Political Trust among Immigrants

WP with Vincenzo Bove, Amélie Godefroidt and Davide Sansone

How Settlement Misperceptions Shape Support for Refugee Policy

WP with Krzysztof Krakowski and Silvana Târlea

Measurement Bias in  Development Surveys 

WP with Juan Carlos Muñoz-Mora, Laura Quintero,  Daniela Mejía-Tejada, and Philippe Verwimp