Elena Baracani holds the Jean Monnet Chair on ‘The EU as a Global Actor’ (EUGlobA). Since 2019 she has been an Associate Professor of Political Science at the Department of Political and Social Sciences of the University of Bologna, where she teaches courses on ‘The EU as a Global Actor’, ‘EU Institutions and Crises’, and the workshop on ‘EU Foreign Policy Analysis’. She received her Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Florence in 2006, and in 2008 won a European Union Institute for Security Studies Visiting Fellowship and a post-doc research grant in the framework of the ‘European Foreign and Security Policy Studies’ Program. At the University of Bologna, she is Deputy Director of the Master Programme in International Relations and part of the academic board of the PhD Programme of Political and Social Sciences. She has been Visiting Professor at the Stanford Program in Florence from 2011 until 2022. She has almost twenty years of teaching experience in EU Politics, at BA, MA, and PhD levels, at both Italian and American universities (University of Bologna, University of Florence, University for Foreigners of Perugia, Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane, LUISS, Rutgers University, Kent State University, California StateUniversity, and Stanford University). Her research focuses on EU foreign policy and external relations. Her work, published mainly in English, has appeared in journals like Geopolitics, Journal of Common Market Studies, Journal of Contemporary European Research, West European Politics, and World Political Science Review. Her most recent book is EU-Turkey Relations. A New Direction for EU Foreign Policy? (Edward Elgar 2021) winner of the 2022 UACES best book prize. Her most recent publications include ‘Ideational agenda-setting leadership: President von der Leyen and the EU response to the invasion of Ukraine’ (West European Political, open access) and ‘The European Parliament’s Political Leadership: The Case Study of EU Foreign Policy towards Turkey (Journal of Common Market Studies, open access). Her current research focuses on ideational (individual and collective) leadership in response to the war in Ukraine, with special attention to the roles played by the President of the Commission, the President of the European Council, and the ninth legislature of the European Parliament.
Academic degrees:
- 2022: Jean Monnet Chair on the EU as a Global Actor (EUGlobA)
- 2019: Associate Professor in Political Science at the University of Bologna
- 2017: national scientific qualification as Associate Professor in Political Science
- 2013-19: Assistant Professor in Political Science at the University of Bologna
- 2008-10: post-doctoral fellowship at the Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane (currently Scuola Normale Superiore) in the framework of the ‘European Foreign and Security Policy Studies' programme funded by the Compagnia di San Paolo, the Riksbankens Jubileumsfond and the VolkswagenStiftung
- 2008: winner of a post-doc research grant in the framework of the ‘European Foreign and Security Policy Studies' programme funded by the Compagnia di San Paolo, the Riksbankens Jubileumsfond and the VolkswagenStiftung
- 2008: winner of a European Union Institute for Security Studies Visiting Fellowship
- 2006: PhD in Political Science, University of Florence (Italy). Title of the dissertation: ‘The European Union and Democracy Promotion. The Cases of Turkey and Serbia', supervisor: Professor Leonardo Morlino
- 2001: MA, University of Florence, Faculty of Political Sciences. Degree in Political Sciences - International Political Studies - cum laude. Thesis in International Organization. Title of the dissertation: ‘The United Nations and Democracy Promotion', supervisor: Professor Marina Spinedi
Career:
- 2022: Jean Monnet Chair on the EU as a Global Actor (EUGlobA)
- 2019: Associate Professor in Political Science at the University of Bologna
- 2013-19: Assistant Professor in Political Science at the Department of Political and Social Sciences of the University of Bologna
- 2012: Visiting Assistant Professor at the Breyer Center for Overseas Studies of the Stanford University
- 2011-14: Scientific Secretary of the PhD Program in Political Science at the Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane (Scuola Normale Superiore) in Florence
- 2010-13: Teaching assistant at LUISS
- March 2010-February 2011: Research Fellow at the Department of Political and Social Sciences of the University of Florence
- 2009-2011: Adjunct Professor at the University of Florence
- 2008-14: Tutor of the PhD Program in Political Science at the Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane (Scuola Normale Superiore) in Florence
- 2008-13: Adjunct Professor at Kent State University in Florence
- 2008-13: Adjunct Professor at California State University in Florence
- 2008-10: Post-doctoral fellow at the Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane
- 2006-09: Adjunct Professor at the University for Foreigners of Perugia
- 2006-11: Adjunct Professor at Rutgers University in Florence
- 2006-07: Research Fellow at the Department of Political and Social Sciences of the University of Florence
- 2003-05: PhD Fellow at the Department of Political and Social Sciences of the University of Florence
Other activities:
Member of the Scientific Committee of Centro studi, formazione, comunicazione e progettazione sull'Unione europea e la global governance (CesUe); member of the University Association of Contemporary European Studies (UACES)
