Academic Positions
December 2020 to present
Full Professor of European Union Law, University of Bologna, Department of Legal Studies
October 2017 to present
Coordinator of the EU Law Module for the School for Advanced Legal Studies of the University of Bologna
September 2017 to present
Coordinator of the EU Law Module for the Law School for lawyers and magistrates, University of Bologna
November 2014 to present
Associate Professor of European Union Law, University of Bologna, School of Law
October 2006 – September 2014
Assistant Professor of European Union Law, University of Bologna, School of Law
January 2007 to present
Associated Researcher at the National Research Institute on Judicial Systems (CNR-IRSIG) providing expertise in the field of EU law
December 2009 to present
Erasmus Visiting professor, Departamento di Ciencia Politica y Relaciones Internationales, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
December 2008 to December 2012
Visiting professor, China-EU School of Law, Beijing, CUPL University, Changping, China
Other relevant academic experiences and ongoing activities
October 2017 to present
Member of the Scientific Committee of the School for Advanced Legal Studies of the University of Bologna
September 2017 to present
Coordinator of the course on EU Law and Member of the Steering Committee of the School for lawyers and magistrates of the University of Bologna
September 2017 to present
Member of the Jean Monnet Network “Law TTIP – Legal Ambiguities withstanding TTIP”, University of Bologna, King’s College London and University of Rennes
November 2015
Member of the Editorial Board of the Eurojus Law Journal
September 2014 to present
Member of the Jean Monnet Chair “Citizens Beyond Lisbon”
September 2013 to present
Member of the Board of Professors of the PhD Programme in EU Law, University of Bologna, School of Law
January 2013 to present
Member of the research team on “The principles of equality and non-discrimination in the European Union”, Research Project selected and financed by the Italian Ministry of Education
November 2012 to present
Member of the research team on “International Disaster Response Law”, Research Project selected and financed by the Italian Ministry of Education
June 2012 to present
Member of the Editorial Board of the Law Journal Diritto comunitario e degli scambi internazionali, Editoriale Scientifica
September 2011 – August 2013
Member of the Jean Monnet Chair Ad Personam “The Impact of the Lisbon Treaty on European Integration”
February 2011 to present
Member of the Manuscript Submission, Review and Tracking System for the China-EU Law Journal, Springer
October 2010 to November 2013
Member of LISBOAN (Linking Interdisciplinary Integration Studies by Broadening the European Academic Network) funded under the European Union’s Lifelong Learning Programme
June 2008 to present
In charge of the Erasmus Exchange Programme with the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
January 2008- November 2012
Member of the China-EU School of Law (CESL), CUPL University, Changping, China
November 2007 – January 2010
Member of the Italian Editing Board for the Revista General de Derecho Publico Comparado, Iustel
September – December 2005
Visiting Researcher at the Faculty of Law of the Universidad Complutense, Madrid