Giliberto CAPANO is Professor of Political Science and
Public Policy. He has been (2003-2009) the Dean of Bologna
University's II Faculty of Political Sciences (located on the Forlì campus). He has been the Editor of the Rivista Italiana
di Politiche Pubbliche (Italian Journal of Public Policy) and
he is co-editor of Policy & Society. He has been member
of the Executive Committee of the International Political Science
Association (2009-2014) and the co-founder of the International Public Policy Association. Actually he is member of the Executive Committee of the European Consortium of Political Research and of the International Public Policy Association.
He specializes in public administration, public policy analysis, and comparative higher education. His research focuses on governance dynamics and performance in higher education and education, policy design and policy change, policy instruments’ impact and performance, the social role of political science, the policy impact of Covid-19, and leadership as an embedded function of policy making.
He has (co-)authored eleven monographical studies and
(co-)edited seventeen books, while his work in English has
been published in several books and in journals such as: Journal of Legislative Studies, Higher Education, Higher Education Policy, Higher Education Quarterly, Public Administration, Southern European Society and Politics, Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis, Journal of European Public Policy, Comparative Education Review, Policy and Society, Contemporary Italian Politics, European Political Science, Policy Sciences, Public Policy and Administration; Journal of Public Policy; Regulation & Governance; European Policy Analysis, Policy & Politics; Political Studies Review, Journal of Asian Public Policy, Review of Policy Research; International Journal of Administrative Sciences.
