Graduated in Contemporary History (University of Bologna), PhD in History of Federalism and European Unity (University of Pavia) has published essays on European history, Italian communism and, locally, the history of Bologna in the twentieth century. Since 1999 he has been continuously collaborating with the University of Bologna; since 2003, at the Scuola Superiore di Lingue Moderne per Interpreti e Traduttori (SSLMIT) in Forlì, he teaches Political and Economic Integration of the European Union.
Studies and training
1997 PhD in History of Federalism and European Unity, University of Pavia. Tutor Luigi Vittorio Majocchi; thesis published in the volume L'Europa degli altri. Italian communists and European integration: 1957-1969, Rome, Carocci, 1998
1993 Scholarship American history and the social sciences, Enciclopedia italiana, Rome
1992 Postgraduate course in Human Sciences, University of Bologna
1990 Degree in contemporary history (110 and honours) from the University of Bologna. The thesis on Americanism and pro-Soviet in Italy of the '50s won the prizes "Howard Marraro" and "Vittorio Emanuele II" both banned by the University of Bologna
Educational activities
in academic year 2025/2026 teaches "International Politics and Institutions"
from 2007 to 2025 teaches "Political-economic integration of the EU"
2007-2008 teaches "The European Union and dialogue between peoples and cultures"
2007-2008 teaches "Community Law and Administration"
2006 Visiting professor at the University College Cork (UCC) Ireland, with Bologna University Scholarship
2004-2007 Holder of a Jean Monnet Module in "History of European Integration" (SSLMIT)
2003-2008 Lecturer in "Elements of Economics (for interpreters and translators)" (SSLMIT)
2001-2002 Lecturer at "Istituzioni politiche europee", in the Master in Governance and Politics of European Integration" (University of Bologna, Forlì)
1999-2003 Contracts for activities supporting the teaching of "History of International Relations" as tutor and student (University of Bologna, Forlì)
