PhD in Social and Political Sciences, European University Institute,
Florence

Professor of Welfare and Labour Market Policies,
Milan State University

Director of URGE, Research Unit on European Governance,
Collegio Carlo Alberto

Other Positions:

• President of the Graduate School in Social, Economic and Political Sciences of the State University of Milan
• Deputy-director of the Center for Comparative Political Studies (POLEIS) of the Bocconi University (Milan)
• Member of the Executive Committee of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR)
• Member of the Research Council of the European University Institute (IUE) of Florence

His research interests include comparative public policies, with a special focus on the development, crisis and perspectives of the Western welfare state. Currently, he has on-going researches on:

• European integration and social citizenship
• The politics of labour market reform in Europe
• The social dimension of the European Union
• Southern welfare in social Europe: challenges to and prospects for the welfare state in Italy, Spain, Portugal and Greece

E-mail: maurizio.ferrera_at_unimi.it

Personal Homepage: http://users.unimi.it/ferrera