Paolo Dardanelli is Senior Lecturer in Comparative Politics at the University of Kent, United Kingdom. He earned his Ph.D. in Government at the London School of Economics. His research explores the structuring of political systems from a comparative and multidisciplinary perspective, with a particular focus on the forces determining change over time. He is currently joint principal investigator on the project ‘Why Centralization and Decentralization in Federations?’, funded by the UK’s Leverhulme Trust, the Swiss National Science Foundation, and the Forum of Federations.
During his stay at CES, Dardanelli will work on a project entitled ‘Exploring and Explaining Devolution in Europe, 1815-2015’, funded by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation (Germany) and the James Madison Trust (UK).
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Discipline:
Political Science
Areas of Expertise:
Comparative Politics
European Politics
State structures
Federalism
Devolution
Nationalism
Research Topic:
Exploring and Explaining Devolution in Europe, 1815-2015
