Alessia Vatta

An expert in interest groups and concertation, she analyzes the dynamics of neocorporatism and the public policies of the European Union from a comparative perspective.

Role

Political Science Researcher at the University of Trieste.

Bio

He graduated in Political Science from the University of Trieste in 1992 and obtained a PhD in Political Science from the University of Florence in 1998.

He was a research fellow between 1999 and 2002 at the University of Trieste, where he taught Public Policy Analysis, Comparative Politics and European Governance, and where he now teaches EU Policies for Sustainability and Social Cohesion.

His research focuses on comparative practices of consultation between governments, trade unions, and business organizations, the political role of interest groups, the democratization process in Central and Eastern Europe, and selected policy areas of the European Union. He has participated in research projects of national and international interest.

She is a member of the International Political Science Association and the European Sociological Association, where she was vice president of Research Network 17 – Work, Employment and Industrial Relations from 1999 to 2009. Since 2011, she has participated in the Standing Group on interest groups of the Italian Society of Political Science.