Today he is associate professor in Political Science at the Department of Social and Political Sciences, Faculty of Political, Economic, Social Sciences, University of Milano.
He teaches Political Science, Public Administration and Local Government within the graduate and post-graduate program of the Faculty of Political Sciences, Economics and Social Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano and Ethics and Public Policy in the Master of ASERI (Alta Scuola di Economia e Relazioni Internazionali – Postgraduate School of Economics and International Relations), Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano.
The main research activities are centered on:
– rethinking the welfare state and citizenship (i.e. health policy and migration) in the liberal and democratic societies (i.e. politics and migration);
– analysis of public administration and local government;
– transformation of relationship between politicians and civil servant in Italy and in Western Europe (spoils and merit system);
– ethical frontiers in public and private management with an interdisciplinary approach;
– transformation of parties and party systems in Italy in comparative prospective.
– General Secretary of ISMU Foundation (Iniziative e Studi sulla multietnicità: www.ismu.org) from 2023 July 1 st ; since 1995 he is the coordinator of Welfare and Health Unit of Ismu Foundation (Iniziative e Studi sulla Multietnicità: www.ismu.org), Milano. Since 2017 he is the coordinator of Migration and the future of Europe Unit of Ismu Foundation
– since 1999 he is a member of SISP (Società Italiana di Scienza Politica), Italy (www.sisp.it);
– since 1999 he is the coordinator of Ethics and Public Administration Section of Centro Studi Politeia, Milano (www.politeia-centrostudi.org); he is also member of Scientific Committee of the Annual Forum on Business Ethics and CSR in a Global Economy (IX edition), international conference organized by Centro Studi Politeia and Department of Social and Political Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano;
– He has been director of School of Journalism Walter Tobagi dell’Università degli Studi di Milano (www.giornalismo.unimi.it) for the three-year period 2017 to 2019.