Alfio Cerami

Citizenship: ITA

Personal information

Name: Alfio Cerami
Birth: September, 1974
Nationality: Italian
E-mail: alfio.cerami@policy-evaluation.org

Short Bio

I have been research associate at the Centre d’études européennes of Sciences Po, Paris. I have also been a lecturer or visiting lecturer at the University of Erfurt (Germany), at Sciences Po Paris, at the Centre for German and European Studies of the State University of St. Petersburg (Russia), at the Southern Methodist University (Paris Campus) and Assistant Professor at the American Graduate School of International Relations and Diplomacy (AGSIRD).

My work encompasses the fields of EUROPEAN STUDIES, POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY, COMPARATIVE POLITICS, AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY. My research concentrates on HOW POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATIONS INFLUENCE THE PROCESS OF DEMOCRATIZATION AND CONSOLIDATION OF DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS IN  THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, AS WELL AS IN TRANSITION AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. A particular attention of my research activities is also given to ANALYTICAL SOCIOLOGY and to MECHANISMS OF INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE.  

My most recent publications include Post-Communist Welfare Pathways. Theorizing Social Policy Transformations in Central and Eastern Europe (together with P. Vanhuysse, 2009, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan), Promoting Human Security: Ethical, Normative and Educational Frameworks in Western Europe (together with P. Burgess, et al., 2007, Paris: UNESCO) and Social Policy in Central and Eastern Europe. The Emergence of a New European Welfare Regime (2006, Berlin: LIT Verlag). I am also currently editing a major volume for the Policy Press (Bristol) entitled Migration and Welfare in the ‘New’ Europe. Social Protection and the Challenges of Integration (with Emma Carmel and Theo Papadopoulos, University of Bath, UK). My work has appeared in various international peer-reviewed journals, such as Politics & Policy, Social Policy & Administration, International Journal of Social Welfare, Journal of Human Security, Czech Sociological Review, Romanian Journal of Political Science and ESELY Hungarian Social Policy Review.

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Education and degrees

2001 - 2005 Ph.D., University of Erfurt, Staatswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Sozialwissenschaften, Germany.

1999 - 2000 Master of Arts (MA) in European Studies, University of Bath (UK) and Humboldt Universität zu Berlin (Germany), Euromasters Programme.

1994 - 1998 Laurea in Sociologia, Univerisita' "La Sapienza" di Roma, Faculty of Sociology, Italy.

Previous Posts (Main Institutional Affiliation)

2008 - 2011 Research Associate, Centre d'études européennes, Sciences Po, 28 rue des Saints Pères, 75007 Paris, France.

Other Posts

2002-2011 Several positions as lecturer held at the University of Erfurt (Germany), at Sciences Po, Paris (France), at Centre for German and European Studies (ZED Zentrum für Deutschland-und Europästudien) of the State University of St. Petersburg (Russia), at Schiller International University (Paris Campus), at Southern Methodist University in Paris and at the American Graduate School of International Relations and Diplomacy (AGSIRD). See Courses

Language Skills

Italian native

English fluent

German fluent

French good

Spanish good


Research Interests

• Comparative Politics
• Political Sociology
• International Political Economy
• Development Economics
• Comparative Social Policy
• Democratization Theories
• European Studies
• Migration
• Human and Socio-Economic Security
• Central and Eastern Europe, South-East Europe, Russian Federation, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
• Sub-Saharan Africa
• Middle East and North Africa (MENA)