Senior Adjunct Professor, SAIS Europe; Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Bologna

The event will be held in hybrid mode. SAIS Europe students, faculty, and staff are allowed to attend in person in the Penthouse. External guests are welcome to participate by registering for the online webinar using the link below.

Gianfranco Pasquino is Senior Adjunct Professor at SAIS Europe and Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Bologna. Pasquino was Professor of Political Science at the University of Bologna from 1969-2012. He was a member of the Italian Senate from 1983-1992 and from 1994-1996. He served as a parliamentary observer for the plebiscite (1988) and presidential elections (1989) in Chile. He has been awarded five honorary degrees in Political Science, and is a Life Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge. Pasquino has also been Fellow of Christchurch and St Antony's at Oxford. For several years he was a member of the Editorial Board of the Enciclopedia Italiana and President of the Società Italiana di Scienza Politica (2010-2013). Since 2005 he is a member of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. He received the Conference Group on Italian Politics and Society (CONGRIPS) Life Achievement Award (2016). He is a frequent contributor of articles and reviews to academic journals, policy forums and news outlets. Pasquino is often invited to participate in TV talk shows. Pasquino is very proud of his MA in International Relations from Johns Hopkins SAIS (1967).