LIVIO DI LONARDO
Courses a.y. 2023/2024
30334 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
30487 POLITICAL REGIMES
30504 INTERNATIONAL POLITICS LAB
Courses previous a.y.
Biographical note
I am an Assistant Professor of Political Science in the Department of Social and Political Sciences at Bocconi University and a Research Affiliate at the Carlo F. Dondena Centre for Research on Social Dynamics and Public Policy.. I received my Ph.D. in Politics from New York University in 2017. I study the causes and the consequences of the use of violence and the threat of violence in politics, both at the international and the national political stage. More specifically, I am interested in deterrence theory, foreign intervention, the politics of counterterrorism, and the interference of organized crime in the political process. I am also interested in the functioning of democratic institutions, especially elections.
Research interests
Political economy, international relations, national security, terrorism and counterterrorism.
Selected Publications
The partisan politics of counterterrorism: reputations, policy transparency, and electoral outcomes
POLITICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH AND METHODS, 2019
Valence uncertainty and the nature of the candidate pool in elections
JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL POLITICS, 2017
Autocratic stability in the shadow of foreign threats
AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW, 2020
Political instability and the failure of deterrence
THE JOURNAL OF POLITICS, 2022
Counterterrorism policy in an uncertain world
JOURNAL OF POLITICS, 2021
The political consequences of green policies: evidence from Italy
AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW, Forthcoming