TEACHING
Approach
Great teachers inspired me to study comparative politics, think critically about public policies, and defend my view using analytical reasoning.
As a teacher, I challenge students to examine problems through competing perspectives and situate debates within their broader context. I encourage them to engage with original sources, develop independent arguments, and defend them using empirical evidence.
I like to think of classes as the bridge between academic theories and real-world affairs. That is why I incorporate collaborative projects—such as the 'Across Borders' podcasts—into seminar assessments.
Portfolio
Since 2021, I have been regularly teaching courses on 'Migration Governance' and 'Dilemmas of Migration Governance' for the master's programme in Transnational Governance at the School of Transnational Governance.
I previously taught a bachelor's level course on 'The European Union as a polity in the making' at the Department of Social Sciences of the Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf (Fall semester 2016/17) and a bachelor's course, also on 'The European Union as a polity in the making' (Fall semester 2016/17), at the Department of Social Sciences of the University of Trento as part of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence's program. Finally, I have taught a master's level course on ‘The origins and developments of the European Union’ at the School of Political Science of the University of Florence.
I have given guest lectures on 'Citizenship Policies' for the master's programme of Sciences Po Paris (2023), 'Italian Territorial Politics' for the master's programme of James Madison University in Florence (2017), 'The Multilevel Politics of Migration' for the master's programme of the Centre international de formation européenne in Berlin (2017), 'Health and Migration' for the master's programme Changing Societies of the University of Basel (2018), and 'Citizenship Policies' for the master's programme in Public Affairs of Sciences Po Paris (2022).
In the Spring of 2015 I have taught on the history and the politics of the European Union in five high schools of the Province of Florence as part of the publicly funded project ‘Europe at School’.
