Francesco Napolitano

e-mail: francesco.napolitano@coleurope.eu

Academic Assistant at the Department of European and Political Administrative Studies of the College of Europe, Bruges, since August 2008.

Degree in International and Diplomatic Sciences from the University of Bologna (September 1999 – February 2005); Certificate of European Political Studies from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Université Robert Schuman, Strasbourg (September 2001 – June 2002); Master in European Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Major Governance in the EU, College of Europe, Natolin campus (September 2006 – June 2007).

Internship at the Italian Permanent Mission to the EU (Brussels, Belgium); European Voluntary Service in social and cultural field, EU Youth Programme – Action II (Berlin and Hamburg, Germany); Internship at the General Secretariat of the European Parliament, DG Internal Policies (Robert Schuman Scholarship); Assistant to the Executive Officer responsible for Legal Affairs and Human Rights in the EU, Amnesty International – EU Office (Brussels, Belgium).

Fields of interest: Comparative Politics, EU Governance, Europeanization, Justice and Home Affairs in the EU.