Introduction
Giacomo Benedetto holds a Jean Monnet Chair in European Union Politics at Royal Holloway, University of London. Before moving to his current post, he held a lectureship in European Politics at the University of Manchester. He was awarded a PhD in Political Science by the London School of Economics, the subject of which was “Institutionalised Consensus in the European Parliament”. He teaches university courses on the history, theory, political development, budgets, and public policy of the European Union.
He is a co-author of the Study on the Potential and Limitations of Reforming the Financing of the EU Budget prepared for the EU's High Level Group on Own Resources, and he has authored briefings and provided evidence on the EU’s budget for the Budgets and Budgetary Control Committees of the European Parliament. He has published on matters concerning the EU budget in scientific journals, and he has co-edited with Simona Milio a collection of essays on the reform of the EU budget published by Palgrave-Macmillan in 2012.
Expert
Giacomo Benedetto's expertise covers cross-border cooperation between universities, budget policy-making, decision-making in European institutions. and the use of public funds to guarantee economic investment.
Fields of expertise: Education, Evidence for policy / knowledge valorization, Monitoring and evaluation, Policy design and delivery