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Matteo Scotto

May 5, 2024

Curriculum Vitae

Matteo Scotto holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Bonn with a thesis on intergovernmentalism in the context of the European Union, published by Villa Vigoni Editore | Verlag. He holds a Master’s degree in European Studies with a focus on EU Governance from the Research Centre for European Integration (ZEI) at the University of Bonn with a thesis on the geopolitical role of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), which was subsequently published in the ZEI Discussion Paper series. Previously, he studied Foreign Languages and International Relations at the University of Turin and Ca’ Foscari University in Venice, with study visits to the University of Basel, Otto Friedrich University Bamberg, Karl Franzens University Graz and the City College of New York.
He is currently head of the department “Research and Projects” at Villa Vigoni and Fellow at the Bocconi Lab for European Studies (Bocconi University, Milan) He was a member of the doctoral programme RUB-Europadialoge of the Mercator Foundation at the Ruhr University Bochum. He was a lecturer in History of Western Civilisation at Franklin University in Switzerland and gave lectures at several European universities, foundations and institutions (LUISS Guido Carli, Bocconi University, Ca’ Foscari University in Venice, University of Bonn, University of Bratislava, University of Oviedo, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, European Parliament, Italian Embassy in Berlin, European Commission Representation in Milan). From 2013 to 2016, he worked at the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), where he was a programme officer in the “Southern Europe” department and for the special programme “Leadership for Syria”. He regularly writes about European politics in journals, newspapers and national blogs.

Areas of expertise:

  • Head of the Department for Research and Projects
  • Project Management
  • EU Programmes
  • Public Relations
  • Press and Media Relations

Research areas:

  • European Integration
  • EU Politics
  • EU Institutions
  • Decision-Making Processes in the EU
  • Democracy in the EU
  • EU–US Relations
  • Political Relations between Germany and Italy

Scientific publications

Monographs

  • M. Scotto, La trappola dell’integrazione? Capire l’Europa degli Stati nazionali, Rubbettino Editore, Soveria Mannelli 2024.
  • M. Scotto, Fragile Orders. Understanding Intergovernmentalism in the Context of EU Crises and Reform Process, Villa Vigoni Editore | Verlag, Loveno di Menaggio 2022.
  • M. Scotto, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP): an Insight Into Transatlantic Relations and Global context, ZEI Discussion Paper C238, Bonn Universität/ZEI, Bonn 2016.

Publishers title

  • M. Scotto, et al. (a cura di), Alla Ricerca dell’Europa. Tra geografia, comunità e diritto. / Auf der Suche nach Europa. Zwischen Geschichte, Wertgemeinschaft und Recht., Villa Vigoni Editore | Verlag, Loveno di Menaggio 2022.
  • M. Scotto, et al. (a cura di), The Value of Money. Controversial Economic Cultures in Europe: Italy and Germany, Villa Vigoni Editore | Verlag, Loveno di Menaggio 2020.
  • M. Scotto, et al. (a cura di), Stati Uniti d’Europa: auspicio, incubo, utopia? / Vereinigte Staaten von Europa: Wunschbild, Alptraum, Utopie?, Villa Vigoni Editore | Verlag, Loveno di Menaggio 2020.
  • M. Scotto et al. (a cura di), Warum sich Europa lohnt: Plädoyers für politische Vernunft, Franz Steiner Verlag, Stoccarda 2019.
  • M. Scotto et al. (a cura di), Italia, Germania e l’Unità europea: Riflessioni a trent’anni dalla caduta del Muro di Berlino, Franz Steiner Verlag, Stoccarda 2019.
  • M. Scotto et al. (a cura di), 60 anni di Unione politica: Prospettive italo-tedesche, Franz Steiner Verlag, Stoccarda 2018.
  • M. Scotto et al. (a cura di), Why Europe?, Franz Steiner Verlag, Stoccarda 2017.

Contributions in editorials

  • M. Scotto, «Diventare sé stessi per essere europei», in: C. Liermann, M. Scotto, J. Stefenelli (a cura di), Stati Uniti d’Europa: auspicio, incubo, utopia? / Vereinigte Staaten von Europa: Wunschbild, Alptraum, Utopie?, Villa Vigoni Editore | Verlag, Loveno di Menaggio 2020.
  • M. Scotto, «Capire l’Europa per capire la Germania. Note a trent’anni dalla riunificazione tedesca tra integrazione europea e rinnovati equilibri politici», in: U. Villani-Lubelli, L. Renzi (a cura di), La nuova Germania. La Repubblica federale trent’anni dopo la Riunificazione, Edizioni ETS, Pisa 2020.
  • M. Scotto, «Toward a closer intergovernmental Union? The political implications of the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework negotiations», in: U. Villani-Lubelli, L. Zamparini (a cura di), Features and Challenges of the EU Budget: A Multidisciplinary Analysis, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham 2019.
  • M. Scotto, «L’Unione europea ha un problema di resilienza politica», in: M. Piantini (a cura di), Forum sulle prospettive dell’Unione europea, Donzelli Editore, Roma 2019.
  • M. Scotto, «Come cambiano i cittadini europei tra opinione pubblica, consenso e partecipazione», in: C. Liermann, M. Scotto, I. Amodeo (a cura di), 60 anni di Unione politica: Prospettive italo-tedesche, Franz Steiner Verlag, Stoccarda 2018.
  • M. Scotto, «From EU citizenship to ideas on Europe: European citizens or cives mundi?», in: C. Liermann, M. Scotto, I. Amodeo (a cura di), Why Europe?, Franz Steiner Verlag, Stoccarda 2017.

Essays in journals

  • M. Scotto, «Presidenza tedesca di turno del Consiglio dell’UE: un’agenda politica di governo per l’Europa», in: M. Scotto, C. Liermann Traniello e F. Zilio (a cura di), Vigoni Paper n. 5/2020, Villa Vigoni Editore | Verlag, Loveno di Menaggio 2020.
  • M. Scotto, «Nazioni e identità in evoluzione tra Italia e Germania ai tempi dell’Unione europea», in: M. Scotto, C. Liermann Traniello e F. Zilio (a cura di), Vigoni Paper n. 0/2020, Villa Vigoni Editore | Verlag, Loveno di Menaggio 2020.
  • M. Scotto, «L’Unione europea dalle secche intergovernative a un percorso compiutamente federale», Commento n. 118. Centro Studi sul Federalismo (2017).
  • M. Scotto, «Rewriting the rules: the consequences of TTIP on global trade», ZEI Insight No. 22, Zentrum für Europäische Integrationsforschung (ZEI) (2015).
  • M. Scotto, «Transatlantic Trade Investment and Partnership: private property or common destiny?», ZEI Insight No. 4, Zentrum für Europäische Integrationsforschung (ZEI) (2014).

 

Non-scientific publications

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