Sergio Fabbrini is currently Professor of Political Science and International Relations and Director of the School of Government at the LUISS University in Rome. He served as Director of the Trento School of International Studies in the period 2006-2009 and Editor of the “Italian Journal of Political Science” (Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica) in the period 2004-2009. He is Recurrent Visiting Professor of Comparative and International Politics at the Department of Political Science and Institute of Governmental Studies, University of California at Berkeley. He was Jemolo Fellow at the Nuffield College, Oxford University, in the Spring Semester 2006. He was Jean Monnet Chair Professor at the Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies, European University Institute in Florence, in the Fall Semester 2001 and Visiting Professor in the Department of Political and Social Sciences, European University Institute in Florence, in the Spring Semester 2004. He was Fulbright Professor at Harvard University in 1987-1988.