Guido PANZANO

Bio

Guido Panzano holds a PhD in Political Science from the Université libre de Bruxelles. He is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Political Science at Kiel University (Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel). He works on the causes and consequences of political regime developments, such as democratization and autocratization, mainly using mixed-methods empirical approaches.

CV

• Kiel University (Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel) 2024-
  • Department of Political Science
  • Postdoctoral researcher
     

• Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) 2020-2024
  • Centre d’Etude de la Vie Politique (CEVIPOL)
  • PhD in Political Science
  • Dissertation: “Autocratization and Inequalities Between Ethnic Groups in The Contemporary World: A Contemporary Inquiry”. Supervisor: Luca Tomini. Scholarship: Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique - FNRS Research Fellow/Aspirant (2020-2022, 2022-2024).
  • Committee members: Svend-Erik Skaaning, Seraphine Maerz, Daniel Bochsler, Jean-Benoit Pilet, Seda Gurkan.

• Central European University (Budapest/Vienna, CEU) 2019-2020
  • Thesis: “Political Regimes in Plural Societies: Institutions and Performances of Majoritarian and Power-Sharing Democracy in Divided Countries”. Supervisor: Daniel Bochsler. Final grade: with distinction.
  • MA in Nationalism Studies

• Università degli Studi di Firenze 2017-2019
  • Thesis: “Ethnic Domination in Deeply Divided Places: The Hegemonic State in Israel and Estonia”. Supervisor: Marco Tarchi. Final grade: 110/110 magna cum laude.
  • MA in Political Science
    
     
• Università degli Studi di Pisa 2014-2017
  • Thesis: “Complex Regional Consociations: Northern Ireland and South Tyrol. Power-sharing Executives, Autonomy, Ethnic Parties and Political Stability”. Supervisor: Rino Casella. Final grade: 110/110 magna cum laude.
  • BA in Political Science and International Relations
    
     
  • Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies of Pisa 2014-2020
    • II-level MA and Honor BA diploma in Political Science
    • Thesis: “Plural Democracies: A Comparative Inquiry on Institutions and Performances of Majoritarian and Power-Sharing Ethnically Divided Democracies”. Supervisor: Luca Tomini. Final grade: 100/100 magna cum laude.

Areas of research

Political regimes and political regime development (democratization and autocratization, democratic quality); inequalities; nationalism and ethnicity; power sharing; minorities; parties.



 

Publications

Peer-reviewed journal articles

Panzano, G. (2024). Autocratization as Ethnocratization? How Regime Transformations toward Autocracy Deteriorate Ethnic Relations. Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, 30(3), 303-334.  Link.

Panzano, G. (2024). Do mutually reinforcing cleavages harm democracy? Inequalities between ethnic groups and autocratization. Democratization, 31(2), 265-289. Link.

Monographs

Panzano, G. (2021). Ethnic Domination in Deeply Divided Places: The Hegemonic State in Israel and Estonia (p. 132). Firenze University Press. Link.

Chapters in edited volumes

Panzano, G. (2024). Chapter 30. Autocratization and ethnic relations. In Tomini and Croissant (editors). The Routledge Handbook of Autocratization (pp. 427-440). Routledge. Link.