Welcome to my webpage at the London School of Economics and Political Science.  I am a Lecturer in European Political Economy.

 

I am the stream convenor for the MPA in European Public and Economic Policy. I convene the EU427  course in European Public and Economic Policy, the EU425 course, Interest Representation and Economic Policy-Making in Europe and the EU455 course, Concepts in Political Economy.

 

I am interested in topics of comparative capitalism, mostly the role of large organizations, such as trade unions, political parties, as well as their interaction with governments. My research explores both the determinants of their strategies and their impact on different measures of economic performance.

CONTACTS

E-mail: m.simoni-at-lse.ac.uk

Office: COW 1.03 (Cowdray House)

Phone: +44 (0)20 7107 5402

Fax: +44 (0)20 799 7546

Office hours (Summer Term 2012): Mondays 11.00-13.00

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Snailmail:

European Institute

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Blog: www.marcosimoni.it

(in Italian)

 

Twitter: http://tinyurl.com/cqo8hqf

(Italian & English)

MY SHORT BIO
I was born in Rome, and now live in London. I like large cities, nonetheless I spent quite a long time in Geneva, working for the ILO’s research facility. I got an old-school Laurea in Political Science from the University of Rome, and a PhD from the LSE. I was awarded a three-years British Academy Post-doctoral fellowship. More details are in my CV.

TO READ

NEW! Book (in Italian) "Senza alibi. Perché il capitalismo italiano non cresce più" Marsilio 2012 [link]

based on:

“Institutional Roots of Economic Decline. Lessons from Italy” Working paper [read]
 

“Organizational Determinants of Wage Moderation”, World Politics 62:4 October 2010 [with Lucio Baccaro] (link)

“Labour and Welfare Reforms: The Short Life of Labour Unity in Contemporary Italy”, in Andrea Mammone and Giuseppe A. Veltri (Eds.) Italy Today. The Sick Man of Europe, Routledge 2010 (read)

“Lisbon Through the Looking Glass: Europe’s Knowledge Economy and the Varieties of Capitalism”, An EU ‘Fit for Purpose’ in the Global Age, Policy-Network 2009. [with Dermot Hodson.] (read)