Associate Professor (L. 240)
Department of Management and Production Engineering (DIGEP)
Profile
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Biography
Francesco Nicoli is associate professor of European Political Economy at Politecnico Institute of Turin. He also serves as adjunct professor of political economy at Gent University, and was non-resident fellow think-tank Bruegel. Before joining Politecnico, Francesco Nicoli served as assistant professor at Gent, where he arrived after four years at the University of Amsterdam. Dr. Nicoli defended his PhD in Political Economy at the University of Trento. He routinely publishes on the Journal of European Public Policy, the Journal of Common Market Studies, European Union Politics, the Journal of European Integration, and other international scientific venues.
Scientific branch
(Area 0014 - Political and social sciences)
Editorial boards
- HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES COMMUNICATIONS (2024-), Associate Editor of magazine or editorial series
Other research or teaching roles outside Politecnico
- Visiting Researcher, presso Centro Studi sul Federalismo
- Docente a contratto, presso Universiteit Gent (1/11/2022-1/12/2024)
- Visiting Researcher, presso Universiteit Gent
Roles as evaluator or expert
- Erasmus+ Doctoral Networks. 2026
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Teaching
Collegi of the PhD programmes
- STUDI POLITICI, 2024/2025 (40. ciclo)
Università degli Studi di MILANO - STUDI POLITICI, 2023/2024 (39. ciclo)
Università degli Studi di MILANO
Collegi of the degree programmes
- Collegio di Ingegneria Gestionale e della Produzione. Componente invitato
Teachings
PhD
- Survey research methods. A.A. 2025/26, INGEGNERIA GESTIONALE E DELLA PRODUZIONE. Teaching assistant
- Experimental methods in survey research. A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA GESTIONALE E DELLA PRODUZIONE. Main teacher
- International economics institutions. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA GESTIONALE E DELLA PRODUZIONE. Main teacher
- Experimental methods in survey research. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA GESTIONALE E DELLA PRODUZIONE. Main teacher
- International economics institutions. A.A. 2022/23, GESTIONE, PRODUZIONE E DESIGN. Main teacher
- Experimental methods in survey research. A.A. 2022/23, GESTIONE, PRODUZIONE E DESIGN. Main teacher
Master of Science
- Economics and Innovation Management for the New Space Economy. A.A. 2025/26, INGEGNERIA GESTIONALE (ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT). Collaboratore del corso
- Socioeconomic impact of technological change. A.A. 2025/26, INGEGNERIA GESTIONALE (ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT). Collaboratore del corso
- Economics. A.A. 2025/26, INGEGNERIA GESTIONALE (ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT). Collaboratore del corso
- Economics. A.A. 2025/26, INGEGNERIA GESTIONALE (ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT). Collaboratore del corso
- Economics. A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA GESTIONALE (ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT). Collaboratore del corso
- Economics. A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA GESTIONALE (ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT). Collaboratore del corso
- Economics and Innovation Management for the New Space Economy. A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA GESTIONALE (ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT). Collaboratore del corso
- Socioeconomic impact of technological change. A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA GESTIONALE (ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT). Collaboratore del corso
- Economics and Innovation Management for the New Space Economy. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA GESTIONALE (ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT). Collaboratore del corso
- Economics. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA GESTIONALE (ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT). Collaboratore del corso
- Economics. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA GESTIONALE (ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT). Collaboratore del corso
- Economics and Innovation Management for the New Space Economy. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA GESTIONALE (ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT). Collaboratore del corso
Research
Research projects
Projects funded by competitive calls
- FusEUrope - European cooperation in nuclear fusion research: from history to future policy design, (2023-2025) - Responsabile Scientifico di Struttura
PNRR – Mission 4
Projects funded by commercial contracts
- Assignment for Module 1 – Study for CQOP SOA on European Public Procurement Reforms in the framework of the wider study: European public procurement reforms, their potential impact on Italy, and op-portunities to upscale the Italian SOA to other EU Member States, (2025-2026) - Responsabile Scientifico
Commercial contracts for the provision of services - EU green public procurement strategies project, (2024-2025) - Responsabile Scientifico
Commercial contracts for the provision of services - La réalisation d’une revue prospective de la littérature sur les enjeux de la transformation numérique des industries - Marché n° S2.00.00.04 Haut-23-2590, (2023-2024) - Responsabile Scientifico
Commercial contracts for the provision of services - Support the European and global response to the COVID-19 pandemic and Variants of Concern (VOC) , (2023-2026) - Responsabile Scientifico
Commercial contracts for the provision of services
Supervised PhD students
- Doga Gungor. Programme in Ingegneria Gestionale E Della Produzione (41st cycle, 2026-in progress)
Publications
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- Nicoli, Francesco (2026)
Europe’s Sovereignty Paradox in the new Age of Empires. , Torino, Fondazione CSF
Altro - Granickas, Karolis; Nicoli, Francesco; Hafner, Manfred; Berdini, Desiderio (2026)
Completing the Puzzle of European Public Procurement Reform: Towards a European System of Supplier Qualification?. , Orgalim
Altro - Biten Butorac, Merve; Nicoli, Francesco; Lalli, Roberto (2026)
Unpacking public support for nuclear energy: A twin conjoint experiment on innovative nuclear fusion and next-generation fission technologies. In: ENERGY POLICY, vol. 210. ISSN 0301-4215
Contributo su Rivista - Nicoli, Francesco; Lappe, Marie-sophie (2025)
European Green Industrial Policy at a Crossroads? A Pilot Set of Conjoint Experiments Among Policy Experts. In: CONTEMPORARY EUROPEAN POLITICS, vol. 3. ISSN 2833-0188
Contributo su Rivista - Veugelers, Reinhilde; Sekut, Kamil; Nicoli, Francesco (2025)
Relaunching Europe's Space Economy. Brussels, Bruegel, P. 116. ISBN: 978-9-078910-63-3
Libro - Buzzelli, Gregorio; Nicoli, Francesco; Sacchi, Stefano (2025)
Automation and Political Realignment: The Impact of ‘Losers’ Occupational Trajectories on Core Political Values. In: POLITICAL STUDIES, vol. 0, pp. 1-26. ISSN 0032-3217
Contributo su Rivista - Beetsma, R.; Nicoli, F. (2025)
On the Design of a European Health Union: Public Preferences, Trust, and Experience With the Covid‐19 Crisis. In: REGULATION & GOVERNANCE. ISSN 1748-5983
Contributo su Rivista - Nicoli, F.; Burgoon, B.; Van Der Duin, D. (2025)
Citizen Support for a European Defense Union: An International Conjoint Experiment on Security Cooperation in Europe. In: INTERNATIONAL STUDIES QUARTERLY, vol. 69. ISSN 0020-8833
Contributo su Rivista - Meijers, Maurits J.; Bremer, Björn; Kuhn, Theresa; Nicoli, Francesco (2025)
Partisan cueing and preferences for fiscal integration in the European Union. In: WEST EUROPEAN POLITICS, pp. 1-27. ISSN 0140-2382
Contributo su Rivista - Buzzelli, Gregorio; Nicoli, Francesco (2025)
Future Impacts of Industry 4.0 on Labour Markets and Production Reshoring, Concentration and Sustainability: A Prospective Literature Review.. In: GLOBAL SOCIETY, pp. 1-37. ISSN 1360-0826
Contributo su Rivista - Beetsma, Roel; Buti, Marco; Nicoli, Francesco (2025)
EU Defense Union: Short-Term Feasibility and Long-Term Coherence. In: CESIFO FORUM, vol. 03, pp. 22-29. ISSN 1615-245X
Contributo su Rivista - Salmanova, Aygul; Nicoli, Francesco; Dupont, Claire (2025)
Assessing stringency: A survey experiment of energy saving policies across five EU countries. In: PUBLIC POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION. ISSN 0952-0767
Contributo su Rivista - Nicoli, Francesco (2025)
Deterrence Without Federation?. , Torino, Centro Studi sul Federalismo / Fondazione CSF
Altro - Gilli, Andrea; Nicoli, Francesco (2025)
How can Europe's Nuclear Trilemma be resolved?. , Bruegel
Altro - Lappe, Marie-Sophie; Nicoli, Francesco (2025)
Advantages and pitfalls of green public procurement as a European strategic tool. , Bruegel pp. 1-27
Altro - Reinl, Ann-Kathrin; Beetsma, Roel; Nicoli, Francesco (2024)
Divided by borders, united in healthcare? Regional heterogeneities and technocratic solidarity during the Covid-19 pandemic. In: JOURNAL OF EUROPEAN PUBLIC POLICY. ISSN 1350-1763
Contributo su Rivista - Nicoli, Francesco; van der Duin, David; Beetsma, Roel; Bremer, Björn; Burgoon, Brian; ... (2024)
Closer during crises? European identity during the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In: JOURNAL OF EUROPEAN PUBLIC POLICY, pp. 1-27. ISSN 1350-1763
Contributo su Rivista - Nicoli, Francesco (2024)
European Disunion, S. Auer (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022, ISBN 9780197659601). In: JOURNAL OF COMMON MARKET STUDIES. ISSN 0021-9886
Contributo su Rivista - Beetsma, R.; Buti, M.; Nicoli, F. (2024)
Defense as a European Public Good: Delivery and Financing. In: CESIFO FORUM, vol. 25, pp. 5-10. ISSN 1615-245X
Contributo su Rivista - Nicoli, Francesco; Beetsma, Roel (2024)
Joint public procurement as a tool for European Union industrial policy. , Bruegel
Altro - Beetsma, Roel; Buti, Marco; Nicoli, Francesco (2024)
Joint defence as a European public good. In: INTERNATIONAL POLITICS. ISSN 1384-5748
Contributo su Rivista - Nicoli, Francesco; Terzi, Alessio (2024)
Space Possibilities for Our Grandchildren: Current and Future Economic Uses of Space. , Luxembourg, European Commission
Altro - Nicoli, Francesco; Zeitlin, Jonathan (2024)
Introduction: escaping the politics trap? EU integration pathways beyond the polycrisis. In: JOURNAL OF EUROPEAN PUBLIC POLICY, vol. 31, pp. 3011-3035. ISSN 1350-1763
Contributo su Rivista - Nicoli, Francesco; Burgoon, Brian; Sacchi, Stefano; Buzzelli, Gregorio (2024)
Labour market risks and preferences for EU unemployment insurance: the effect of automation, globalization, and migration concerns. In: EUROPEAN POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW. ISSN 1755-7747
Contributo su Rivista - Nicoli, Francesco; Kathrin Reinl, Ann (2023)
Stronger together in adversities? Solidarity preferences in Italy and Germany during Covid-19. In: E la Nave Va: Germany and Italy in turbolent times / Notermans, T., Piattoni, S., Verzichelli, L., Wagemann, C., S.L., Villa Vigoni Editore Verlag, pp. 213-228. ISBN: 9788894698787
Contributo in Volume - Burgoon, Brian; Buzzelli, Gregorio; Nicoli, Francesco; Sacchi, Stefano (2023)
Globalisation and automation as sources of labour-market competition, and support for European Union unemployment insurance. , Bruegel
Altro - Bremer, B; Kuhn, T; Meijers, Mj; Nicoli, F (2023)
In this together? Support for European fiscal integration in the COVID-19 crisis. In: JOURNAL OF EUROPEAN PUBLIC POLICY, pp. 1-29. ISSN 1350-1763
Contributo su Rivista - Nicoli, F; van der Duin, D; Burgoon, B (2023)
Which Energy Security Union? An experiment on public preferences for energy union alternatives in 5 western European countries. In: ENERGY POLICY, vol. 183. ISSN 0301-4215
Contributo su Rivista - Zeitlin, J.; Nicoli, F.; Laffan, B. (2019)
Introduction: the European Union beyond the polycrisis? Integration and politicization in an age of shifting cleavages. In: JOURNAL OF EUROPEAN PUBLIC POLICY, vol. 26, pp. 963-976. ISSN 1350-1763
Contributo su Rivista