Details Written by Paolo Graziano, Sebastiano Sabato, Slavina Spasova, Filippo Grisolia, Federica Fleischmann (2026). ETUI Research Paper-Report. Read the article This research examines the extent to which the European Union’s 2021–2027 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) has supported eco-social policies – defined as public policies explicitly pursuing both environmental and social policy goals [...]

Details Written by Laura Polverari and Cristina Zerbinati (2026), in Perspectives and futures of public administration in Italy (pp. 223-239). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. Read the article This chapter examines the relationship between administrative capacity and economic and social development in Italy, and the administrative strengthening measures implemented in the 2014–2020 and [...]

Details Written by Ugo Fratesi, Felipe Livert, Laura Polverari and Cristina Zerbinati (2026). Governance, 39(2), e70117. Read the article Despite the popularity of the concept, the measurement and the conceptualization of administrative capacity remain ambiguous, based on proxies, and overlook the local level. Conceptualization is weakened by the conflation of exogenous variables. Quantitative and [...]