I am a social scientist interested in political economy, international affairs, and global health and development.

Currently, I am assistant professor of sociology and political economy at Bocconi University. Before moving to Milan, I held research posts at Oxford, Cambridge and Harvard.

My research focuses on the links between global processes, national responses, and local- or individual-level outcomes. I have published extensively on three research areas: decision-making in global governance, the development and evolution of global norms, and the social consequences of market liberalization.
 
My work has appeared in leading journals, including the American Sociological Review, the American Journal of Sociology, The Lancet, and World Development. This research has received attention by many media outlets, including the New York Times, Le Monde, El País, Reuters, and the BBC. In addition, it formed the basis of parliamentary questions in the UK and in the European Parliament. I have also worked as a consultant to the World Health Organization and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.

I read sociology and politics at Cambridge and Athens. My research has received financial support by the Institute for New Economic Thinking, the Cambridge Political Economy Society, the Onassis Foundation, and the Greek Ministry of Education.

For the most up-to-date list of published work, please click here for my Google Scholar profile.

Selected publications

The Making of
Neoliberal Globalization:
Norm Substitution and the Politics of
Clandestine Institutional Change

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The Politics of World Polity:
Script-writing in
International Organizations

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Legitimacy Challenges
to the Liberal World Order

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The World System and the
Hollowing-out of State Capacity:
How Structural Adjustment Programs
Impact Bureaucratic Quality

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Bad Governance:
How Privatization
Increases Corruption
in the Developing World

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The Social Aftermath
of Economic Disaster:
Karl Polanyi, Counter-movements
in Action & the Greek Crisis

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