Prof. Giliberto Capano, Member of the Executive Committee, International Public Policy Association & Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at the University of Bologna
Prof. Giliberto Capano is a Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at the University of Bologna, where he was Dean of the Faculty of Political Science. He is one of the editors of the prestigious and highly-ranked journal Policy & Society. He was a member of the Executive Committee of the International Political Science Association (2009-2014) and of the Executive Committee of the European Consortium of Political Research (2018-2024). In 2014, he was one of the 12 founders of the International Public Policy Association, of which he is still a member of the Executive Committee. He specialises in public administration and public policy. His research focuses on governance dynamics and performance in higher education and education, policy design and policy change, the impact and performance of policy instruments, the social role of political science, the policy impact of Covid-19, and leadership as an embedded function of policy making. He has (co-)authored eleven monographs and (co-)edited seventeen books, his work in has been published in the leading international journals of public policy and public administration, and he is ranked in the top 2% of the world's most impactful scholars by the Standford Ranking. He has acted as a consultant and reviewer for various Italian public administrations and has taught executive courses for the National Schools of Public Administration of various countries, such as Italy, Brazil, Spain, Portugal, Australia and Italy.