Fabio Rugge

Most of my publications concern 1. local government in the late modern history ; 2. state administration in the same era. But I happened to deal with different subjects such as administrative communication, the history of legal thought and, lately, the transfer of institutional models. Much of the underlying  research work is comparative, albeit with reference to Europe only.

My research work has also been nurtured through my engagement in consulting for different authorities and in the training of civil servants (specially for local government). From 2003 until 2011 I served as the president of the “Romagnosi Foundation – School of Local Government”.

I have been Humboldt  Stipendiat at the Technische Universität in Berlin and Jemolo Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford. I have belonged to the editorial board of a number of journals in Italy and abroad (e.g. “Public Administration Review”, “Jahrbuchfür Europäische Verwaltungsgeschichte”).  I have chaired the Working Group on Administrative History of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences in Brussels and served for a two years term in the executive committee of the International Social Science Council.

From November 2005 to October 2011 I have served as the dean of the Political Sciences Faculty of the University of Pavia.

Education

Laurea in Political Science; Catholic University, Milano (Italy) 

Language

Italian, English, German, French