I am a political economist researching in the areas of European and International Political Economy. I am currently a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research Fellow jointly affiliated to the University of California, Berkeley, and the European University Institute. Previously, I served as the Nicholas Barr Fellow in European Political Economy at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Research Interests
European and International Political Economy, Crisis management, European integration
My research focuses on the political economy of crisis management, examining how crises influence European integration. I am particularly interested in how economic crises reshape actors’ policy preferences and their perceptions of Europe’s future. My work has been published in the Journal of European Public Policy, Review of International Political Economy, and New Political Economy, among other journals.
Selected Academic Publications
Fifi, G. & Gao, X. (2025) From the Green to the Just Transition: The emergence of the Compensatory State in the EU’s
approach to climate change, Journal of Common Market Studies.
Fifi, G. (2024) Inventing and Re-inventing Populism to Protect Europe:The Case of the Italian Partito Democratico, 2007-2022, The International Spectator.
Crespi de Valldaura & Fifi, G. (2024) Adapting to the market: leftist ideological justifications of liberal economic policies, 1977–1986, New Political Economy.
Fifi, G. (2024) A serious crisis that didn't go to waste? The EU, the Covid-19 pandemic and the role of ambiguity in crisis-management, Journal of European Public Policy.
Fifi, G. (2023) On Antonio Gramsci’s hidden concept: Fetishism, Capital and Class.
Fifi, G. (2023) From social protection to ‘progressive neoliberalism’: writing the Left into the rise and resilience of neoliberal policies (1968–2019). Review of International Political Economy.