Giacomo Benedetto
Giacomo Benedetto FRSA | |
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Born | 1972 (age 51–52) |
Occupation | Jean Monnet Chair |
Board member of | Associate Editor of the European Journal of Government and Economics |
Relatives | Geoffrey Grigson |
Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts |
Academic background | |
Education | University of Sussex |
Alma mater | London School of Economics and Political Science |
Thesis | Institutionalised Consensus in Europe's Parliament (2005) |
Doctoral advisor | Simon Hix |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Political science, Public policy, European studies |
Sub-discipline | EU budget |
Institutions | Royal Holloway, University of London University of Manchester |
Website | pure |
Giacomo Benedetto FRSA[2] (born August 1972[3]) is a British Italian political scientist and holder of a Jean Monnet Chair at Royal Holloway, University of London.[4] He is an expert in European Union politics, and has researched and published extensively on the European Parliament, Euroscepticism, and the EU budget.[5] Benedetto is also associate editor of the peer-reviewed European Journal of Government and Economics,[6] and co-ordinator of the EUROSCI Network Centre in the UK.[7]
Early life and academic career
Benedetto is a grandson of Geoffrey Grigson, the British poet, editor and critic.[8][9] He earned a BA from the University of Sussex, and did his graduate studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science, from which he earned an MSc(Econ) and a PhD.[4] His doctoral thesis (2005), under the supervision of Simon Hix, dealt with Institutionalised Consensus in Europe's Parliament.[10] Benedetto started his academic career as a lecturer at the University of Manchester in 2005.[11] He joined Royal Holloway, University of London, in 2006,[12] and was appointed Jean Monnet Chair in 2016, with an inaugural lecture entitled £350 million per week and why Europe needs a budget.[13]
Achievements
As an expert in EU budgetary politics, Benedetto is co-author of the Study on the Potential and Limitations of Reforming the Financing of the EU Budget prepared for the EU's High Level Group on Own Resources, the so-called Monti Group.[14][15] As a Jean Monnet Chair, he was also invited to provide oral evidence on Brexit and the EU budget by the House of Lords EU financial affairs sub-committee of the select committee on the European Union.[16]
Selected works
- Benedetto, G., & S. Milio (eds) (2012), European Union budget reform: institutions, policy and economic crisis. Palgrave Macmillan.[17]
- Benedetto, G. (2013), "The EU budget after Lisbon: Rigidity and reduced spending?" Journal of Public Policy 33(3): 345–369.
- Nuñez Ferrer, J., J. Le Cacheux, G. Benedetto, & M. Saunier (2016), Study on the Potential and Limitations of Reforming the Financing of the EU Budget: Expertise commissioned by the European Commission on behalf of the High Level Group on Own Resources. Centre for European Policy Studies.
- Benedetto, G. (2017), "Institutions and the route to reform of the European Union's budget revenue", Empirica 44(4): 615–633.
- Benedetto, G. (2017), "Power, money and reversion points: The European Union's annual budgets since 2010", Journal of European Public Policy 24(5): 633–652.
References
- ^ "Giacomo Benedetto". Google Scholar Citations. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
- ^ Giacomo Benedetto at RSA.
- ^ "Giacomo BENEDETTO - Personal Appointments". Companies House. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Dr Giacomo Benedetto". Royal Holloway, University of London. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
- ^ "Giacomo Benedetto". Google Scholar. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
- ^ "Editorial Team". European Journal of Government and Economics. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
- ^ "EUROSCI Network Centre in the United Kingdom". EUROSCI Network UK. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- ^ "Giacomo with his grandfather Geoffrey Grigson". Facebook. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ "Giacomo Benedetto". IWW Lives of the First World War.
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(help) - ^ Benedetto, Giacomo (2005). "Institutionalised Consensus in Europe's Parliament". LSE Theses Online. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
- ^ "The Galaxy of Funds and Instruments around the EU Budget: Biographies of Speakers" (PDF). European Parliament. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
- ^ "Giacomo Benedetto". LinkedIn. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- ^ Miskimmon, Alister (11 November 2016). "Upcoming event - Jean Monnet Lecture Dr Giacomo Benedetto". Centre for European Politics. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- ^ Núñez Ferrer, Jorge; Le Cacheux, Jacques; Benedetto, Giacomo; Saunier, Mathieu (3 June 2016). "Study on the Potential and Limitations of Reforming the Financing of the EU Budget" (PDF). European Commission. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- ^ Furik, Andrej (25 January 2017). "Monti group advisor: EU money could be better targeted at external borders". EURACTIV. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
- ^ "Academics questioned on EU budget post Brexit". UK Parliament. 14 December 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ European Union Budget Reform: Institutions, Policy and Economic Crisis. Springer. 10 October 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2017.