Donato Di Carlo

About Me

I am Assistant Professor in Political Economy at the European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science, and Director of the Luiss Hub for New Industrial Policy and Economic Governance (LUHNIP), an interdisciplinary Policy Hub advancing research, policy debate, and public engagement on industrial policy and economic governance in Europe and Italy.

As a Comparative Political Economy (CPE) scholar, my work revolves around three research streams:

The political economy of industrial policy;
Continuity and change in European models of capitalism;
Comparative industrial relations and wage-setting systems.

My work has been published in international journals including: Governance, Perspectives on Politics, Politics & Society, Regulation & Governance, Socio-Economic Review and has received awards from the European Union Studies Association (EUSA), the Council for European Studies (CES), and the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (MPIfG).

Before joining LSE, I was Lecturer in Political Economy at Luiss Guido Carli in Rome (2023–2024), Senior Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne (2020–2023), and a Max Weber Fellow in the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the European University Institute (2020–2021). I also served as external economic advisor to the Cabinet of the Mayor of Rome (2021–2023), working at the interface between academic research and economic policy. I hold a PhD in European Political Economy from the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (2015–2019).

Academic Interests

European and Italian Industrial Policy
European Integration and Economic Governance
Varieties of Capitalism & Growth Models/Regimes
Labour Markets and Wage-setting Systems

Education

PhD, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne 2019
Advanced Master in Public Policy, Collegio Carlo Alberto, Turin 2015
MSc Political Economy of Europe, London School of Economics, London 2014
B.A. Public Administration and Public Policy, University of Teramo, Teramo 2013

Academic Research

Peer Reviewed Journals

Donato Di Carlo, Anke Hassel, Martin Höpner (2024)

Politics & Society

About Me

Academic Interests

Education

Academic Research

Growth Coalitions Within a Corporatist Setting: How Manufacturing Interests Dominated the German Response to the Energy Crisis

Between export-led growth and administrative Keynesianism: Italy’s two-tiered growth regime

Structure, agency, and structural reform: The case of the European Central Bank

Shielding competitiveness: Germany’s wage policy during the inflation shock years in comparative perspective

The Continental Social Investment Turn: Sequencing Corrective and Transformative Welfare State Change in the Netherlands, Germany, and Italy

Motori della crescita, divari regionali e cittadinanza sociale nelle regioni italiane

Constrained economic policy in Italy’s dual-hybrid economy

Die sektorale Logik der deutschen Lohnzurückhaltung

The new political economy of public sector wage-setting in Europe: Introduction to the special issue

Same same but different? The Mediterranean growth regime and public sector wage-setting before and after the sovereign debt crisis

Europe first? The rise of EU industrial policy promoting and protecting the single market

Blessing or Curse? The Rise of Tourism-Led Growth in Europe’s Southern Periphery

The constrained politics of local public investments under cooperative federalism

Beyond neo-corporatism: state employers and the special-interest politics of public sector wage-setting

Planning laissez-faire: Supranational central banking and structural reforms

Governing through non-enforcement: Regulatory forbearance as industrial policy in advanced economies

Understanding wage restraint in the German public sector: does the pattern bargaining hypothesis really hold water?

Skill formation: part of and complement to the labour market policy mix?

Privatization, crisis and the transformation of Cassa Depositi e Prestiti

The Political Economy of Public Sector Wage-Setting in Germany and Italy

Germany is quietly rebalancing its economy-but this will not fix the Eurozone's flaws

Together we trade, divided we aid

Adjusting to New Geopolitical Realities Semiconductors Industrial Policy in the US and EU

EU Industrial Policy Report 2024

Germany's coordinated policy response to the energy crisis: shielding the export-led model at all costs

The constrained politics of local public investments under cooperative federalism

Planning laissez-faire: Supranational central banking and structural reforms

Regulation & delegation: public sector wage-setting systems and the two models of state-led wage restraint in Western Europe

Does Pattern Bargaining Explain Wage Restraint in the German Public Sector?

Awards and prizes

Journal Article Prize: Governing through non-enforcement: Regulatory forbearance as industrial policy in advanced economies Awarded by "Society of Friends and Former Associates of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies", Cologne 2023

Best Conference Paper: Europe first? The rise of EU industrial policy promoting and protecting the single market Awarded by "European Union Studies Association (EUSA)", Miami 2022

Political Economy and Welfare Best Paper Prize: Beyond neo-corporatism: state employers and the special-interest politics of public sector wage-setting Awarded by "Council for European Studies (CES)", Lisbon 2022

Journal Article Prize: Understanding Wage Restraint in the German Public Sector: Does the Pattern Bargaining Hypothesis Really Hold Water? Awarded by "Society of Friends and Former Associates of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies", Cologne 2021

Outreach in the Media

Current Teaching

Models of Capitalism

Global Political Economy

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