Giacomo Benedetto

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]

Giacomo Benedetto

FRSA
Born1972 (age 48–49)
OccupationJean Monnet Chair
Board member ofAssociate Editor of the European Journal of Government and Economics
RelativesGeoffrey Grigson
AwardsFellow of the Royal Society of Arts
Academic background
EducationUniversity of Sussex
Alma materLondon School of Economics and Political Science
ThesisInstitutionalised Consensus in Europe's Parliament (2005)
Doctoral advisorSimon Hix
Academic work
DisciplinePolitical science, Public policy, European studies
Sub-disciplineEU budget
InstitutionsRoyal Holloway, University of London
University of Manchester
Websitepure.royalholloway.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/giacomo-benedetto_7d67c091-a49e-4942-a656-a4b431769845.html[1]

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
  1. "Giacomo Benedetto". Google Scholar Citations. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  2. Giacomo Benedetto at RSA.
  3. "Giacomo BENEDETTO - Personal Appointments". Companies House. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  4. "Dr Giacomo Benedetto". Royal Holloway, University of London. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  5. "Giacomo Benedetto". Google Scholar. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  6. "Editorial Team". European Journal of Government and Economics. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  7. "EUROSCI Network Centre in the United Kingdom". EUROSCI Network UK. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  8. "Giacomo with his grandfather Geoffrey Grigson". Facebook. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  9. "Giacomo Benedetto". IWW Lives of the First World War.
  10. Benedetto, Giacomo (2005). "Institutionalised Consensus in Europe's Parliament". LSE Theses Online. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  11. "The Galaxy of Funds and Instruments around the EU Budget: Biographies of Speakers" (PDF). European Parliament. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  12. "Giacomo Benedetto". LinkedIn. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  13. Miskimmon, Alister (11 November 2016). "Upcoming event - Jean Monnet Lecture Dr Giacomo Benedetto". Centre for European Politics. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  14. 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.
  15. Furik, Andrej (25 January 2017). "Monti group advisor: EU money could be better targeted at external borders". EURACTIV. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  16. "Academics questioned on EU budget post Brexit". UK Parliament. 14 December 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  17. European Union Budget Reform: Institutions, Policy and Economic Crisis. Springer. 10 October 2012. ISBN 9781137004987. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
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