University of Pisa

Luciano Bardi is President of the Observatory on Political Parties and Representation at the University of Pisa and part-time Professor at the Alcide De Gasperi Research Centre of the European University Institute

He was member of the Executive Committee (2006-2009) of the European Consortium of Political Research (ECPR) and then Chair (2009-2012). His main research interests include political parties at the national and European level, party systems, elections, democracy and representation in the European Union.