Biography
Leila Simona Talani has been Professor of International Political Economy in the Department of European and International Studies since 2014. She became editor of the Palgrave series on the Politics of Migration and Citizenship in 2020. In 2022 she founded the Centre for Italian Politics @ EIS of which she is the director.
In 2017 she was awarded a visiting Professorship at the Kennedy School of Government of the University of Harvard. She was also appointed Jean Monnet Chair of European Political Economy by the European Commission in 2012.
She was previously at the European Institute of the London School of Economics and in the department of European studies of the University of Bath. From November 2000 until September 2001, she held the position of Associate Expert for the United Nations Regional Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention based in Cairo working on irregular migration from the Middle East and Northern Africa to EU countries. In the academic year 1999-2000 she taught 'The political Economy of European Integration' at the European Institute of the London School of Economics where she had previously held a research and teaching fellowship for the academic year 1998-1999.
Leila was awarded a PhD with distinction at the European University Institute of Florence in 1998.
She is the author, among other titles, of: The IPE of migration in The globalization era (Palgrave 2022); The political Economy of Italy in the Euro (Palgrave 2017), The Handbook of the International Political Economy of Migration (Edward Elgar, 2014-2017); The Arab Spring in the Global Political Economy(Palgrave, 2014), Dirty Cities: towards a political economy of shadow dynamics in global cities (Palgrave, 2013), European Political Economy (Ashgate: 2013), Globalization, Migration and the future of Europe(Routledge 2011), and From Egypt to Europe (I.B.Tauris, 2010).
Research
- International Political Economy and the Middle East
- European Political Economy
- The political Economy of International Migration
- The City of London and the British Financial Sector
- Italy and the EMU
Her research interests currently focus on the global political economy and the migration crisis and on the consequences of the global financial crisis on the capitalist structures of European countries.
PhD supervision
Leila welcomes applications for PhD topics related to any of her research interests.
Expertise and public engagement
Membership of editorial boards:
International Relations and Diplomacy
International Political Economy Yearbook
Reviewer for:
Palgrave International Political Economy series
International Spectator
European Journal of International Relation
Journal of Modern Italian Studies, Francis and Taylor
British Journal of Politics and International relations
Routledge International Political Economy series
Francis and Taylor Journals
Ashgate
Cambridge University Press
Evaluator for:
INTAS projects
MIUR projects (Italian Ministry For University and Research)
Membership of professional bodies and networks
International Affairs Institute (IAI: https://www.iai.it/en/persone/leila-simona-talani)
International Studies Association
ECPR,
British International Studies Association
Political Studies Association
European Union Studies Association
Council for European Studies
British Council network on migration: Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for the dialogue between cultures
European Migration network
European University Institute
London School of Economics, European Institute
Media
BBC, Rai, Al Jazeera, La Stampa, CNN
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Talani, L. S., 2021, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. (International political economy series) Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Talani, S., Torres, F. & bongardt, A., 1 Jun 2020 Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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Talani, L. S., 3 May 2020, In: Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies. 22, 3, p. 448-464 17 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1080/19448953.2020.1752561
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Talani, S., 5 Mar 2020, In: Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Bongardt, A., Talani, L. S. & Torres, F., 1 Jan 2020, The Politics and Economics of Brexit. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, p. 204-210 7 p. Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788977975.00018
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Talani, L. S., 1 Jan 2020, The Politics and Economics of Brexit. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, p. 162-180 19 p. Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788977975.00016
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Cafruny, A. & Talani, L. S., 1 Nov 2019, In: Critical Sociology. 45, 7-8, p. 1011-1022 12 p., 1. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1177/0896920519837334
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Talani, L. S., 10 Jul 2019, Tidal Waves? The Political Economy of Populism and Migration in Europe. Verlag Peter Lang AG, p. 29-49 21 p. Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Talani, L. S. & Rosina, M., 10 Jul 2019, Verlag Peter Lang AG. 226 p. Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.3726/b15963
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Talani, L. S., 3 Apr 2019, In: The International Spectator (Istituto Affari Internazionali). 54, 2, p. 102-122 21 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1080/03932729.2018.1463941