Alessandro Pellegata

Alessandro Pellegata holds a Ph.D. in Political Studies from the University of Milan and he is currently a research fellow in the REScEU project, for which he supervised the implementation of a cross-national mass and elite survey. His main research interests are in the field of comparative politics, focusing especially on electoral competition and government alternation, political representation, public opinion and political corruption. His latest research has appeared, among others, in the Italian Review of Political Science, Perspective on European Politics and Society, Social Indicators Research and the International Political Science Review. Before joining REScEU Alessandro held a research fellowship at the University of Siena.

alessandro.pellegata@unimi.it

24 January 2018

Brexit, ain’t it bad?

By Alessandro Pellegata

A poll conducted by YouGov in September 2017 shows that Britons who think their country was wrong to vote to leave the EU do not necessarily think the referendum result should be reversed.

15 December 2017

Once we were friends. EU support and reciprocal views between Germany and Italy

By Alessandro Pellegata and Francesco Olmastroni

The Eurozone crisis and austerity measures are damaging not only public support for the EU but also the stock of mutual trust and respect among European citizens.

5 June 2017

The causes of Brexit: Free movement concerns and welfare chauvinism

By Alessandro Pellegata

Britons voted for Brexit driven largely by “welfare chauvinism”. But what causes the latter?

15 May 2017

Citizens’ views on freedom of movement: The role of occupational class.

By Alessandro Pellegata and Furio Stamati

This article elaborates on the findings of the recent REScEU survey concerning class and opinions on intra-EU freedom of movement.

4 May 2017

The REScEU Mass Survey – Infographic #8: Images of the European Union

By Alessandro Pellegata

We proposed four different metaphors that the media and commentators often adopt to describe the Union, and we asked our respondents to choose the one that comes closest to their view.

27 April 2017

The REScEU Mass Survey – Infographic #7: Do we need more or less integration?

By Alessandro Pellegata

To investigate the REScEU fourth divide, between integration and autonomy, we asked respondents whether and to what extent they would like to see more or less European integration, by positioning themselves on a scale from 0 to 10.

20 April 2017

The REScEU Mass Survey – Infographic #6: EU measures for migrants

By Alessandro Pellegata

The survey asked respondents to evaluate three potential EU initiatives to deal with the issues of workers mobility within the Union and immigration from extra-EU countries.

13 April 2017

The REScEU Mass Survey – Infographic #5: European attitudes on freedom of movement

By Alessandro Pellegata

Public attitudes on the freedom of movement across EU borders were tapped through two different questions. The first asks how freely EU citizens should be allowed to enter the labour market of another member state

7 April 2017

Citizens’ views on inter-state solidarity and social Europe

By Alessandro Pellegata

Attitudes towards inter-state solidarity in the EU can be explained by nationality and political leaning. Preferences for a more social Europe, conversely, are more widespread.

30 March 2017

The REScEU mass survey – Infographic #4: How should the EU help its citizens?

By Alessandro Pellegata

This set of questions aims to investigate respondents’ support of a series of possible initiatives and measures to strengthen the EU social dimension

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«The European project can be seen as a project of recognition, which unfortunately has been put under threat by the economic and political crisis of the last years»

Alessandro Pellegata

Alessandro Pellegata

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