Andrea Prontera is Associate Professor of Political Science at the Department of Political Science, Communication and International Relations of the University of Macerata (Italy), where he teaches courses on International Relations, European Union Institutions and Policies, and Energy Policy. He holds a degree in Social Science and Economics from the Bocconi University (Milan) and a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Florence. He has held visiting positions at the Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy (University of Dundee), the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, the Aleksanteri Institute (University of Helsinki), the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (Potsdam), and at the Department of Public Law of the Pablo de Olavide University (Seville). His main research interests lie in the areas of international political economy, EU politics and policies, comparative public policy, energy security, energy policy, energy transition, development policy, and sustainability.

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