Prof. Dr. Lucio Baccaro
Director at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (MPIfG)
Research Interests
- Comparative political economy
- Comparative employment relations
- Comparative labor movements
- International worker rights & global justice
- Participatory and deliberative governance
- Economic sociology
- Political sociology
Vita
Professional Background
| since 09/2017 | Director at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies |
| 01/2009–07/2020 | Full Professor of Macrosociology Department of Sociology, Geneva School of Social Sciences, University of Geneva (Deputy Dean in charge of research 2016–2020) |
| Spring 2015 | Visiting Professor Collegio Carlo Alberto, University of Turin |
| Fall 2010 |
Visiting Professor Institute of Economic Sociology, University of Vienna |
| 01/2006–12/2008 | Maurice F. Strong Career Development Assistant Professor Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge/MA (on leave fall 2007 and spring 2008 at the International Institute for Labour Studies, where Baccaro was a Senior Quantitative Economist promoted to Associate Professor [without tenure] in the fall of 2008) |
| 02/2004–12/2005 |
Head of Research (interim) International Institute for Labour Studies, International Labour Organization (ILO), Geneva |
| 01/2003–01/2004 | Research and Policy Development Specialist for the in-focus programme on social dialogue, labor law and labor administration International Labour Organization (ILO), Geneva |
| 05/2000–12/2003 | Senior Research Officer International Institute for Labour Studies, International Labour Organization (ILO), Geneva |
| 08/2002–09/2002 | Visiting Researcher Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne |
| 07/1998–07/2001 | Assistant Professor (tenure-track) of labor and human resource policy Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), Cleveland/OH (on leave 2000–2001) |
| 1994–1998 | Instructor in the area of industrial relations and human resource management Stoa' (IRI-MIT joint venture), Ercolano |
| 1993–1996 | Research and Teaching Assistant in industrial relations and political economy Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge/MA Adviser: Prof. Richard Locke (Duties: research assistant on a variety of research projects leading to jointly-authored papers; teaching assistant for the course Managing People and Organizations in a Changing World Economy) |
| 1991–1992 | Research Assistant in industrial relations and employment policy Stoa' (IRI-MIT joint venture), Ercolano, Italy Adviser: Prof. Tiziano Treu (Duties: coordinated a group of international scholars studying the relationship between industrial restructuring and industrial relations in the European steel industry) |
Education and Degrees
| 09/1993–02/1999 | PhD in Management and Political Science Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge/MA Research fields: political economy, social theory, industrial relations |
| 01/1993–07/1997 |
Doctorate in Labor Law and Industrial Relations University of Pavia |
| 06/1996–07/1997 |
Visiting Scholar Istituto di Ricerche Economiche e Sociali (IHRES), Rome |
| 09/1992–05/1993 | Visiting Scholar Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge/MA |
| 01/1990–04/1991 | Master of Business Administration Stoa' (IRI-MIT joint venture), Ercolano |
| 11/1984–07/1989 |
Laurea in Philosophy, summa cum laude University "La Sapienza", Rome |
Fellowships, Awards, and Honors
| 2023 | Honorary Professor University of Duisburg-Essen, Faculty of Social Sciences |
| 2020 | Professeur honoraire University of Geneva |
| 2015 | Scholar in Residence Fellowship Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne |
| 2011 | International Geneva Award for the paper Pathology of Path Dependency? The ILO and the Challenge of "New Governance" Swiss Network for International Studies (SNIS), Geneva (CHF 5,000) |
| 2006–2009 | Maurice F. Strong Career Development Chair Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge/MA |
| 2003 | 2002 Outstanding Young Scholar Award Industrial Relations Research Association (IRRA), Champaign/IL |
| 2001 | Recipient of the Year 2000 Founder's Prize for the paper Negotiating Pension Reform with the Unions Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE) |
| 1999 | Summer Research Grant Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), Cleveland/OH (6,000 USD) |
| 1997 | International Dissertation Field Research Fellowship Social Science Research Council (SSRC) and American Council of Learned Societies, Brooklyn/NY (15,000 USD) |
| 1997 | Field Research Grant Center for International Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge/MA (3,000 USD) |
| 1996 | Graduate Dissertation Research Fellowship Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge/MA (20,000 USD) |
| 1996 | Field Research Grant Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge/MA, and Istituto per il Commercio Estero, Italy’s Foreign Trade Institute, Rome (4,000 USD) |
| 1995–1996 | Yung Chen Memorial Fellowship Award Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge/MA (13,400 USD) |
| 1993–1995 | Full Graduate Fellowship Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge/MA (full tuition and stipend) |
| 1994 | Field Research Grant Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge/MA, USA, and Istituto per il Commercio Estero, Italy’s Foreign Trade Institute, Rome (4,000 USD) |
| 1990–1991 | Full Graduate Fellowship Stoa', Ercolano (full tuition and stipend) |
| 1984–1989 | Residenza Universitaria "Lamaro-Pozzani" Rome (full undergraduate fellowship) |
| 1984 | Alfiere del Lavoro (awarded annually by the President of the Italian Republic to the top 25 high school graduates in the country) |
Grants
| 2016 | Post-Fordist Growth Models in European Political Economies Co-Principal Investigator with Jonas Pontusson (CHF 575,219) |
| 2014 | Employment Effects of Different Policy Instruments Co-Principal Investigator with Thomas Cottier Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF), Berne (CHF 1,959,540; 36 months) |
| 2012 | Understanding the Process of Deliberation: The Role of Facilitators, Content Themes, and Discursive Networks Principal Investigator Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF), Berne (CHF 172,874; 18 months) |
| 2012 | Liberalization: A Proposal for the Creation of an International Database Co-Principal Investigator with Klaus Armingeon Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF), Berne (CHF 489,395; 36 months) |
| 2011 | Impact of Globalization on Opportunities for Human Development Co-Principal Investigator with Jaya Krishakumar Swiss Network for International Studies (SNIS), Geneva (CHF 162,884; 24 months) |
| 2010 | Deliberation, Discourse Quality and Attitude Change: A Proposal for a Field Experiment Principal Investigator Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF), Berne (CHF 304,612; 24 months) |
| 2003 | Social Dialogue Regimes: Worker Rights, Collective Bargaining, and Negotiated Policy Making in Developed and Developing Countries Principal Investigator International Academic Network (GIAN), Geneva (CHF 248,800; 24 months) |
Institutional Affiliations
| since 2009 | Member of the European Sociological Association |
| since 2004 | Member of the Swiss Political Science Association |
| since 2000 | Member of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE) |
| since 1999 | Member of the International Industrial Relations Association |
| since 1996 | Member of the American Political Science Association |
Professional Service
| since 2017 | Executive Council, before Co-coordinator (2007–2017) Industrial Relations and Political Economy Network, Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE) |
| 2012–2017 | Member of FA ID/Sinergia panels Swiss National Science Foundation |
| 2013–2016 | Associate Editor British Journal of Industrial Relations |
| 2009–2014 | Executive Board Member Industrial Relations, Work, and Employment Network, European Sociological Association |
| 2002–2011 | Executive Council Member Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE) |
| current | Board Member Social Forces; Italian Political Science Review; Stato e Mercato; Quaderni di Rassegna Sindacale; Swiss Journal of Sociology; British Journal of Industrial Relations; Economie et statistique |