Prof. Dr. Lucio Baccaro

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
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