Diego Garzia is a professor of political science at the University of Lausanne and a visiting fellow at the Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies in Fiesole. He is a founding member of the ECPR network dedicated to voting assistance applications and is also a member of the steering committee of the Italian Electoral Study (ITANES).
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Diego Garzia is a professor of political science at the University of Lausanne and a visiting fellow at the Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies in Fiesole. He is a founding member of the ECPR network dedicated to voting assistance applications and is also a member of the steering committee of the Italian Electoral Study (ITANES).
His research focuses on the evolution of partisan systems in Europe, representation, public opinion and voting assistance applications. He is currently leading the research project “The Rise of Negative Voting”, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation, which explores the growth of negative identifications in an increasingly conflicted political landscape.
After receiving his PhD from the University of Siena (2012), he held various positions at the Universitat Pompeu-Fabra in Barcelona, the European University Institute in Florence , the University of California at Irvine and the University of Lucerne. In 2020 he was appointed Professor of Political Science at the University of Lausanne.