Dr. Luciana Cingolani

Biography

Luciana Cingolani is an Assistant Professor in Institutions Digital Governance at the University of Twente. Her work focuses on the study of institutional development, state capacity, and the impact of emerging technologies on the quality of democracy. She has previously served as an Assistant Professor at the Hertie School in Berlin. Cingolani co-leads the 'Assert' project on democratic backsliding in cooperation with the Getúlio Vargas Foundation in Brazil and collaborates with the Centre for Digital Governance at Hertie. Her research has been supported by organizations such as the French Development Agency, the OECD, and the United Nations Development Programme. She specializes in how state capacity and bureaucratic development shape public policy design and implementation in the contemporary era, and she investigates the performance quality of public institutions alongside the role of digital tools and e-services in governance enhancement. Her work has featured in leading academic journals including JPART, Governance, and Public Administration Review. She is currently co-editing the Edward Elgar Handbook on State Capacity and has taught various courses related to public management and political science.

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