Alessandro Giovannini is Associate Research Assistant at the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) since April 2011, where he works in the Economic Policy Unit. He holds a BSc in European Economics (2010) from Roma Tor Vergata University (with final grade of 110/110 summa cum laude) and he is currently enrolled in the Double Degree Program in “International Economic Policy” of Sciences Po and London School of Economics. As a result of his interdisciplinary studies, economics and political science, his work is mainly focused on international political economy issues, with a specific knowledge of the European situation. Furthermore, before arriving at CEPS he has completed an internship period at the FAO Statistical Division, where he has acquired specific expertise in the statistical and quantitative economic analysis.