2026 Maurizio Ferrera: Political Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Political Science	44	364	325	11	10	231	16519

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Political Science in Italy Leader Award
2021 - Mattei Dogan Prize from International Political Science Association

Overview

Maurizio Ferrera is affiliated with the University of Milan in Italy and specializes in Social Sciences, with a primary focus on Political Science and International Relations. Their work encompasses a range of topics including European Union Policy and Governance, Social Policy and Reform Studies, and Human Rights and Immigration. Other areas of study include Political Systems and Governance, Populism and Right-Wing Movements, European and International Law Studies, and European Criminal Justice and Data Protection.

Their recent research outputs feature publications in notable venues such as:

Journal of European Social Policy
West European Politics
Journal of European Public Policy
Review of Social Economy
Publius The Journal of Federalism

Some of the recent papers authored by Maurizio Ferrera include:

"Walking the road together? EU polity maintenance during the COVID-19 crisis," 2021, West European Politics
"Maintaining the EU's compound polity during the long crisis decade," 2023, Journal of European Public Policy
"Social citizenship as a marble cake: The changing pattern of right production and the role of the EU," 2023, Journal of European Social Policy
"The European Union and cross-national solidarity: safeguarding 'togetherness' in hard times," 2022, Review of Social Economy
"Integration through Expansive Unification: The Birth of the European Health Union," 2024, Publius The Journal of Federalism

Frequent co-authors in Maurizio Ferrera's research include Joan Miró, Stefano Ronchi, Francesco Corti, Maarten Keune, and Anna Kyriazi.

In addition to journal articles, Maurizio Ferrera has contributed to book publications. One known book is titled Social Reformism 2.0, published by Edward Elgar Publishing in 2024.

Maurizio Ferrera was awarded the Mattei Dogan Prize from the International Political Science Association in 2021.

Best Publications

The 'Southern Model' of Welfare in Social Europe:

Maurizio Ferrera

4975
Citations
The Boundaries of Welfare: European Integration and the New Spatial Politics of Social Protection

Maurizio Ferrera

1341
Citations
Modelli di solidarietà : politica e riforme sociali nelle democrazie

Maurizio Ferrera

739
Citations
The Future of Social Europe: Recasting Work and Welfare in the New Economy

Maurizio Ferrera;Anton Hemerijck;Martin Rhodes

551
Citations
Resilient Liberalism in Europe's Political Economy

Vivien A. Schmidt;Mark Thatcher

542
Citations
Le trappole del welfare

Maurizio Ferrera

517
Citations
The Boundaries of Welfare

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511
Citations
Recasting European welfare states: An introduction

Maurizio Ferrera;Martin Rhodes

492
Citations
Il welfare state in Italia : sviluppo e crisi in prospettiva comparata

Maurizio Ferrera

463
Citations
Le politiche sociali : l'Italia in prospettiva comparata

Maurizio Ferrera

459
Citations
Recasting European welfare states

Maurizio Ferrera;Martin Rhodes

435
Citations
Rescued by Europe?: Social and Labour Market Reforms in Italy from Maastricht to Berlusconi

Maurizio Ferrera;Elisabetta Gualmini

403
Citations
Home Ownership and the Welfare State: Is Southern Europe Different?

Francis G. Castles;Maurizio Ferrera

370
Citations
The Four ‘Social Europes’: Between Universalism and Selectivity

Maurizio Ferrera

269
Citations
The South European Countries

Maurizio Ferrera

222
Citations
IL MODELLO SUD-EUROPEO Dl WELFARE STATE

Maurizio Ferrera

221
Citations
The European Welfare State: Golden Achievements, Silver Prospects

Maurizio Ferrera

220
Citations
Salvati dall'Europa?

Maurizio Ferrera;Elisabetta Gualmini

209
Citations
Mending Nets in the South: Anti‐poverty Policies in Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain

Manos Matsaganis;Maurizio Ferrera;Luís Capucha;Luis Moreno

208
Citations
Welfare State Reform In Southern Europe Fighting Poverty And Social Exclusion In Italy, Spain, Portugal, And Greece

Maurizio Ferrera

200
Citations
Open coordination against poverty: the new EU `social inclusion process'

Maurizio Ferrera;Manos Matsaganis;Stefano Sacchi

194
Citations
European Integration and National Social Citizenship: Changing Boundaries, New Structuring?

Maurizio Ferrera

181
Citations
The Future of the European “Social Model” in the Global Economy

Maurizio Ferrera;Anton Hemerijck;Martin Rhodes

167
Citations
The JCMS Annual Lecture: National Welfare States and European Integration: In Search of a ‘Virtuous Nesting’*

Maurizio Ferrera

114
Citations
Walking the road together? EU polity maintenance during the COVID-19 crisis

Maurizio Ferrera;Joan Miró;Stefano Ronchi

111
Citations
Italy : a narrow gate for path-shift

M. Ferrera;M. Jessoula

91
Citations
The Stein Rokkan Lecture 2016 Mission impossible? Reconciling economic and social Europe after the euro crisis and Brexit

Maurizio Ferrera

78
Citations
Italy Rescue from Without

Maurizio Ferrera;Elisabetta Gualmini

72
Citations
Reconstructing the welfare state in Southern Europe

Maurizio Ferrera

71
Citations
Welfare states and social safety nets in Southern Europe: an introduction

M. Ferrera

18
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Anton Hemerijck European University Institute

Tito Boeri Bocconi University

Francis G. Castles Australian National University

Jonathan Zeitlin University of Amsterdam

Rainer Bauböck European University Institute

External Links

Personal website of Maurizio Ferrera

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