Giulio Cervi and Enrico Pignataro Awarded by LSE for Their Theses

Giulio Cervi and Enrico Pignataro, two graduating students of the MSc in Politics and Policy Analysis, directed by Paola Profeta, who are doing a Double Degree in conjunction the London School of Economics, just the Joint Award for Best Dissertation at LSE's MSc of European and International Public Policy.

"It is a form of recognition that the LSE Department of European Studies gives to the best theses", explains Enrico Pignataro, who has been working in Dubai since June for a consultancy that works with national governments and the public sector in general. "In practice, the mandatory dissertations are judged by a commission that chooses the best ones. My work, entitled "Do Female Leaders Respond Better to Crises? - Evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic", analyzes how women in high positions are better able to manage crises than men, drawing examples from the recent health crisis. The empirical study focuses on Italian municipalities, and is inspired by a research study led by Prof. Profeta on which I collaborated".

Giulio Cervi's work, entitled "Why and How Does the EU Rule Global Digital Policy? An empirical analysis of EU regulatory influence in data protection laws", analyzes instead the role and influence that the European Union exerts in the field of data protection outside its borders through its General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), commonly referred to as the gold standard in the field of data protection around the world.