Biography

Gaia Taffoni is a Researcher and Teaching Associate at the School of Transnational Governance.
She teaches Policy Evaluation in the CIVICA’s joint master course at STG.

Her research focuses on regulatory governance and comparative public policy, with an interest in the theories and approaches of the policy process.

Her most recent works appeared in international journals such as the Policy Study Journal, the Journal of European Public Policy, the European Journal of Risk Regulation and the European Policy Analysis Journal. Palgrave McMillan has published her monograph book on EU Rule of Law promotion and judicial politics.

She is a member of the ECPR Standing Group on Regulatory Policy, the International Public Policy Association and the Association for the Promotion of the Right to Science, Science for Democracy.

Research projects, clusters and working groups

Ongoing

• Crisis of Expert Knowledge and Authority
• Transnational Democracy in the 21st century

Completed

• Procedural Tools for Effective Governance

Fields of expertise

Recent research output

• BUSSANI, Mauro; DELLA CANANEA, Giacinto; RADAELLI, Claudio M.; TAFFONI, Gaia (2021), Regulation and innovation in the European Union : the European Commission and the Council in the early stages of the policy process, Working Paper
• RADAELLI, Claudio M.; TAFFONI, Gaia (2022), What is the role of foresight in impact assessment? : early experience and lessons for the European Commission, Other
• RADAELLI, Claudio M.; DELL'ACQUA, Silvia; TAFFONI, Gaia (2021), Supreme audit institutions and accountability : opportunities, challenges and capacity, Article
• RADAELLI, Claudio M.; TAFFONI, Gaia (2021), The trustworthiness test for regulatory impact assessment and judicial review, Contribution to book
• DUNLOP, Claire; KAMKHAJI, Jonathan; RADAELLI, Claudio M.; TAFFONI, Gaia (2022), Measuring design diversity : a new application of Ostrom's rule types, Article
• DUNLOP, Claire; KAMKHAJI, Jonathan; RADAELLI, Claudio M.; TAFFONI, Gaia (2021), The institutional grammar tool meets the narrative policy framework : narrating institutional statements in consultation, Article