Media

I regularly provide expert commentary for the international media. Below you can find a selection of recent work. Please contact me to discuss your requirements.

Expertise

Topics: de/centralisation, federalism, regional and local government, democracy, nationalism.

Countries and regions: UK, Western Europe, federal countries in general.

Languages: English, French, Italian

Coverage

2021. Interview on co-edited book Switzerland-EU Relations – Lessons for the UK after Brexit? New Books Network, 31 May.  

2019. Report on my co-edited book Svizzera-UE: un rapporto irrisolto for the Quotidiano programme. RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera, Switzerland, 14 September.

2019. Article on my co-edited book Svizzera-UE: un rapporto irrisolto. Corriere del Ticino, Switzerland, 10 September.

2019. Article on my co-edited book Svizzera-UE: un rapporto irrisolto. Ticino Today, Switzerland, 9 September.

2019. Article on the project Why Centralisation and Decentralisation in Federations?. Phys.org, US, 19 February.

2018. Article on the project Why Centralisation and Decentralisation in Federations?. Revista Pesquisa FAPESP, Brazil, July.

2017. Article on the book Il federalismo svizzero, to which I contributed the conclusion. SwissInfo, Switzerland, 8 June.

2014. Article on the first evidence session in the inquiry of the Scottish Parliament’s European and External Relations Committee on ‘The Scottish Government’s Proposals for an Independent Scotland: Membership of the European Union’. BBC Scotland, 16 January.

Broadcasts

2022. Interview on Labour’s proposed reforms for the programme Kent Tonight. KMTV, UK, 5 December.

2022. Interview on British politics for the programme ‘Nessun luogo è lontano‘. Radio24-Il Sole 24 Ore, Italy, 5 September.

2021. Interview on the Scottish election. Radio Vaticana, Holy See, 11 May. 

2021. Interview on the regional and local elections in the UK for the programme ‘Nessun luogo è lontano‘. Radio24-Il Sole 24 Ore, Italy, 6 May.

2021. Interview on British politics and UK-US relations for the programme ‘Nessun luogo è lontano‘. Radio24-Il Sole 24 Ore, Italy, 8 January.

2020. Interview on British politics and Brexit for the programme ‘Nessun luogo è lontano‘. Radio24-Il Sole 24 Ore, Italy, 8 September.

2019. Interview on British politics and Brexit. Radio InBlu, Italy, 3 October.

2019. Interview on British politics and Brexit for the programme ‘Nessun luogo è lontano‘. Radio24-Il Sole 24 Ore, Italy, 25 September.

2019. Interview on British politics and Brexit. Radio Vaticana, Holy See, 25 September.

2019. Interview on British politics and Brexit. Radio Vaticana, Holy See, 5 September.

2019. Interview on British politics and Brexit for the programme ‘Nessun luogo è lontano‘. Radio24-Il Sole 24 Ore, Italy, 28 August.

2017. Interview on the crisis in Catalonia for the Modem programme ‘Il paese diviso‘. RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera, Switzerland, 30 October.

2017. Interview on Catalonia’s declaration of independence. BBC Radio Kent, UK, 27 October.

2017. Interview on Spain’s decision to suspend Catalonia’s autonomy. BBC Radio Kent, UK, 19 October.

2017. Interview on Catalonia’s independence referendum. BBC Radio Kent, UK, 2 October.

2016. Interview on Italy’s constitutional referendum. BBC Radio Kent, UK, 5 December.

2016. Interview on direct democracy in Switzerland for the Drive programme. BBC Radio 5 live, UK, 15 June

2015. Interview on direct democracy in Switzerland for the Modem programme ‘Vota meno, vota meglio?’. RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera, Switzerland, 8 October.

2015. Interview on Switzerland-EU relations for the Analysis programme ‘Free Movement: Britain’s Burning EU Debate‘. BBC Radio 4, UK, 20 July.

2014. Interview on EU politics for ‘Good Morning Scotland’ programme. BBC Radio Scotland, UK, 28 June.

2012. Debate on direct democracy for ‘Beyond Westminster’ programme. BBC Radio 4, UK, 7 April.

2007. Debate on the Swiss executive elections. World Radio Switzerland, Switzerland, 12 December.

2005. Debate on ‘Europe’ in the campaign for the 2005 general election. BBC News 24, UK, 2 May.

Interviews

2022. UK-Switzerland Relations. Le Temps, Switzerland, 18 July.

2022. Clive Church’s Contribution to the Study of Switzerland. Swiss Review, Switzerland, April.

2021. Switzerland-EU relations. Euronews, France, 27 May.

2019. UK general election and Brexit. Corriere del Ticino, Switzerland, 13 December.

2019. Switzerland-EU relations and Brexit. Ticino Today, Switzerland, 10 September.

2019. Switzerland-EU relations. Berria, Basque Country, Spain, 23 August.

2017. Solutions from Swiss federalism for the crisis in Catalonia. SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, Switzerland, 28 October.

2017. Swiss federalism from a comparative perspective. SwissInfo, Switzerland, 20 October.

2017. Switzerland-EU research co-operation and lessons for the UK (paywall). Research Professional, UK, 12 January.

2016. Consequences of a Brexit. CNBC, US, 23 June.

2016. Basic income vote in Switzerland. CNBC, US, 2 June.

2015. Two-party systems in Europe. Yomiuri Shinbum, Japan, 23 April.

2015. Euroscepticism in the UK. Ö1, Austria, 10 April.

2014. Federalism in the UK. Ottawa Citizen, Canada, 13 October.

2014. Foreign policy aspects of Scotland’s independence. World Politics Review, US, 10 September.

2013. Parliament’s vote on Switzerland-US banking bill. Bloomberg, US, 18 June.

2012. Switzerland-EU relations for the article ‘Making the Break‘ (paywall). The Economist, UK, 20 November.

2012. Switzerland-EU relations. The Times, UK, 26 October.

2012. Poland and EU Politics. Gazeta Polska, Poland, 31 January.

2011. Immigration issue in European politics. Rzeczpospolita, Poland, 10 May.

2011. European politics. FirstNews, Russia. 4 May.

2011. Swiss economy. Sankei Shimbun, Japan, 13 January.

2010. Swiss politics and economy in 2010. SwissInfo, Switzerland, 25 December.

2010. Nationality and identity in Switzerland. Swisster, Switzerland, 21 June.

2009. Erasmus Mundus programme. European Voice, Belgium, 14 January.

2008. Ratification of the Lisbon treaty. Rzeczpospolita, Poland, 24 September.

2008. Anglo-French relations in the EU. Rzeczpospolita, Poland, 27 March.

2007. Ratification of the Lisbon treaty. Metro, UK, 14 December.

2007. Federalism in Europe for ‘Today’ programme. BBC Radio 4, UK, 2 July.

2007. Swiss direct democracy. South China Morning Post, Hong Kong, 2 May.

2003. Swiss federal parliamentary elections. Campaign and Elections, USA, 25 October.

2003. Swiss federal parliamentary elections. News Radio 938, Singapore, 22 October.

2003. Swiss election campaign. SwissInfo, Switzerland, 29 July.

2002. Article and interview on my appointment to Kent. Facts, Switzerland, 16 May.

Articles

2021. Uno sguardo anglosassone sulla Svizzera e sul Ticino. Il Corriere del Ticino, 14 December (with Oscar Mazzoleni). 

2020. Centralisation/decentralisation: how to measure it? Blog post, Local Government Information Unit, 21 October.

2017. Catalonia: election will not solve clash of nationalisms. PSA Blog, 21 December.

2017. Why ‘Europe’ breeds complexity rather than uniformity. Online comment, University of Kent, 20 December.

2017. Independence in Europe? EU Integration and ‘Stateless Nations’. Political Insight, December, pp. 33-5.

2017. Kooperation, nicht Wettbewerb mit dem Bund. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 5 August (with Sean Mueller).

2016. A New Union? Federalism and the UK. Political Insight, December, pp. 12-5 (with John Kincaid).

2014. Evel but not evil: how to deliver ‘English votes for English laws’ without breaking the Union. PSA Blog, 21 October.

2014. SNP Campaign Suffers Major Blow with Expected Currency Decision. Online comment, University of Kent, 12 February.

2012. Beware the lure of Switzerland. Unpublished article, 6 December.

2012. Recession is only one explanation for the drive for secession. The Guardian, 24 November.

2002. El futuro de la izquierda. La Jornada – Masiosare, 28 April (with Susana Berruecos).

2000. Los pequeños contras los privilegios de las potencias – nuevas reglas del club europeo. La Jornada – Masiosare, 17 December (with Susana Berruecos).

Letters

2008. Bologna’s masterstroke. Times Higher Education, 16 October.

2001. Trusting Europe. The Economist, 18 May.

1994. Pan-European but Eurosceptic. The European, 28 October.