Giorgio Mocavini (1990) is an associate professor of Administrative and Public Law in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Palermo.
He holds a Ph.D. in Administrative Law (2018) from the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa. He was a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Law at the University of Naples “Suor Orsola Benincasa” (2018). He graduated summa cum laude in Law from the University of Pisa (2014), with a dissertation on state-owned enterprises, and earned an Advanced Diploma from the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa (2015), with a dissertation on local public services.
He has published two books: Ai confini dello Stato. Gli enti funzionali all’amministrazione (Milan, Giuffrè Francis Lefebvre, 2024) and Il prezzo del consenso. Le compensazioni amministrative nel governo dell’ambiente e del territorio(Milan, Giuffrè Francis Lefebvre, 2020). His research interests and publications cover topics such as local public services, postal services, public enterprises and bodies, and environmental damage compensations. He has conducted research abroad at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris (2013) and at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg (2017-2018).
He is a member of several associations, including Lab-Ip – Laboratorio per l’innovazione pubblica, Osservatorio AIR – Osservatorio sull’analisi di impatto della regolazione, and the International Society of Public Law (ICON-S). He is also an Aspen Junior Fellow Alumnus of the Aspen Institute Italia.