Alexandros Kentikelenis is Professor of Political Economy and Sociology at Bocconi University in Milan, where he is also Director of the PhD Programme in Social and Political Sciences and Coordinator of the ‘Politics and the Welfare State’ research unit. A leading scholar of global governance, he studies how international cooperation is sustained and how internationally devised policies shape social protection, health systems, and inequality. Before moving to Milan, he held research posts at Oxford, Cambridge, and Harvard.

Alexandros has co-authored four books and over 50 articles that have appeared in leading academic journals, including the American Journal of Political Science, American Sociological Review, American Journal of Sociology, The Lancet, and World Development. His work has been cited over 7,600 times, according to Google Scholar (h-index: 41). He is a recipient of the Henrik Enderlein Prize for Research Excellence in the Social Sciences (2024), as well as multiple awards from professional associations for his writing.

Over the course of his career, Alexandros has secured over €1 million in research funding. His findings have attracted international media coverage (including The New York Times, Le Monde, El País, Reuters, and the BBC) and have informed parliamentary debates in the UK, Greece, and the European Parliament. Beyond academia, he has advised governmental, intergovernmental, and non-governmental organisations, including Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, the World Health Organization, and Oxfam International, and he served as Vice-President of Greece’s National Centre for Social Solidarity.

Research interests

Globalization and global governance; International development; Social protection; International political economy; Global health; Economic sociology; Organization studies.