Cecilia Emma Sottilotta
Biographic Data
| ID | 4097200 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cecilia Emma Sottilotta |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cecilia Emma |
| FAMILY NAME | Sottilotta |
| SIGNATURE | SOTTILOTTA C E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Perugia |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5331-6998 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Coping With the Digital Trilemma? Trade‐Offs and Risks in EU Digital Policy
This article examines the trade‐offs embedded in the European Union's digital policymaking, focusing on the tensions between fundamental rights, security, and economic competitiveness. Using a trilemma framework, the article first conceptualizes how efforts to protect fundamental rights or enhance security may inadvertently constrain innovation. To validate the framework, a computational analysis of EU digital policy documents from 1977 to 2019 i…
Latin sisters” or “frenemies”? Thematising mutual elite trust in France – Italy relations
A “Battle for hearts and minds”? EU digital diplomacy toward the Global South
Against the backdrop of the polarization created by Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and growing competition between the US and China, a “battle for the hearts and minds” of the Global South is taking place, with the digital realm serving as a major theater for such a battle. Based on a review of the literature, an analysis of official documents as well as data collected via expert interviews with EU officials, this study delves into…
How not to manage crises in the European Union
The process of European integration has often been used as either a model or an anti-model for other regional integration experiences. This article discusses the European Union's shortcomings in crisis management, arguing that valuable ‘how not to’ lessons can be drawn by dissecting the initial stages of the eurozone crisis and the COVID–19 pandemic as ‘moments of truth’. The main policy mistakes committed at the onset of both crises are explored…
Pandemic narratives and policy responses: West European governments and Covid-19
Governments across western Europe have adopted significantly different policy responses to the existential challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. We propose that a key to understanding the differences in policy responses may lie in narratives. Focusing on fifteen countries in western Europe, as well as two contrasting case studies on Sweden and Greece, we investigate the relationship between the narratives that governments developed on the th…
Barriers to Peace? Colombian Citizens’ Beliefs and Attitudes Vis-à-Vis the Government-Farc-EP Agreement
The 2016 peace deal between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - People’s Army (FARC-EP) faces several challenges concerning its implementation. This study explores the beliefs and attitudes of citizens from the Colombian Caribbean coast vis-à-vis the 2016 peace agreement as well as the first steps in its implementation in 2017 identifying barriers that are likely to undermine support for long-term peace. We d…
Southern Europe and the Eurozone Crisis Negotiations: Preference Formation and Contested Issues
South European countries were severely hit by the eurozone crisis. Adopting the theoretical framework of prospect theory, this article conducts an empirical analysis of the interpretation of the situation by the South European political leaders in terms of gains and losses. After discussing the stances of South European countries vis-à-vis a number of contested issues which emerged during the 2010–2013 negotiations, the article goes on to provide…
Strategic Use of Government-Sponsored Referendums in Contemporary Europe: Issues and Implications
Referenda, especially those which are not constitutionally mandated, have often been used strategically in the context of both democratic and non-democratic regimes by political actors wishing to achieve specific goals. Engaging with the extant literature on the subject, this article analyses four government-sponsored referendums which took place between 2015 and 2016 in Greece, Britain, Hungary and Italy. The focus of the analysis is twofold. Th…
Rethinking Political Risk: Concepts, Theories, Challenges
Political risk was first introduced as a component for assessing risk not directly linked to economic factors following the flow of capital from the US to Europe after the Second World War. However, the concept has rapidly gained relevance since, with both public and private institutions developing complex methodologies designed to evaluate political risk factors and keep pace with the internationalization of trade and investment. Continued globa…
Rethinking Political Risk: Concepts, Theories, Challenges
Pandemic narratives and policy responses: West European governments and Covid-19
Governments across western Europe have adopted significantly different policy responses to the existential challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. We propose that a key to understanding the differences in policy responses may lie in narratives. Focusing on fifteen countries in western Europe, as well as two contrasting case studies on Sweden and Greece, we investigate the relationship between the narratives that governments developed on the th…
Southern Europe and the Eurozone Crisis Negotiations: Preference Formation and Contested Issues
South European countries were severely hit by the eurozone crisis. Adopting the theoretical framework of prospect theory, this article conducts an empirical analysis of the interpretation of the situation by the South European political leaders in terms of gains and losses. After discussing the stances of South European countries vis-à-vis a number of contested issues which emerged during the 2010–2013 negotiations, the article goes on to provide…
Barriers to Peace? Colombian Citizens’ Beliefs and Attitudes Vis-à-Vis the Government-Farc-EP Agreement
The 2016 peace deal between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - People’s Army (FARC-EP) faces several challenges concerning its implementation. This study explores the beliefs and attitudes of citizens from the Colombian Caribbean coast vis-à-vis the 2016 peace agreement as well as the first steps in its implementation in 2017 identifying barriers that are likely to undermine support for long-term peace. We d…
Strategic Use of Government-Sponsored Referendums in Contemporary Europe: Issues and Implications
Referenda, especially those which are not constitutionally mandated, have often been used strategically in the context of both democratic and non-democratic regimes by political actors wishing to achieve specific goals. Engaging with the extant literature on the subject, this article analyses four government-sponsored referendums which took place between 2015 and 2016 in Greece, Britain, Hungary and Italy. The focus of the analysis is twofold. Th…
Rethinking Political Risk: Concepts, Theories, Challenges
Political risk was first introduced as a component for assessing risk not directly linked to economic factors following the flow of capital from the US to Europe after the Second World War. However, the concept has rapidly gained relevance since, with both public and private institutions developing complex methodologies designed to evaluate political risk factors and keep pace with the internationalization of trade and investment. Continued globa…
Rethinking Political Risk: Concepts, Theories, Challenges
Strategic Use of Government-Sponsored Referendums in Contemporary Europe: Issues and Implications
Referenda, especially those which are not constitutionally mandated, have often been used strategically in the context of both democratic and non-democratic regimes by political actors wishing to achieve specific goals. Engaging with the extant literature on the subject, this article analyses four government-sponsored referendums which took place between 2015 and 2016 in Greece, Britain, Hungary and Italy. The focus of the analysis is twofold. Th…
Southern Europe and the Eurozone Crisis Negotiations: Preference Formation and Contested Issues
South European countries were severely hit by the eurozone crisis. Adopting the theoretical framework of prospect theory, this article conducts an empirical analysis of the interpretation of the situation by the South European political leaders in terms of gains and losses. After discussing the stances of South European countries vis-à-vis a number of contested issues which emerged during the 2010–2013 negotiations, the article goes on to provide…
Barriers to Peace? Colombian Citizens’ Beliefs and Attitudes Vis-à-Vis the Government-Farc-EP Agreement
The 2016 peace deal between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - People’s Army (FARC-EP) faces several challenges concerning its implementation. This study explores the beliefs and attitudes of citizens from the Colombian Caribbean coast vis-à-vis the 2016 peace agreement as well as the first steps in its implementation in 2017 identifying barriers that are likely to undermine support for long-term peace. We d…
Pandemic narratives and policy responses: West European governments and Covid-19
Governments across western Europe have adopted significantly different policy responses to the existential challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. We propose that a key to understanding the differences in policy responses may lie in narratives. Focusing on fifteen countries in western Europe, as well as two contrasting case studies on Sweden and Greece, we investigate the relationship between the narratives that governments developed on the th…
How not to manage crises in the European Union
The process of European integration has often been used as either a model or an anti-model for other regional integration experiences. This article discusses the European Union's shortcomings in crisis management, arguing that valuable ‘how not to’ lessons can be drawn by dissecting the initial stages of the eurozone crisis and the COVID–19 pandemic as ‘moments of truth’. The main policy mistakes committed at the onset of both crises are explored…
A “Battle for hearts and minds”? EU digital diplomacy toward the Global South
Against the backdrop of the polarization created by Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and growing competition between the US and China, a “battle for the hearts and minds” of the Global South is taking place, with the digital realm serving as a major theater for such a battle. Based on a review of the literature, an analysis of official documents as well as data collected via expert interviews with EU officials, this study delves into…
Coping With the Digital Trilemma? Trade‐Offs and Risks in EU Digital Policy
This article examines the trade‐offs embedded in the European Union's digital policymaking, focusing on the tensions between fundamental rights, security, and economic competitiveness. Using a trilemma framework, the article first conceptualizes how efforts to protect fundamental rights or enhance security may inadvertently constrain innovation. To validate the framework, a computational analysis of EU digital policy documents from 1977 to 2019 i…
Latin sisters” or “frenemies”? Thematising mutual elite trust in France – Italy relations
Law (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Politics (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Political economy (5 works) · Economics (3 works) · European union (3 works) · European Union Policy and Governance (3 works) · Government (linguistics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works)