Matteo Jessoula is Professor of Political Science and member of the EpraHub at the Department of Social and Political Sciences of the University of Milan. He is national coordinator within ESPAN-Expert Network for Analytical Support in Social Policies and Co-director of OCIS–International Observatory on Social Cohesion and Inclusion (https://osservatoriocoesionesociale.eu/). He has published extensively in the fields of social and labour market policies, European social governance, eco-social policies, among which the volumes Labour market flexibility and pension reforms (Palgrave 2012), Fighting poverty and Social Exclusion in the EU. A Chance in Europe 2020 (Routledge, 2018) as well as several articles in leading international journals.