Dr Nicolo Alessi: UniDistance Suisse

Postdoctorant

Chercheur postdoc en Droit européen et Droit public comparé

Nicolò P. Alessi est actuellement chercheur postdoctoral à la Faculté de droit.

Il a été professeur adjoint de droit public comparé, chercheur postdoctoral à l'Université de Berne et à l'Université de la Vallée d'Aoste, chercheur junior à l'Institut pour le fédéralisme comparé de l'Eurac Research et chercheur invité à l'Institut du fédéralisme de Fribourg.

Il est titulaire d'un doctorat en cotutelle de thèse en droit et en droit européen et international obtenu auprès des Universités de Vérone et de Fribourg/Freiburg. Sa thèse de doctorat a reçu le prix international Giancarlo Doria de la meilleure thèse en droit constitutionnel italien et comparé.

Ses principaux domaines de recherche sont le droit constitutionnel européen et comparé, l'aménagement de la diversité, les droits des minorités, le fédéralisme, les études de genre et la gouvernance climatique et des biens communs. Il est également expert du système juridique de la Vallée d'Aoste. Il est l'auteur de nombreuses publications, dont une monographie et un ouvrage collectif, portant sur ces sujets.

Publications

Books

N.P. Alessi, A Global Law of Diversity: Evolving Models and Concepts, Routledge, London-New York, 2025 (open access version here)
N.P. Alessi, M. Trettel (eds.), Federalism and the Law of Diversity: The Theoretical Contribution of Federalism to the Explanation of Emergent Models for the Accommodation of Diversity, Brill, Leiden-Boston, 2025 (open access version here)

Scientific journal articles (peer-reviewed) – Selection

N.P. Alessi, Intersectionality as a Legal Concept? Applications and Implications of the Notion (Within and) Beyond Non-Discrimination Law, in BioLaw Journal-Rivista di BioDiritto, no. 1/2025, ISSN 2284-4503 (forthcoming)
N.P. Alessi, Verein KlimaSeniorinnen and Others v. Switzerland Between Human Rights Protection and Human Rights Justifications, in Freedom, Security & Justice: European Legal Studies, no. 1/2025, ISSN 2532-2079 (forthcoming, open access version here)
N.P. Alessi, Consociational Systems and the Role of Opposition: the Case of Switzerland, in Rivista di diritti comparati, special issue I, 2024, ISSN 2532-6619 (open access version here)
N.P. Alessi, Book review: Tove H. Malloy, Levente Salat (eds.), Non-Territorial Autonomy and Decentralization. Ethno-Cultural Diversity Governance, in European Yearbook of Minority Issues – EYMI, vol. 20, 2021, ISSN: 1570-7865 (online ISSN: 2211-6117)
N.P. Alessi, Joint bodies: a Key Factor for Successful Autonomous Systems? The Cases of the Italian special Regions and the Åland islands, in Journal of Autonomy and Security Studies, Vol. 5, no. 1/2021, ISSN 2489-4265 (open access version here)
N.P. Alessi, R. Louvin, Un nouveau souffle pour les consorteries de la Vallée d’Aoste/A new lease of life for the Aosta Valley’s consorterie, in Revue de géographie alpine/Journal of alpine research, Vol. 109, no. 1/2021, ISSN: 1760-7426 (open access version here)
N.P. Alessi, The Maze of Languages in Aosta Valley (with R. Louvin), in European Journal of Minority Studies, Vol. 13, no. 3-4/2020, ISSN: 1865-1089
N.P. Alessi, Riflessioni a proposito delle Consorterie valdostane e di una recente proposta di legge regionale in materia, in Rivista di diritto dell’agricoltura, no. 1/2020, ISSN: 1720-4445
N.P. Alessi, Inequalities and Controversial Aspects of Land Reform in South Africa before the Constitutional Court, in federalismi.it, 15 July 2020, ISSN: 1826-3534 (open access version here)

Book chapters – Selection

N.P. Alessi, La recente legge regionale valdostana in materia di consorterie: situazione attuale e prospettive future, in R. Louvin, R. Calvo, Les communs fonciers dans l’espace alpin, ESI, Napoli, 2025
N.P. Alessi, Innovative Forms of Autonomy and the Role of Federalism: A Comparative and Theoretical Perspective, in N.P. Alessi, M. Trettel (eds.), Federalism and the Law of Diversity: The Theoretical Contribution of Federalism to the Explanation of Emergent Models for the Accommodation of Diversity, Brill, Leiden-Boston, 2025
N.P. Alessi, F. Palermo, Le fonti del diritto e le procedure di revisione dell’ordinamento finanziario, in A. Valdesalici (ed.), L’ordinamento finanziario e contabile delle Province autonome di Trento e Bolzano, ESI, Napoli, 2023
N.P. Alessi, La crisi come risorsa: riflessioni costruttive sui rapporti tra Stato e Regioni in Italia nella prospettiva della differenziazione, in F. Palermo – S. Parolari (eds.), Le tendenze del decentramento in Europa, ESI, Napoli, 2023
N.P. Alessi, Diritti delle minoranze, diversità culturale e media: la situazione italiana a confronto con gli sviluppi del soft law internazionale, in J. Bercelli – M. Macchia (eds.), Saggi di diritto dell’informazione, ESI, Napoli, 2022
N.P. Alessi, F. Palermo, IGR and Identity Politics in Italy, in Y. Fessha – K. Kössler (eds.), Intergovernmental Relations in Divided Societies: A Comparative Perspective, Palgrave Macmillan, London, 2022
N.P. Alessi, I sistemi di IGR delle Regioni ordinarie e delle Regioni a Statuto speciale. Modelli di regionalismo in una prospettiva evolutiva e il ruolo della legge indicata dall’art. 116, 3° comma, Cost., in G. Armao – F. Astone – M. Immordino – G. Moschella – V. Prudente (eds.), Specialità e differenziazione. Le nuove frontiere del regionalismo italiano, Editoriale Scientifica, Napoli, 2022