Matteo Bonomi is Senior Fellow in the EU politics and institutions programme at the Istituto Affari Internazionali. His work focuses on European integration and EU enlargement policy. He has acted as both an expert and consultant for a number of institutes, think tanks, foundations, and public agencies across Europe. He has published academic and policy papers on various aspects of EU differentiated integration, Western Balkan-EU relations, and the political economy of EU enlargement. Matteo Bonomi is member of the Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG) and of the Editorial Committee of the academic journal The International Spectator. He holds a PhD in Politics, Human Rights and Sustainability from the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in Pisa, Italy.