Portrait of Alexandros Kentikelenis

Bocconi University

Alexandros Kentikelenis

  • 2026
  • Jury
  • Social Sciences & Humanities

Alexandros Kentikelenis is Professor of Political Economy and Sociology at Bocconi University in Milan, where he directs the PhD Programme in Social and Political Sciences and coordinates the ‘Politics and 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 joining Bocconi, he held research posts at Oxford, Cambridge, and Harvard. He has co-authored four books and over 50 articles, received the Henrik Enderlein Prize for Research Excellence, and serves on the Lancet Commission on Global Governance for Health.