Marco Improta (PhD in Politics from LUISS Rome, 2023) is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Social, Political and Cognitive Sciences, University of Siena, Italy. His research interests include governments and political representation in comparative perspective. His research has been published in West European Politics, Journal of Legislative Studies, European Political Science Review, Electoral Studies, Parliamentary Affairs, South European Society and Politics, and Political Studies, among others. His forthcoming books are Government Stability in Comparative Perspective: Patterns and Dynamics across 21 Democracies (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025) and Italian Government Instability. Roots, Drivers, and Remedies (De Gruyter, 2025).