2018 - Registration grant, XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology, RC on Sociology of Law, awarded by International Sociological Association

2015 - Award "Ricercatamente" for the best young researchers of the Italian National Research Council, awarded by Italian National Research Council and the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Italy

2015 - FCT Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (first place in the section of Political Science, with a score of 4.15 out of 5; not accepted due to incompatibility with the starting grant FCT Investigator), awarded by Foundation for Science and Technology

2014 - Research grant "Investigator 2014", starting grant, awarded by Foundation for Science and Technology

2010 - Prize "Nuova PA", 3rd edition, for the best dissertation on cutting edge topics about the public administration, awarded by Consorzio Nuova PA, Forum Pubblica Amministrazione and Lattanzio Associati, Italy