Patrizia Nobbe’s research focus is on the politics of transportation megaprojects. In close cooperation with Joseph Berechman, Patrizia has and continues to work on several transportation infrastructure related publications. She is also under contract with Cornell University Press to write a book on “The Politics and History of the Second Avenue Subway,” with her co-author Peter Derrick. The expected publication date of the book is the day of the subway opening: December 31, 2016. At present, Patrizia is the Assistant Director of the European Union Studies Center, located at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, which is concerned with all things European. European infrastructure investment policies will also be one of the Center’s new themes. Patrizia received her PhD in Political Science at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, writing on the Politics of Large Infrastructure Investment Decisions.