Fabio is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg. His research centers on the role of political parties across political systems, democratic resilience and authoritarian stability, and causes and consequences of regime changes. He has published in academic journals such as the British Journal of Political Science, Journal of Peace Research, and Democratization.

He received his PhD in 2023 in Political Science from the University of Hong Kong (HKU), and he held visiting positions at Cornell University and Freiburg University. He received the 2022 Virginia Gray Graduate Student Award by APSA Political Organisations and Parties Section and the title of Outstanding Research Award by HKU for my dissertation.

He is co-founder, president, and co-organizer of the Authoritarian Political Systems Group (APSG), co-convenor of the Political Studies Association Autocracies and Regime Change (ARC) section , and he is member of the Representation journal editorial board.