{"id":1649,"date":"2021-01-04T11:16:50","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T11:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phd.luiss.it\/politics\/?page_id=1649"},"modified":"2025-11-12T15:50:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T15:50:09","slug":"faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/phd.luiss.it\/politics\/about-us\/faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Academic Board"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><\/em><\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luiss.it\/faculty\/355678\">Kristina Stoeckl <\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Luiss Guido Carli\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Areas of Expertise:<\/strong>Political sociology, Sociology of religion, Sociology of human rights, Qualitative social research,(transnational) Social movements, Value conflicts, Russia and Orthodox Christianity<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luiss.it\/faculty\/351925\">Maria Giulia Amadio Vicer\u00e9<\/a> &#8211; Luiss University<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Areas of Expertise<\/strong>: Political science, International relations, Policies and migration<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.santannapisa.it\/it\/edoardo-bressanelli\">Edoardo Bressanelli<\/a> &#8211; Scuola Superiore Sant&#8217;Anna\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Areas of Expertise:<\/strong> Institutions and decision-making procedures of the European Union, political parties, British and Italian politics<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/publish.ucc.ie\/researchprofiles\/A023\/vbufacchi\">Vittorio Bufacchi\u00a0<\/a>&#8211; University College Cork<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Areas of Expertise<\/strong>:\u00a0Contemporary political philosophy, theories of social justice, political violence, rational choice theory, democratic theory, socialism, Italian politics\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luiss.it\/faculty\/353030\">Lorenzo Castellani<\/a>\u00a0 &#8211; Luiss Guido Carli<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Areas of Expertise: <\/strong>Contemporary History and History of Political Institutions<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luiss.it\/faculty\/310200\">Maria Elena Cavallaro<\/a> &#8211; Luiss Guido Carli\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Areas of Expertise: <\/strong>History of international relations.<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luiss.it\/faculty\/353868\">Thomas Christiansen<\/a>\u00a0(Coordinator of the Ph.D. Program)\u00a0&#8211; Luiss University\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Areas of Expertise<\/strong>: Politics of the European Union, European Institutions, External Relations of the European Union<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitelmasapienza.it\/it\/contenuti\/personale\/nicol%C3%B2-conti\">Nicol\u00f2 Conti<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Unitelma Sapienza<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Areas of Expertise<\/strong>:\u00a0Political Science, Comparative Political Systems\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luiss.it\/faculty\/90521\">Emiliana De Blasio<\/a> &#8211; Luiss University<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Areas of Expertise<\/strong>: Sociology of Communication, Open Government, Gender Politics\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luiss.edu\/faculty\/350943\">Lorenzo De Sio<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Luiss University<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Areas of Expertise<\/strong>:\u00a0Elections and Political Parties, Political Behaviour, Public opinion\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luiss.it\/faculty\/351001\">Vincenzo Emanuele<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Luiss University<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Areas of Expertise<\/strong>:\u00a0Elections Public opinion, Voting behavior, Party competition, Policy Issues, Political representation<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luiss.it\/faculty\/10827\">Cristina Fasone<\/a> &#8211; Luiss University<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Areas of Expertise<\/strong>: Comparative Public Law, Public Law, parliamentary committee systems, regional integration processes, national constitutional systems<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goethe-university-frankfurt.de\/93963647\/Dr__Maria_Paola_Ferretti\">Maria Paola Ferretti<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Goethe University Francoforte<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Areas of Expertise:<\/strong> Political philosophy, Theories of justice, Theories of Public Justification, Ethics of Public Policies, Political Corruption, Risk Governance<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luiss.it\/faculty\/354172\">Rosario Forlenza<\/a> &#8211; Luiss Guido Carli\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Areas of Expertise: <\/strong>Modern European and Italian history; cultural and intellectual history; political anthropology; symbolic politics; politics and religion; democracy, authoritarianism, and revolutions; the Cold War; nationalism and the politics of memory; cinema; global history\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luiss.it\/faculty\/40010\">Valentina Gentile<\/a> &#8211; Luiss Guido Carli\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Areas of Expertise: <\/strong>Political Philosophy, Liberal Theory, Rawls, Business Ethics<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/research-information.bris.ac.uk\/en\/persons\/roberta-guerrina\">Roberta Guerrina<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; University of Bristol<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Areas of Expertise:\u00a0<\/strong>EU Gender Politics and Policies, Women, Peace &amp; Security, Identity Politics and the idea of Europe.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luiss.it\/faculty\/357317\">Christian Joppke<\/a> &#8211; Luiss Guido Carli\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Areas of Expertise: <\/strong>Comparative political sociology, Social and Political Theory, Citizenship and Immigration, Religion, Ethnicity<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/staatswissenschaft.univie.ac.at\/en\/about-us\/scientific-staff\/sylvia-kritzinger\/\">Sylvia Kritzinger<\/a> &#8211; University of Vienna<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Areas of Expertise:<\/strong> Public Opinion in comparative European perspective, Elections and voting behaviour in Austria (national election and European elections), Italian politics<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luiss.it\/faculty\/70822\">Raffaele Marchetti<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Luiss Guido Carli<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Areas of Expertise:<\/strong>\u00a0Civil Society, Conflicts, International Assistance and Humanitarian Crises, Democracy and democratization, Global Governance, International affairs, International Law, Migration and Refugees, Third and non-profit sector, United Nations<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luiss.it\/faculty\/160600\">Giovanni Orsina<\/a> &#8211; Luiss Guido Carli\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Areas of Expertise: <\/strong>History of political parties, comparative history of European political systems and the history of journalism.<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luiss.it\/faculty\/300308\">Gianfranco Pellegrino<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Luiss Guido Carli<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Areas of Expertise:<\/strong>\u00a0Corporate Social Responsibility, Political philosophy, Political Theory, History of political thought, population environment and sustainability, Globalization\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/webapps.unitn.it\/du\/it\/Persona\/PER0003093\/Curriculum\">Simona Piattoni <\/a>&#8211; Universit\u00e0 di Trento<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Areas of Expertise:<\/strong>\u00a0Democracy, Governance, Multi-level Governance, Comparative Politics, European Union Politics, Public Policies, Decision-Making Processes, Political Representation, Regionalism, Political Theory<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luiss.edu\/faculty\/356060\">Alina Mungiu-Pippidi<\/a> &#8211; Luiss Guido Carli<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Areas of Expertise:<\/strong> Comparative Politics, Policies and Governance in Europe, Policy Evaluation and Implementation<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luiss.it\/faculty\/50100\">Gaetano Quagliariello <\/a>&#8211; Luiss Guido Carli<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Areas of Expertise: <\/strong>Storia Contemporanea\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcl.ac.uk\/people\/massimo-renzo\">Massimo Renzo<\/a> &#8211; King&#8217;s College London<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Areas of Expertise:<\/strong> Political Authority, Philosophy of the Criminal Law, Human Rights<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luiss.it\/faculty\/353524\">Marta Simoncini<\/a> &#8211; Luiss Guido Carli<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Areas of Expertise:<\/strong> EU Law and regulation, Policies and governance in Europe<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcl.ac.uk\/people\/leila-simona-talani\">Leila Simona Talani <\/a>&#8211; King&#8217;s College London<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Areas of Expertise:<\/strong>\u00a0Policy and Society, International Political Economy, European Political Economy<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luiss.it\/faculty\/354265\">Maria Rita Testa<\/a> &#8211; Luiss Guido Carli\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Areas of Expertise: <\/strong>Family, Fertility, Reproductive Decision-Making, Multilevel Analysis, Panel Data\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luiss.it\/faculty\/353518\">Mark\u00a0Thatcher<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Luiss Guido Carli<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Areas of Expertise:\u00a0<\/strong>Comparative public policy and regulation in Europe, Cultural Heritage, Governance of Markets, Western Policies, Sovereign Wealth Funds Investments.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencespo.fr\/centre-etudes-europeennes\/en\/directory\/vitale-tommaso\/\">Tommaso Vitale<\/a> &#8211; Sciences Po\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Areas of Expertise: <\/strong>Urban Sociology, Romani Studies, Urban Governance, Urban Poverty, Urban Policy<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kristina Stoeckl \u00a0&#8211; Luiss Guido Carli\u00a0 Areas of Expertise:Political sociology, Sociology of religion, Sociology of human rights, Qualitative social research,(transnational) Social movements, Value conflicts, Russia and Orthodox Christianity Maria Giulia Amadio Vicer\u00e9 &#8211; Luiss University Areas of Expertise: Political science, International relations, Policies and migration Edoardo Bressanelli &#8211; 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