Alumni

XXXVI cycle – a.y. 2020/2021

Name and
Surname
Research topics PhD project title Supervisor SSD Degree Award
Junio
Aglioti Colombini
Sociology, History, and Political Culture

«It is not a simply meme»: The process of memeification of political communication

Roberta Bracciale GSPS-06/A Degree Obtained
Gaia
Ballatori
Sociology, History, and Political Culture

Who does culture belong to, who is it for? A survey on the production of spaces and culture in contemporary city

Sonia Paone GSPS-08/B Degree Obtained
Barbara
Bastos
Sociology, History, and Political Culture

Extractivism at commodity frontiers in Latin America: a participatory arena?

Luigi Pellizzoni GSPS-08/B Degree Obtained
Guido
Calosi
Geopolitics

French nuclear power between the Fourth Republic and De Gaulle in light of Franco-German relations: The French perspective

Andrea Giannotti GSPS-04/B Degree Obtained
Mirko
Crulli
Sociology, History, and Political Culture

New voting clusters in anti-globalization peripheral areas. The Re-territorialization of Voting following the “Integration-Demarcation Cleavage” and the territorial character of the populist rise.

Lorenzo Viviani GSPS-07/A Degree Obtained
Alessandro
Dividus
Sociology, History, and Political Culture

Social liberalism and citizenship in the thought of Henry Jones

Carmelo Calabrò  GSPS-03/A Degree Obtained
Chiara
Malvestio
Geopolitics

Changing the ‘rules of the game’: How RMB internationalization and capital controls impact China’s project to reform the international monetary system

Simone Paoli GSPS-04/B Degree Obtained
Beniamino
Masi
Sociology, History, and Political Culture

Between democracy and stratarchy: The Intra-Party Democracy from local branches to the central party

Eugenio Pizzimenti GSPS-02/A Degree Obtained

XXXV cycle – a.y. 2019/2020

Name and
Surname
Research topics PhD project title Supervisor SSD Degree Award
Pierluigi
Bolioli
Geopolitics

The civilian internment during World War II: The case of the British and Italian empires

Elena Dundovich

GSPS-04/B

HIST-03/A

 

Sebastian
Carlotti
Sociology, History, and Political Culture

Mobility or Immobility? The complex implementation of legal migration channels between Europe and West Africa.

Gabriele Tomei GSPS-05/A Degree Obtained
Matteo De
Toffoli
Sociology, History, and Political Culture

The discursive construction of truth in Italian political debate

Lorenzo Viviani GSPS-07/A Degree Obtained
Maria Grazia
Deri
Sociology, History, and Political Culture

The migratory phenomenon in the Serchio Valley as a factor in the development of return tourism, between the identity discovery and the potential for socio-economic growth

Andrea Salvini GSPS-05/A Degree in Progress
Ivan
Galligani
Sociology, History, and Political Culture

Through uphill and winding roads. Paths to fight educational poverty in the areas affected by the 2016-2017 Central Italy earthquake.

Gabriele Tomei GSPS-05/A Degree Obtained
Calogero
Laneri
Sociology, History, and Political Culture

“And this is today’s struggle.” The European question in Giorgio Amendola (1962-1980)

Carmelo Calabrò

Michele Di Donato

 GSPS-03/A

HIST-03/A

Degree Obtained

Filippo
Verre
Geopolitics

Early Kurdish nationalism in the late Ottoman era: 1898-1918

Francesco Tamburini GSPS-04/C Degree Obtained

XXXIV cycle – a.y. 2018/2019

Name and
Surname
Research topics PhD project title Supervisor SSD Degree Award
Vanessa
Corrado
Sociology, History, and Political Culture

Dynamics of Political Participation during World Protests of 1968. The Naxalbari Movement in West Bengal (1967-1972)

Alessandro Breccia

GSPS-03/B

HIST-03/A

Degree Obtained

Jeanne
Ferrari Giovanangeli
Sociology, History, and Political Culture

Les mobilisations collectives en Corse et en Méditerranée: anciennes et nouvelles formes d’engagement

Roberta Bracciale

Françoise Albertini (University of Corsica)

GSPS-06/A Degree Obtained
Federico
Mastrogiovanni
Sociology, History, and Political Culture

The specificities of photojournalism as a document and as a narrative tool capable of representing fragments of reality, starting from three reportages by the Italian photographer Fabio Cuttica in his work on the border between Mexico and the USA.

Vincenzo Mele GSPS-06/A Degree Obtained
Jonathan
Pieri
Sociology, History, and Political Culture

Royal Air Force 1923-1940. Personnel, employment, and operational choices

Emanuela Minuto HIST-03/A Degree Obtained
Olga
Piro
Geopolitics

Relations between state and non-state actors in Eastern Sahara: An analysis of government policies to foster economic development and address humanitarian crises

Francesco Tamburini

Francesco Strazzari (SSSP Sant’Anna)

GSPS-04/C Degree Obtained
Sanjay
Rajhans
Geopolitics

The Eastern Partnership and the Post Soviet states: An Impact analysis of the civil society’s multi-layered, networked Public Diplomacy and the normative diffusion for Democratic Governance with the case study of Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia (2009-2017)

Elena Dundovich GSPS-04/B
Valeria
Ribechini
Geopolitics

The Italian perception of non-alignment: Between the diplomatic and governmental world, public opinion and the party and trade union systems

Simone Paoli GSPS-04/B Degree Obtained
Antonietta
Riccardo
Sociology, History, and Political Culture

Multilevel social network analysis and urban participation networks

Andrea Salvini GSPS-05/A Degree Obtained
Francesca
Rispoli
Sociology, History, and Political Culture

Corruption for populist leaders: An analysis of social media discourses

Alberto Vannucci

GSPS-02/A

GSPS-06/A

Degree Obtained

XXXIII cycle – a.y. 2017/2018

Name and
Surname
Research topics PhD project title Supervisor SSD Degree Award
Marco
Antonelli 
Geopolitics

Port systems and mafia projections: Issues and evidence from Genoa and Gioia Tauro

Rocco Sciarrone

GSPS-08/A

GSPS-02/A

Degree Obtained

Dalia
Galeotti
Sociology, History, and Political Culture

Freedom and security. A virtuous relationship beyond economic rationale

Andrea Borghini

Saverio Ansaldi (University of Reims – CA)

GSPS-05/A Degree Obtained
Paola
Imperatore 
Sociology, History, and Political Culture

Conflict and territories in Italy and Spain: A comparative analysis of protest campaigns

Massimiliano Andretta GSPS-02/A Degree Obtained
Guendalina
Simoncini 
Geopolitics

The fight against terrorism in Tunisia: Preventing radicalization and violent extremism between public problem construction and policy

Alberto Tonini GSPS-04/B Degree Obtained
Sahibzada M.
Usman 
Geopolitics

China’s interest in Central Asia: Economic cooperation, energy security and the impact of the belt and road initiative

Andrea Francioni GSPS-04/B Degree Obtained
Carlotta
Vignali 
Sociology, History, and Political Culture

The difficult balance between rights and security in prison: A sociological interpretation of multiethnic and multireligious prisons

Sonia Paone GSPS-05/A Degree Obtained