Centre for the Study of Political Change

University of Siena, Italy
Joined April 2013
With Elisabetta Mannoni, we’re going to present our paper “Political Social Distance in Europe” at the Jean Blondel Seminars @circapsiena. We study how comfortable citizens feel sharing social/personal space with political outgroups, using @REDIRECT_Usiena data
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👏 Congratulazioni a #RossellaCitro, neolaureata dell'#Università di #Siena insignita di uno dei prestigiosi Premi America Giovani della Fondazione Italia USA, un riconoscimento destinato ai migliori mille neolaureati italiani. 🎓 👉 unisi.it/unisilife/notizie/l… #premioamericagiovani
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Live at #ecprgc25 🏠 👥 Full house at this afternoon’s Publishing & Profession panel discussing possible scenarios for #polsci research in the age of #AI 🤖 @ingaUlnicane @i_RoBo_ @Vasilopoulou_S @LindaBasile1 @EUforeignpolicy @d_mainwaring Maaike Geuens
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We hope you've enjoyed the ☀️June Issue ☀️ 👏 Thanks to all our brilliant EPS contributors & to the anonymous reviewers 🕵️ who help to make each manuscript the best it can be 🔔 Sign up for content alerts for 🆕 articles in your area of #PolSci 👉 bit.ly/3VNECRC
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The CIRCaP research community mourns the passing of Leonardo Morlino, a distinguished scholar and a key figure in the study of democracy. His loss is deeply felt across the academic world. 👉 Read the statement: circap.unisi.it/2025/06/18/o…
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📢 We are thrilled to share the REDIRECT survey data codebook! It provides details on two coordinated survey conducted in 8 countries: 🔍 A citizen survey targeting the voting population 🔍 An elite survey targeting MPs&MEPs 📘 Link: osf.io/85mcw Data release: Spring27
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Congratulations to @iserniap and @martaantonelli_ 👏👏👏🎉🎉🎉
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Citizens feel disconnected from institutions seen as ineffective or corrupt. Voter turnout is dropping. Social media fuels polarization & disinformation. How can we restore trust, legitimacy, and participation?
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Big thanks to @PaoloMarzi for launching the USIENA REDIRECT LAB! 🚀 Bringing innovative democratic pedagogy into classrooms, aiming to engage even high school students. Let’s build a more informed & participatory future! 🌍📚 #ScienceForDemocracy #REDIRECT #USIENA
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Excited to announce the presence of #REDIRECT @LucaVerzichelli at the seminar 'Political Class, Citizens, and Democracy' on Jan 15, 2025, at the @UNI_FIRENZE Florence to talk about democratic disconnection and solutions! #Democracy #PoliticalScience
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That's everything from our ❄️December Issue ❄️ Volume 2️⃣3️⃣ Issue 4️⃣ 📗13 Original articles 🔍🎓🗣️📖 & 📊 a Dataset ✒️ 24 contributors 🔓 7 #OpenAccess articles 🕵️ & many more anonymous referees 👉 bit.ly/3ZJrpLP
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We hope you've enjoyed the ❄️December Issue❄️ 👏 Thanks to all our brilliant EPS contributors & to the anonymous reviewers 🕵️ who help to make each manuscript the best it can be 🔔 Sign up for content alerts for 🆕 articles in your area of #PolSci 👉 bit.ly/3VNECRC
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Da oggi è accessibile il sito di ILiDE. Il progetto, sviluppato da ricercatori di @UniGenova @unisiena @unict_it e del CASD coordinati da @FCoticchia, mira a comprendere quali sono le principali lezioni apprese nei passati 30 anni di operazioni fuori area italiandefence.org/
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❄️December Issue❄️ 📚 #Symposium @Fromagehomme engages with Blondel's final book (African Presidential Republics, Oxford, Routledge, 2019) as an example of staying true to a core theme of his academic life: the pursuit of the comparative method 👉 bit.ly/49y236L
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❄️December Issue❄️ 📚 #Symposium Ferdinand Müller-Rommel & Michelangelo Vercesi discuss Jean Blondel's legacy, introducing empirical findings of major comparative studies which stand ‘on the shoulders’ of his research. 👉 bit.ly/3ZK1nYK
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Want to know more about the political class in 🇮🇹 Italy? @iserniap, Sergio Martini, Francesco Olmastroni & @LucaVerzichelli present 2⃣ datasets compiled by @circapsiena & @LapsUnisi at @unisiena between 2020 and 2021. #OpenAccess #ResearchNote 👉 cambridge.org/core/journals/…
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📢 Don't miss this event!!!
🤷‍♀️ How can political scientists and other experts help political leaders deal with the problems of permacrisis? 🍂 Join us for our Annual EPS Debate to find out! 📅 Mon 25 Nov ⏰ 16:00–18:00 CET 📍 @EUI_EU & Online 👉 bit.ly/3YyQkkJ
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📢 Don't miss this event!!!
🤷‍♀️ How can political scientists and other experts help political leaders deal with the problems of permacrisis? 🍂 Join us for our Annual EPS Debate to find out! 📅 Mon 25 Nov ⏰ 16:00–18:00 CET 📍 @EUI_EU & Online 👉 bit.ly/3YyQkkJ
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