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Wednesday 3 September 2025
09:00-16:00 (Time Zone CEST Europe/Rome)
Wednesday 3 September 2025
09:00-16:00
ROOM G3, San Marcellino - Largo S. Marcellino 10 Workshop MetRiSP "Methods for Political Science Research in the Age of Artificial Intelligence"09:00-16:00
Workshop organized at the initiative of the Standing Groups "Methods for Political Science Research" (MetRiSP) and "Government, Parliament, and Representation" (GPR)
14:00-18:00 (Time Zone CEST Europe/Rome)
Wednesday 3 September 2025
14:00-18:00
ROOM G4, San Marcellino - Largo S. Marcellino 10 Crash Course MetRiSP "Visual Analysis for Political Scientists"14:00-18:00
Course organized at the initiative of the Standing Groups "Methods for Political Science Research" (MetRiSP) and "Government, Parliament, and Representation" (GPR)
Wednesday 3 September 2025
14:00-18:00
ROOM II.1, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 1 Crash Course MetRiSP "Conjoint Experiment in Political Science and International Relations"14:00-18:00
Course organized at the initiative of the Standing Groups "Methods for Political Science Research" (MetRiSP) and "Government, Parliament, and Representation" (GPR)
16:30-19:30 (Time Zone CEST Europe/Rome)
Wednesday 3 September 2025
16:30-19:30
Center Federica WebLearning, Via Partenope 36, 3rd floor - Library Room SISP Steering Committee Meeting16:30-19:30
Thursday 4 September 2025
09:00-10:45 (Time Zone CEST Europe/Rome)
Thursday 4 September 2025
09:00-10:45
ROOM Ovale, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 1 SISP Steering Committee Meeting09:00-10:45
Meeting with SISP representatives in Associations and Editorial Committees
09:00-17:00 (Time Zone CEST Europe/Rome)
Thursday 4 September 2025
09:00-17:00
Courtyard of the Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 1 Registration of participants
Information desk09:00-17:00
11:00-12:45 (Time Zone CEST Europe/Rome)
- Adaptive Convergence: The Shaping of China and EU Financing Strategies in African Infrastructure
Presenter: Valeria Lauria (Italy - European University Institute)
Authors: Valeria Lauria - Balancing Relations: Exploring Determinants Of China’s Economic Statecraft Against EU Target States (2008–2022)
Presenter: Rebecca Maria Perla Iotti (Italy - LUISS Guido Carli - Rome)
Authors: Rebecca Maria Perla Iotti - Greening or Competing to Survive? International Pressures and Ideas in the European Union’s Shift Towards ‘Sustainable Competitiveness’
Presenter: Jane Arroyo (Italy - European University Institute)
Authors: Jane Arroyo - When Firms Want Data Regulation: Regulatory Protectionism in the Digital Age
Presenter: Matteo Nebbiai (UK - King's College London)
Authors: Matteo Nebbiai - Against the Myth of Deglobalization: How Sectoral Globalization Shapes Climate and Industrial Policies.
Presenter: Tommaso Fonti (Switzerland - Geneva Graduate Institute)
Authors: Tommaso Fonti - Rethinking Investment behind the Technocratic Veil: the emerging consensus on investment and the new EU fiscal rules
Presenter: Gabriele Beretta (Italy - Scuola Normale Superiore)
Authors: Gabriele Beretta, Camilla Locatelli
Thursday 4 September 2025
11:00-12:45
ROOM 25, Courtyard of the Statues, Via Paladino 3911:00-12:45
Session 1
CHAIR Manuela Moschella (Italy - University of Bologna)
DISCUSSANT Francesco Giumelli (Netherlands - University of Groningen)
- Digital Sovereignty at War: How States Deploy Instruments of Digital Control in Geopolitical Rivalries and Armed Conflicts
Presenter: Mattia Sguazzini (Italy - University of Genoa)
Authors: Mattia Sguazzini - The Public Shaping of Europe’s Digital Sovereignty: Comparative Perspectives from France and Germany
Presenter: Mauro Santaniello (Italy - University of Salerno)
Authors: Natascia Tatiana Fera, Mauro Santaniello - Kings v. Giants: the Struggle for Sovereignty in the Digital Age
Presenter: Sara Concetta Santoriello (Italy - University of Naples Federico II)
Authors: Sara Concetta Santoriello, Giuseppe Borriello, Simone Paesano
Thursday 4 September 2025
11:00-12:45
ROOM M1, Courtyard of the Statues, Via Paladino 3911:00-12:45
Session 1
CHAIR Mauro Santaniello
DISCUSSANT Mauro Santaniello (Italy - University of Salerno)
- When particular prevails over the universal: a proposal to limit media capture across EU countries
Presenter: Rita Marchetti (Italy - University of Perugia)
Authors: Rita Marchetti, Anna Stanziano - From Corruption to Stockholm Syndrome: Examining State Capture Through Public-Private Interactions in Strategic Sectors
Presenter: Marco Antonelli (Italy - Scuola Normale Superiore)
Authors: Marco Antonelli - Dall’anticorruzione «consensuale» all’anticorruzione «polarizzata». Il discorso politico sulle riforme della XVII legislatura (2013-2018)
Presenter: Tommaso Cerutti (Italy - University of Pisa)
Authors: Tommaso Cerutti, Camilla Galaverni, Damiano Kerma - Diffusing norms, facing friction: INGOs and the struggle of global anti-corruption efforts
Presenter: Fernanda Odilla (Italy - University of Bologna)
Authors: Fernanda Odilla, Germán Bidegain - The wounds of progress : corporate greed, corruption, and mafia in Crotone
Presenter: Alberto Vannucci (Italy - University of Pisa)
Authors: Alberto Vannucci, Anna Sergi
Thursday 4 September 2025
11:00-12:45
ROOM M3, Courtyard of the Statues, Via Paladino 3911:00-12:45
Session 1
CHAIRS Marco Mazzoni, Alberto Vannucci
DISCUSSANT Roberto Mincigrucci (Italy - University of Perugia)
- Argentina’s Conservative Turn: Foreign Policy and Relations with the Global South
Presenter: Alberto Maresca (Italy - Sant'Anna Institute, Sorrento)
Authors: Alberto Maresca - Sovereignism(s) in South America and Southern Europe
Presenter: Enrico Padoan (Italy - Scuola Normale Superiore)
Authors: Enrico Padoan - Transatlantic Relations in a Changing Global Order: Perceptions and Alignments in the UN Security Council
Presenter: Carla Monteleone (Italy - University of Palermo)
Authors: Carla Monteleone - Government ideology and states relationship with great powers at the United Nations
Presenter: Francesco Baraldi (Netherlands - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Authors: Francesco Baraldi - Foreign Policy Orientation Revisited: Insights from Turkey’s Role in Global Institutions
Presenter: Omer Naim Kucuk (Turkey - Social Sciences University of Ankara)
Authors: Omer Naim Kucuk, Metin Yucekaya, Muhittin Ataman
Thursday 4 September 2025
11:00-12:45
ROOM FG, Courtyard of the Statues, Via Paladino 39 -
3rd floor11:00-12:45
Session 1
CHAIRS Sandra Destradi, Khayyam Rzazade
DISCUSSANT Emidio Diodato (Italy - University for Foreigners of Perugia)
- Echoing the Streets toward the Seats: Narrative Convergence and Alliance-Building in post-Mobilization Lebanon
Presenter: Enea Fiore (Italy - University of Turin)
Authors: Enea Fiore - Four Decades of Protest Politics: Bulgaria’s Recurring Pattern of Mobilization and Disillusionment
Presenter: Ivaylo Dinev (Germany - Centre for East European and International Studies, Berlin (ZOiS))
Authors: Ivaylo Dinev - From Rocket to Monument: Non-State Actors, Militant Art and the Agency of the Public Space
Presenter: Abdalhadi Alijla (Palestine - Arab Reform Initiative)
Authors: Abdalhadi Alijla - From Militancy to Machinery? La Cámpora and the Movement-Party Nexus in Contemporary Argentina
Presenter: Samuele Mazzolini (Italy - Ca' Foscari University Venezia)
Authors: Samuele Mazzolini
Thursday 4 September 2025
11:00-12:45
ROOM 26, Courtyard of the Statues, Via Paladino 3911:00-12:45
Session 1
CHAIRS Daniela Chironi, Jacopo Custodi
DISCUSSANT Giulia Vicentini (Italy - University of Naples Parthenope)
- Intra-regional diversity and local cooperation: Trade-off or complementarity?
Presenter: Kira Gartzou Katsouyanni (UK - University of Oxford)
Authors: Kira Gartzou Katsouyanni - Governance structure and policy performance: A sociocentric network analysis of 124 Italian cities
Presenter: Lorenzo Mascioli (Italy - European University Institute)
Authors: Lorenzo Mascioli - From Crisis to Capacity : COVID-19 and the Rise of Off-Balance-Sheet Governance
Presenter: Vanessa Endrejat (Italy - European University Institute)
Authors: Vanessa Endrejat
Thursday 4 September 2025
11:00-12:45
ROOM M6, Courtyard of the Statues, Via Paladino 3911:00-12:45
Session 1
CHAIR Lorenzo Mascioli
DISCUSSANT Waltraud Schelkle (Italy - European University Institute)
- Transactionalism in Great Power Competition: Turkey’s strategy towards the EU-Russia rivalry
Presenter: Edoardo Lavezzo (UK - University of York)
Authors: Edoardo Lavezzo - The Climate-Power Nexus: Climate Change Direct Effects on States and the International System
Presenter: Agata Lavorio (Italy - University of Milan)
Authors: Agata Lavorio - A Surplus of Peacemaking: Competitive Mediation and the Empowerment of Conflict Parties
Presenter: Bilal Salayme (Switzerland - Geneva Graduate Institute)
Authors: Bilal Salayme - China’s Developmental Peace and Post-Conflict Societies: An Anxiety-Centred Framework
Presenter: Rok Zupančič (Slovenia - University of Ljubljana)
Authors: Anastas Vangeli, Rok Zupančič - Trading Places: Western Adaptation(s) in a Crowded Conflict Management Market
Presenter: Giulio Levorato (Italy - University of Naples L'Orientale)
Authors: Giulio Levorato, Irene Costantini, Ruth Hanau Santini
Thursday 4 September 2025
11:00-12:45
ROOM M8, Courtyard of the Statues, Via Paladino 3911:00-12:45
CHAIRS Irene Costantini, Ruth Hanau Santini, Giulio Levorato
DISCUSSANT Irene Costantini (Italy - University of Naples L'Orientale)
- The Institutionalization of Islamist Parties: Processes and Consequences for Democracy
Presenter: Valeria Resta (Ireland - Dublin City University)
Authors: Valeria Resta, Francesco Cavatorta - Religious Humanism, Christian Nationalism and Interreligious Engagement in Post-secular Global Politics
Presenter: Michael Driessen (Italy - John Cabot University - Rome)
Authors: Michael Driessen - Litigating religious freedom in time of emergency: a close look at the ECtHR’s case law
Presenter: Adelaide Madera (Italy - University of Messina)
Authors: Adelaide Madera - Between Piety and Patronage: The Institutionalization and Financial Networks of Pakistani Islamic Parties and Their Impact on Democratic Norms
Presenter: Haris Aziz (Pakistan - National University of Modern Languages)
Authors: Haris Aziz
Thursday 4 September 2025
11:00-12:45
ROOM M4, Courtyard of the Statues, Via Paladino 3911:00-12:45
CHAIRS Chiara Maritato, Valeria Resta
DISCUSSANT Valeria Resta (Ireland - Dublin City University)
- The interplay between procurement and the EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy: The Ukranian war as a catalyst for change in the EU defence industry.
Presenter: Raffaele Madaio (Spain - Universidad de Granada)
Authors: Raffaele Madaio - Money for Nothing? Feasibility and Contestation of EU Strategic Autonomy
Presenter: Sofia Eliodori (Italy - LUISS Guido Carli - Rome)
Authors: Sofia Eliodori - Taming the untamable. Financial markets’ competitiveness and monetary sovereignty in the EU Regulation of Crypto-assets
Presenter: Giuseppe Montalbano ()
Authors: Giuseppe Montalbano - The Costs of Disciplining Innovation Finance: Coalitions and Conflict in Steering Innovation Markets in the European Union
Presenter: Matteo Frisoni (UK - King's College London)
Authors: Matteo Frisoni - Strategic Autonomy or Structural Fragmentation? The Limits of the EU Chips Act in Europe’s Industrial Turn
Presenter: Ruben De Francesco (Italy - University of Messina)
Authors: Ruben De Francesco
Thursday 4 September 2025
11:00-12:45
ROOM Z3, Courtyard of the Statues, Via Paladino 39 -
1st floor, inside the Study hall11:00-12:45
CHAIR Ruben De Francesco (Italy - University of Messina)
DISCUSSANT Sofia Eliodori (Italy - LUISS Guido Carli - Rome)
- Naming the Thing: Party Labels as Indicators of Changing Patterns in West European Party Organizations and Competition
Presenter: Arthur Borriello (France - Université de Namur)
Authors: Arthur Borriello, Thomas Legein - Where Are They Going? Intra-party Power Shifts in the Italian Parties (2013-2025)
Presenter: Eugenio Pizzimenti (Italy - University of Pisa)
Authors: Eugenio Pizzimenti, Enrico Calossi, Beniamino Masi - "Clashing" Nationalisms of Turkiye: Comparative Analysis of Turkish & Kurdish Nationalist Parties
Presenter: Halime Safiye Atalay (Turkey - Istanbul Medipol University)
Authors: Halime Safiye Atalay - Economic Policy in Times of Partisan Convergence: Exploring the Interaction between Political Ideology and Growth Models
Presenter: Alessia Aspide (Germany - Max Planck Institute)
Authors: Alessia Aspide, Joshua Cova
Thursday 4 September 2025
11:00-12:45
ROOM T2, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 111:00-12:45
Session 1
CHAIRS Giorgia Bulli, Enrico Calossi, Eugenio Pizzimenti
DISCUSSANT Giorgia Bulli (Italy - University of Florence)
- #ItalianBlackGalaxy: Investigating the X/Twitter Network Between Radical and Extreme-Right in Italy
Presenter: Federico Taddei (Italy - University of Milan)
Authors: Federico Taddei - Trust Beyond Metrics: Understanding Political Trust in the Age of Hybrid Media
Presenter: Paulo Ferracioli (Italy - University of Bologna)
Authors: Paulo Ferracioli, Livio Calabresi - From Manual to Automated Coding:
Challenges and Opportunities in Computational Protest Event Analysis.
Presenter: Niccolò Bertuzzi (Italy - University of Parma)
Authors: Niccolò Bertuzzi, Lorenzo Mosca, Federico Pilati - ChatGPT al voto: l'impatto dell'Intelligenza Artificiale sulle scelte di voto referendarie
Presenter: Valeria Donato (Italy - University of Urbino Carlo Bo)
Authors: Valeria Donato - From Suspicion to Communication: Mapping Conspiracist Discourse Among European Parliament Members
Presenter: Salvatore Vassallo (Italy - University of Bologna)
Authors: Salvatore Vassallo, Moreno Mancosu
Thursday 4 September 2025
11:00-12:45
ROOM T3, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 111:00-12:45
CHAIR Moreno Mancosu
DISCUSSANT Mario Quaranta (Italy - University of Trento)
- The Impact of Campaign Events on Attitude Structuring
Presenters: Guido Legnante (Italy - University of Pavia), Francesco Marolla (Italy - University of Milan)
Authors: Guido Legnante, Francesco Marolla - Attitude-Behavior Consistency in Electoral Choice
Presenter: Francesco Marolla (Italy - University of Milan)
Authors: Francesco Marolla, Lorenzo De Sio, Nicola Maggini , Cristiano Vezzoni - The Dimensionality of Political Space and Cross-Domain Attitude Consistency
Presenter: Nicola Maggini (Italy - University of Bologna)
Authors: Nicola Maggini, Lorenzo De Sio, Dario Tuorto, Cristiano Vezzoni - The Youth Perspective: Insights from High School Students And Young Adults
Presenter: Francesco Piacentini (Italy - University of Milan)
Authors: Francesco Piacentini, Guido Legnante, Francesco Marolla - Post-Ideological Politics and Electoral Success
Presenter: Lorenzo De Sio (Italy - LUISS Guido Carli - Rome)
Authors: Lorenzo De Sio, Matteo Boldrini, Nicolò Pennucci, Francesco Piacentini
Thursday 4 September 2025
11:00-12:45
ROOM 7, San Marcellino - Largo S. Marcellino 1011:00-12:45
Session 1
CHAIRS Matteo Boldrini, Lorenzo De Sio
DISCUSSANT Francesco Visconti (Italy - LUISS Guido Carli - Rome)
- Nationalist Parties under Pressure: Electoral Contraction and Ideological (Dis)Investment in the 2024 French and 2025 Canadian Legislative Campaigns
Presenter: Ornella Graziani (Canada - University of Ottawa)
Authors: Ornella Graziani - Pieces of Europe: Sub-State Nationalisms and European Integration Between Ideological Change and Political Opportunism (1960–2010)
Presenter: Paolo Perri (Italy - University of Valle d'Aosta)
Authors: Paolo Perri - Navigating Multilevel Dynamics in Mapping Human Rights Practices: The Case of Triveneto
Presenter: Angelica Vascotto (Italy - University of Padua)
Authors: Angelica Vascotto, Pietro De Perini, Piergiuseppe Parisi - Il partito regionale IDS-DDI e le elezioni del 2025 in Croazia
Presenter: Tatjana Tomaić (Croatia - Institut drustvenih znanosti Ivo Pilar)
Authors: Tatjana Tomaić
Thursday 4 September 2025
11:00-12:45
ROOM G3, San Marcellino - Largo S. Marcellino 1011:00-12:45
Session 1
CHAIRS Adriano Cirulli, Carlo Pala
DISCUSSANT Michel Huysseune (Belgium - Free Univerisity of Bruxelles)
- Between Disaffection and Mobilization: Populism and Youth Electoral Participation in Western Europe
Presenter: Giorgio Dolci (Italy - University of Milan)
Authors: Giorgio Dolci - The transnationalisation of populist radical right publics on YouTube
Presenter: Francesco Vittonetto (Australia - Griffith University Brisbane)
Authors: Francesco Vittonetto - The Red-brown Axis? European Populist Radical Parties’ Foreign Policy
Presenter: Jakub Wondreys (Germany - Hannah-Arendt-Institute for Totalitarianism Studies at the TU Dresden)
Authors: Jakub Wondreys - Varieties of local populism: technocracy and far-right populism in local elections
Presenter: Petr Voda (Czech Republic - Masarykova univerzita)
Authors: Petr Voda
Thursday 4 September 2025
11:00-12:45
ROOM G4, San Marcellino - Largo S. Marcellino 1011:00-12:45
Session 1
CHAIRS Andrej Zaslove, Mattia Zulianello
DISCUSSANT Andrej Zaslove (Netherlands - Netherlands Radboud University Nijmegen)
- Differenze locali e frammentazione delle politiche di supporto ai caregiver informali in Italia: contano davvero le dimensioni e l'orientamento politico?
Presenter: Lavinia De Santis (Italy - University of Bologna)
Authors: Lavinia De Santis, Giovanni Amerigo Giuliani, Federico Toth, Marco Albertini, Eva Bei - Understanding regional visions of digital transformation in public administration
Presenter: Sara De Martino (Italy - Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies)
Authors: Sara De Martino, David Natali, Andrea Terlizzi - Populist Rhetoric Vs. Policy Reality: The Implementation of Smart Working Policy in the Italian Public Administration
Presenters: Valentina Ottone (Italy - University of Salerno), Michele Barbieri (Italy - University of Salerno)
Authors: Valentina Ottone, Michele Barbieri - Sostenibilità e welfare: il ruolo della PA tra regia e resilienza. Prospettive teoriche e spunti dal laboratorio SNAI
Presenter: Cecilia Castellani (Italy - University of Pisa)
Authors: Cecilia Castellani
Thursday 4 September 2025
11:00-12:45
ROOM II.1, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 111:00-12:45
Session 1
CHAIRS Laura Cataldi, Fiorella Vinci
DISCUSSANT Laura Cataldi (Italy - University of Salerno)
- Navigating Ideological Currents: African Agency in Migration Cooperation with the West under Far-Right Influence
Presenter: Elizabeth Maloba (Italy - European University Institute)
Authors: Elizabeth Maloba - The Far-Right, Military Conflicts and International Cooperation: a Comparison of Italy and France
Presenter: Alberto Miraglia (Italy - University of Bologna)
Authors: Alberto Miraglia - Far right movements, sovereignty and the EU: challenges to the Union's liberal credentials
Presenters: Michela Ceccorulli (Italy - University of Bologna), Sonia Lucarelli (Italy - University of Bologna)
Authors: Michela Ceccorulli, Sonia Lucarelli - Discursive Coalitions and Ideological Realignment: Russia’s Traditional Values in an Era of Western Far-Right Convergence
Presenter: Diana Planida (Italy - University of Bologna)
Authors: Diana Planida - Promoting the green agenda in a nationalist and far-right environment: perspectives for EU-Brazil relations
Presenter: Ana Tostes (Brazil - Rio de Janeiro State University)
Authors: Ana Tostes, Yasmin Renne - European Security at the Extreme: Domestic Political Changes and Regional Security Cooperation
Presenter: Raffaele Mastrorocco (Italy - European University Institute)
Authors: Raffaele Mastrorocco
Thursday 4 September 2025
11:00-12:45
ROOM G1, San Marcellino - Largo S. Marcellino 1011:00-12:45
CHAIRS Raffaele Mastrorocco, Alberto Miraglia
DISCUSSANT Michal Onderco (Netherlands - Erasmus University)
- The limits of minority solidarity: Populist radical right women leaders and gender/sexual minorities
Presenter: Sabine Volk (Germany - University of Tübingen)
Authors: Sabine Volk, Marianna Griffini - Far-right influencers: Using gender to mobilize
Presenter: Susi Meret (Denmark - Aalborg University)
Authors: Susi Meret - Femminismo neoliberale e far right. Un'analisi dell'agenda e della retorica di Giorgia Meloni sulle questioni di genere.
Presenter: Noemi Ciarniello (Italy - LUISS Guido Carli - Rome)
Authors: Noemi Ciarniello, Emiliana De Blasio
Thursday 4 September 2025
11:00-12:45
ROOM II.2, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 111:00-12:45
CHAIRS Elisa Bellè, Susi Meret
DISCUSSANT Elisa Bellè (UK - University of Glasgow)
- Liberalismi aristodemocratici: il pensiero di Filippo Burzio e Wilhelm Röpke
Presenter: Carlo Marsonet (Italy - University of Turin)
Authors: Carlo Marsonet - Una riflessione sull’evoluzione del concetto di democrazia in Cina: dalla “dittatura democratica popolare” di Mao Zedong alla “democrazia popolare completa” di Xi Jinping tra punti di contatto e profonde discontinuità
Presenter: Asia Marcantoni (Italy - University of Urbino Carlo Bo)
Authors: Asia Marcantoni - Artificial Intelligence, Democracy, and Political Participation: The Holy See’s Engagement in Global Civil Society
Presenter: Enrico Bianchi (Italy - University Cattolica del Sacro Cuore)
Authors: Enrico Bianchi - The Necessary Leader: Reinterpreting Machiavelli through Weber’s Theory of Charisma
Presenter: Claudia Mariotti (Italy - University of Roma Tre)
Authors: Claudia Mariotti, Alberto Bitonti - Ripensare il liberalismo: gli emendamenti whig di Michael Novak
Presenter: Gianmarco Botti (Italy - University of Naples L'Orientale)
Authors: Gianmarco Botti
Thursday 4 September 2025
11:00-12:45
ROOM I.2, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 111:00-12:45
CHAIR Antonio Campati
DISCUSSANT Damiano Palano (Italy - University Cattolica del Sacro Cuore)
- New frontiers of informal housing in Rome
Presenter: Alessandro Barile (Italy - S. Pio V Institute)
Authors: Alessandro Barile, Luca Alteri - Land, Power, and Resistance in Egypt:
Militarized Urbanization, Speculative Capital, and Grassroots Struggles for Spatial Justice
Presenter: Aly Elraggal (Italy - Scuola Normale Superiore)
Authors: Aly Elraggal - Touristification and housing movements: An evolving urban field of contention in Italian cities
Presenter: Carla Mannino (Italy - Scuola Normale Superiore)
Authors: Carla Mannino, Donatella Della Porta
Thursday 4 September 2025
11:00-12:45
ROOM T1, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 111:00-12:45
CHAIRS Angela Adami, Luca Alteri, Alessandro Barile, Carla Mannino
DISCUSSANT Angela Adami (Italy - Scuola Normale Superiore)
- Costruire il lavoro nella retorica presidenziale: evidenze dai discorsi del Primo Maggio del Quirinale (2000-2025)
Presenter: Fabio Carbone (Italy - University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli)
Authors: Fabio Carbone, Diego Giannone - The Role of Heads of State in Parliamentary Systems’ Domestic Policy-Making: A Comparative Analysis of Italy and Germany
Presenter: Valeria Carmen Caputo (Italy - University of Sassari)
Authors: Valeria Carmen Caputo, Mauro Tebaldi, Marco Calaresu, Daniela Caterina - Heads of State and Technocratic Governments during the Italian Second Republic: The Cases of the Monti and Draghi Governments
Presenter: Mauro Tebaldi (Italy - University of Sassari)
Authors: Mauro Tebaldi, Marco Calaresu, Mirko Nazzari
Thursday 4 September 2025
11:00-12:45
ROOM Pagano 2, San Marcellino - Largo S. Marcellino 1011:00-12:45
CHAIRS Diego Giannone, Mauro Tebaldi
DISCUSSANT Laura Iannelli (Italy - University of Sassari)
- Emotions in public policy: the role of the symbolic
Presenter: Laurie Boussaguet (Italy - European University Institute)
Authors: Laurie Boussaguet, Florence Faucher - Love and the street-level implementation of family reunification policies: the centrality of emotions and its invisibilization
Presenter: Carla Mascia (Belgium - Université Libre de Bruxelles ULB)
Authors: Carla Mascia - Democracy can be painful. Rethinking Collective Action through the Representation of Traumatic Stories in Deliberative Policy Practices
Presenter: Francesca Gelli (Italy - University of Venice IUAV)
Authors: Francesca Gelli
Thursday 4 September 2025
11:00-12:45
ROOM Pagano 1, San Marcellino - Largo S. Marcellino 1011:00-12:45
CHAIR Stefania Ravazzi (Italy - University of Turin)
DISCUSSANT Maria Tullia Galanti (Italy - University of Milan)
Thursday 4 September 2025
11:00-12:45
Church of San Marcellino e Festo, Largo S. Marcellino 10 Political Science and Doctoral Training: Past Experiences and Future Challenges11:00-12:45
Participants: Daniela Giannetti (University of Bologna), Francesco Raniolo (University of Calabria), Luca Verzichelli (University of Siena), Francesco Zucchini (University of Milan, Statale)
Chair and introduction: Stefano Costalli (University of Florence)
Data on doctoral training experiences in political science in Italy, presented by Luca Verzichelli, along with various discussion points raised by the speakers, will serve as the basis for an open discussion with representatives of the relevant PhD programs.
- Are local drivers responsible for trust in national institutions?
Presenter: Davide Vittori (Italy - LUISS Guido Carli - Rome)
Authors: Davide Vittori - Representing the Future? Assessing the Representation of the Youth by Young MPs
Presenter: Małgorzata Maria Fijał (Poland - Jagiellonian University in Kraków)
Authors: Małgorzata Maria Fijał, Magdalena Góra, Elodie Thevenin, Katarzyna Zielińska - Addressing the intermediation disconnect: An expert assessment of the measures to bridge the citizen-representative divide
Presenter: Elif Şeyma Şişman (Italy - University of Salento)
Authors: Elif Şeyma Şişman - Unequal Voices: Understanding the Gender Gap in Electoral Participation in Italy
Presenter: Davide Angelucci (Italy - Unitelma Sapienza University of Rome)
Authors: Davide Angelucci, Ester Flumeri - Ambiguous positions or ambiguous predictors? The role of blurring strategies on individual-level congruence in Western Europe
Presenter: Mattia Gatti (Italy - LUISS Guido Carli - Rome)
Authors: Mattia Gatti - Perception of Corruption Among Local Decision Makers: The Impact of Contextual and Individual Factors
Presenter: Marta Ponzo (Italy - University of Bologna)
Authors: Marta Ponzo, Silvia Bolgherini, Lysek Jakub
Thursday 4 September 2025
11:00-12:45
ROOM I.1, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 111:00-12:45
CHAIRS Marco Improta, Elisabetta Mannoni, Sergio Martini, Paolo Marzi, Federico Russo
DISCUSSANT Sergio Martini (Italy - University of Siena)
13:00-14:45 (Time Zone CEST Europe/Rome)
- The media representation of religion. A scoping review
Presenter: Rita Marchetti (Italy - University of Perugia)
Authors: Rita Marchetti, Susanna Pagiotti - Echoes in the Media: Exploring media perceptions among young Muslims and converts
Presenter: Marta Scialdone (Italy - University of Perugia)
Authors: Marta Scialdone, Riccardo Cruzzolin - Newspapers and religion in Europe – trends and changes
Presenter: Sara Consonni (Italy - University of Perugia)
Authors: Sara Consonni, Alberta Giorgi - "Religion as a metapolitical tool in populist radical right discourse: moving beyond static lens"
Presenter: Tomás Pereira (Portugal - University of Minho)
Authors: Tomás Pereira
Thursday 4 September 2025
13:00-14:45
ROOM Southern Centre for Digital Transformation, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 1 - 2nd floor13:00-14:45
CHAIRS Rita Marchetti, Susanna Pagiotti
DISCUSSANT Rolando Marini (Italy - Perugia University)
- Parliamentary scrutiny of the Recovery and Resilience Facility: Checking past performance, or shaping the future?
Presenter: Edoardo Bressanelli (Italy - Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies)
Authors: Edoardo Bressanelli, Marcel Magnus - The European Semester Pre- & Post-Next Generation EU
Presenter: Igor Guardiancich (Italy - University of Padua)
Authors: Igor Guardiancich, Mattia Guidi, Enrico Borghetto, Lucia Quaglia - Leveraging Crowdcoding and LLMs for the analysis of gender mainstreaming: gender-sensitive recovery policies in the EU
Presenter: Matilde Ceron (Austria - University of Salzburg)
Authors: Matilde Ceron - From Criticism to Pragmatism? The Impact of National Recovery Plans on Eurosceptic Party Discourse
Presenter: Luca Cabras (Italy - University of Bologna)
Authors: Luca Cabras, Enrico Borghetto, Lucia Quaglia, Igor Guardiancich - From Laggards to Forerunners? The Implementation of the National Recovery and Resilience
Plans, a Fuzzy set analysis
Presenter: Eugenio Borgognoni (Italy - University of Padua)
Authors: Eugenio Borgognoni, Luca Cabras, Daniel Fernandez Serrano
Thursday 4 September 2025
13:00-14:45
ROOM 25, Courtyard of the Statues, Via Paladino 3913:00-14:45
CHAIR Luca Cabras
DISCUSSANT Matilde Ceron (Austria - University of Salzburg)
- Chips on the Frontline: When Silicon Speaks the Language of Sovereignty
Presenters: Armando Antonio Ferrara (Italy - University of Salerno), Gerardo Ferrentino (Italy - University of Salerno)
Authors: Armando Antonio Ferrara, Gerardo Ferrentino - Faces at Stake: A Comparative Analysis of Policy Implementation Arrangements for Facial Recognition Technologies in the EU, US, and China
Presenters: Michele Barbieri (Italy - University of Salerno), Georgiana Laura Macarie (Italy - University of Viterbo La Tuscia)
Authors: Michele Barbieri, Laura Georgiana Macarie - Navigating the ‘Third Way’: Digital Sovereignty and Digital Constitutionalism in EU Member States
Presenter: Chiara Spiniello (Italy - University of Salerno)
Authors: Chiara Spiniello - Empowering Digital Regulators? Institutional Capacity and the Multilevel Enforcement of EU Rules
Presenter: Matteo Nebbiai (UK - King's College London)
Authors: Matteo Nebbiai, Christel Koop
Thursday 4 September 2025
13:00-14:45
ROOM M1, Courtyard of the Statues, Via Paladino 3913:00-14:45
Session 2
CHAIR Mauro Santaniello
DISCUSSANT Nicola Palladino (Italy - University of Salerno)
- From Politicization to Antipolitics: The Evolving Narratives of Corruption in the Italian Digital Public Sphere
Presenter: Roberto Mincigrucci (Italy - University of Perugia)
Authors: Roberto Mincigrucci, Francesca Rispoli, Anna Stanziano, Marco Mazzoni - Bridging the efforts in the fight against corruption: the institutionalization of grassroots whistleblowing platforms and civic techs
Presenter: Alice Fubini (Italy - University of Bologna)
Authors: Alice Fubini - Does Time Matter? Temporal Patterns and Political Cycles in the Mediatization of Corruption on Digital Media
Presenter: Salvatore Sberna (Italy - University of Pisa)
Authors: Salvatore Sberna, Roberto Mincigrucci, Marco Antonelli, Tommaso Cerutti, Alberto Vannucci - Framing the ‘Ndrangheta’s Infiltration: The Role of Media Narratives in Social Construction
Presenter: Grazia Enerina Pisano (Italy - Perugia University)
Authors: Grazia Enerina Pisano
Thursday 4 September 2025
13:00-14:45
ROOM M3, Courtyard of the Statues, Via Paladino 3913:00-14:45
Session 2
CHAIRS Marco Mazzoni, Alberto Vannucci
DISCUSSANT Marco Antonelli (Italy - Scuola Normale Superiore)
- Guardando e Est: le proteste in Serbia attraverso la media coverage italiana tra mainstream e fringe.
Presenter: Elisabetta Zurovac (Italy - University of Urbino Carlo Bo)
Authors: Elisabetta Zurovac - Fake news perception in fragmented media landscapes: evidence from Italy
Presenter: Luca Arrigoni (Italy - University of Trento)
Authors: Luca Arrigoni, Mario Quaranta - Monetizzare l’anti-mainstream: pratiche di guadagno e sostentamento all’interno della telegramsfera fringe italiana
Presenter: Stefano Brilli (Italy - University of Urbino Carlo Bo)
Authors: Stefano Brilli, Giovanni Boccia Artieri, Nicola Righetti, Elisabetta Zurovac - Dimensioni della tossicità digitale: un’analisi mixed methods delle comunità fringe su Telegram
Presenter: Rossella Rega (Italy - University of Siena)
Authors: Giovanni Boccia Artieri, Rossella Rega - Dalla messaggistica al “fringe”: analisi longitudinale delle narrazioni giornalistiche italiane su Telegram
Presenter: Rossella Rega (Italy - University of Siena)
Authors: Sara Bentivegna, Rossella Rega - Fringe polarization: la Telegramsphere italiana e la polarizzazione distruttiva
Presenter: Valeria Donato (Italy - University of Urbino Carlo Bo)
Authors: Valeria Donato, Giuliana Sorci
Thursday 4 September 2025
13:00-14:45
ROOM FG, Courtyard of the Statues, Via Paladino 39 -
3rd floor13:00-14:45
CHAIR Giovanni Boccia Artieri (Italy - University of Urbino Carlo Bo)
DISCUSSANT Rossella Rega (Italy - University of Siena)
- Political connections and organisational stability: party factionalism and its effects on school student unions’ cohesion in Italy and France
Presenter: Giuseppe Lipari (Italy - Scuola Normale Superiore)
Authors: Giuseppe Lipari - The Aftermath of the Great Recession on the Mediterranean Lefts
Presenter: Enrico Padoan (Italy - Scuola Normale Superiore)
Authors: Enrico Padoan - Lebanon's anti-sectarian opposition at the intersection of contentious and formal politics
Presenter: Flavia Fusco (Sweden - Goteborg University)
Authors: Flavia Fusco - Movementization beyond movement-parties: exploring movementist strategy in italian democratic party under Elly Schlein's leadership
Presenter: Samuele Lucidi (Italy - LUISS Guido Carli - Rome)
Authors: Samuele Lucidi
Thursday 4 September 2025
13:00-14:45
ROOM 26, Courtyard of the Statues, Via Paladino 3913:00-14:45
Session 2
CHAIRS Daniela Chironi, Jacopo Custodi
DISCUSSANT Daniela Chironi (Italy - Scuola Normale Superiore)
- Rethinking Austerity’s Political Costs: The Role of Export Versus Domestic Demand Dependence at the Regional Level
Presenter: Alessia Aspide (Germany - Max Planck Institute)
Authors: Alessia Aspide, Lucio Baccaro - One currency, different paths: The Euro’s differentiated impact on regional growth models (2000-2007)
Presenter: Sinisa Hadziabdic (Germany - Max Planck Institute)
Authors: Lucio Baccaro, Donato Di Carlo, Sinisa Hadziabdic - A divided union with a common currency: does the European Central Bank care?
Presenter: Waltraud Schelkle (Italy - European University Institute)
Authors: Waltraud Schelkle, Lorenzo Mascioli
Thursday 4 September 2025
13:00-14:45
ROOM M6, Courtyard of the Statues, Via Paladino 3913:00-14:45
Session 2
CHAIR Lorenzo Mascioli
DISCUSSANT Lorenzo Mascioli (Italy - European University Institute)
- Understanding low-skilled workers’ political identity dynamics through a mixed methods perspective
Presenter: Irene Psaroudakis (Italy - University of Pisa)
Authors: Irene Psaroudakis, Andrea Signoretti - Defending Rural Workers Rights in Authoritarian Populist Times:
Multi-Level Strategies of Resistance by the “Right to Work” Movement in India
Presenter: Jorinde Van Der Horst (Italy - Scuola Normale Superiore)
Authors: Jorinde Van Der Horst - Biographical Pathways of Political and Union Alienation: Territorial and Sectoral Contexts in Metalworking and Logistics Work in Verona, Florence, and Bari
Presenter: Massimiliano Andretta (Italy - University of Pisa)
Authors: Massimiliano Andretta, Katia Pilati - Organizational Changes and Trajectories in the Italian Logistics and Metal Sectors
Presenter: Tommaso Pio Danese (Italy - University of Trento)
Authors: Tommaso Pio Danese, Elisabetta Girardi
Thursday 4 September 2025
13:00-14:45
ROOM M8, Courtyard of the Statues, Via Paladino 3913:00-14:45
Session 1
CHAIRS Massimiliano Andretta, Katia Pilati
DISCUSSANT Katia Pilati (Italy - University of Trento)
- Varietà e traiettorie delle autocrazie contemporanee
Presenter: Andrea Cassani (Italy - University of Milan)
Authors: Andrea Cassani, Luca Tomini - L’arte di cambiare senza democratizzare: le trasformazioni autocratiche dal 1990 a oggi
Presenter: Tiziana Corda (Italy - University of Milan)
Authors: Tiziana Corda - Troni senza spade: percorsi di continuità autocratica dal 1990 ad oggi
Presenter: Valeria Resta (Ireland - Dublin City University)
Authors: Valeria Resta - Vino nuovo in otri nuovi? Regimi autoritari al termine di processi di erosione democratica
Presenter: Guido Panzano (Germany - Kiel University)
Authors: Guido Panzano
Thursday 4 September 2025
13:00-14:45
ROOM M4, Courtyard of the Statues, Via Paladino 3913:00-14:45
Session 1
CHAIRS Andrea Cassani, Luca Tomini
DISCUSSANT Andrea Cassani (Italy - University of Milan)
- The impact of local vulnerabilities on electoral participation in Italy
Presenter: Giorgia Borgnino (Italy - University of Siena)
Authors: Giorgia Borgnino, Linda Basile, Silvia Bolgherini, Selena Grimaldi - Resentment and Political Behavior: An Analysis in Three Southern Italian Cities
Presenters: Luisa Tuttolomondo (Italy - University of Palermo), Laura Azzolina (Italy - University of Palermo)
Authors: Luisa Tuttolomondo, Laura Azzolina - The challenge of dynamic peripheralization in three Italian regions. Looking for key determinants
Presenter: Martina Riccio (Italy - University of Cagliari)
Authors: Martina Riccio, Rosanna De Rosa
Thursday 4 September 2025
13:00-14:45
ROOM Z3, Courtyard of the Statues, Via Paladino 39 -
1st floor, inside the Study hall13:00-14:45
Session 1
CHAIRS Rosanna De Rosa, Stefano Rombi
DISCUSSANT Luciano Brancaccio (Italy - University of Naples Federico II)
- Party Competition and the Strategic Use of Valence Signals in Electoral Campaigns
Presenter: Stefano Sangiovanni (Italy - University of Milan)
Authors: Stefano Sangiovanni - Emphasizing the opponents’ issue, a successful choice? A comparative analysis in Europe on the incentives behind party strategy
Presenter: Anna Ludovica Vinelli (Italy - University of Milan)
Authors: Anna Ludovica Vinelli - Are European Elections Becoming Midterm Elections? A Comparative Analysis Across EU Member States
Presenters: Fabiola Lomolino (Italy - Sapienza University of Rome), Vincenzo Fierro (Italy - Sapienza University of Rome)
Authors: Fabiola Lomolino, Vincenzo Fierro - Gender equality in political party statutes: a comparative study of Italy and Spain
Presenter: Margherita Farinella (Italy - University Cattolica del Sacro Cuore)
Authors: Margherita Farinella
Thursday 4 September 2025
13:00-14:45
ROOM T2, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 113:00-14:45
Session 2
CHAIRS Giorgia Bulli, Enrico Calossi, Eugenio Pizzimenti
DISCUSSANT Enrico Calossi (Italy - University of Pisa)
- Telling the Gendered Story: the construction of migrant subjectivities in UNHCR’s animated information campaign
Presenter: Gaetano Giancaspro (Italy - University of Bologna)
Authors: Gaetano Giancaspro, Tutku Ayhan - Policing Queer and Disabled Identities: An Intersectional Approach to Study Police Bias
Presenter: Emanuele Murgolo (Spain - Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
Authors: Emanuele Murgolo - Power at the Margins: Functional Diversity and Subaltern Counterpublics. An Intersectional Approach committed to Deepening Democracy in terms of Social Justice
Presenter: Miriam Ureta García (Spain - University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU))
Authors: Miriam Ureta García - From Voters to Politicians: The Vanishing Gender Gap in Preferences
Presenter: Ximena Calo (Italy - Bocconi University)
Authors: Ximena Calo, Riccardo Puglisi, Paola Profeta, Simona Scabrosetti - Choosing the best, managing the rest – unpacking the black box of party
selection logics
Presenter: Ida-Elise Seppola Asplund (Norway - University of Bergen)
Authors: Ida-Elise Seppola Asplund
Thursday 4 September 2025
13:00-14:45
ROOM T3, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 113:00-14:45
CHAIRS Francesca Feo (Norway - University of Bergen), Seréna Nilsson Rabia (Norway - University of Bergen)
DISCUSSANT Seréna Nilsson Rabia (Norway - University of Bergen)
- Issue Coverage and Ideological Consistency Among Influencers
Presenter: Nicolò Pennucci
Authors: Arianna Colombo, Andrea De Angelis, Nicolò Pennucci - Agenda-Setting Dynamics Across Generations
Presenter: Margherita Bordignon (Italy - University of Pavia)
Authors: Margherita Bordignon, Matteo Boldrini, Francesco Piacentini - More than Apathy, Less than Participation: Deconstructing Negative Feelings Towards Politics Among Young Italians
Presenter: Dario Tuorto (Italy - University of Bologna)
Authors: Dario Tuorto, Asia Leofreddi - Mapping digital influencers in Italy: a generational post-ideological analysis
Presenter: Andrea De Angelis (Italy - University of Milan)
Authors: Andrea De Angelis, Matteo Boldrini, Francesco Marolla, Jessica Di Cocco
Thursday 4 September 2025
13:00-14:45
ROOM 7, San Marcellino - Largo S. Marcellino 1013:00-14:45
Session 2
CHAIRS Matteo Boldrini, Lorenzo De Sio
DISCUSSANT Augusto Valeriani (Italy - University of Bologna)
- Narratives on Complex Policies: the Case of Differentiated Autonomy in Italy
Presenter: Gaia Matilde Ripamonti (Italy - University of Trieste)
Authors: Gaia Matilde Ripamonti - La sacralisation de la langue dans les affirmations identitaires : notes sur une comparaison Bretagne/Flandre
Presenter: Jeanne Toutous (Francia - Université de Rennes)
Authors: Jeanne Toutous, Michel Huysseune - The Conflicts around Energy Sovereignty and Sub-State Nationalism in Sardinia
Presenter: Niccolò Bertuzzi (Italy - University of Parma)
Authors: Niccolò Bertuzzi, Carlo Pala - Cosa (non) sappiamo delle origini della frattura territoriale in Europa. Un ritorno sul caso sardo
Presenter: Christophe Roux (France - Université de Montpellier)
Authors: Christophe Roux
Thursday 4 September 2025
13:00-14:45
ROOM G3, San Marcellino - Largo S. Marcellino 1013:00-14:45
Session 2
CHAIRS Adriano Cirulli, Carlo Pala
DISCUSSANT Michel Huysseune (Belgium - Free Univerisity of Bruxelles)
- How new parties enter in competition: The case of populism. A Comparative Analysis of 24 European Countries
Presenter: Alessandro Di Biagio (Germany - University of Cologne)
Authors: Alessandro Di Biagio - Democratic Support, Radicalism and Populism: Making Citizens Choose between Democratic and Undemocratic Alternatives
Presenter: Andrej Zaslove (Netherlands - Netherlands Radboud University Nijmegen)
Authors: Andrej Zaslove, Annika Werner - Hijacking National Identity: How Populist Parties Weaponize Discourse for Power
Presenter: Adriano Giuliani (Italy - LUMSA University)
Authors: Adriano Giuliani, Sofia Kalashnikova, Annika Werner - Which conflicts does the populist radical right represent? A Western Europe comparison
Presenter: Mirko Crulli (Belgium - Université Libre de Bruxelles ULB)
Authors: Mirko Crulli, Gianluca Piccolino - Illiberal democrats and their liberal supporters: Populism and normative ideals of democracy in Italy
Presenter: Ronald Schleehauf (Germany - University of Freiburg)
Authors: Ronald Schleehauf
Thursday 4 September 2025
13:00-14:45
ROOM G4, San Marcellino - Largo S. Marcellino 1013:00-14:45
Session 2
CHAIRS Andrej Zaslove, Mattia Zulianello
DISCUSSANT Mirko Crulli (Belgium - Université Libre de Bruxelles ULB)
- The Distrustful Digital Citizen: Has the Digitalisation of Government Failed to Address the Crisis of Confidence in Public Institutions and the Welfare State?
Presenter: Paolo Gerbaudo (Spain - Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
Authors: Paolo Gerbaudo - Routines in Transition - Learning and Institutional Change through Lean Practices
Presenter: Mario De Rosa (Italy - University of Bologna)
Authors: Mario De Rosa - Welfare Retrenchment and Debt-led Model: a Demand-led Growth Perspective
Presenter: Francesca Giammorcaro (Italy - University of Siena)
Authors: Francesca Giammorcaro
Thursday 4 September 2025
13:00-14:45
ROOM II.1, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 113:00-14:45
Session 2
CHAIRS Laura Cataldi, Fiorella Vinci
DISCUSSANT Fiorella Vinci (Italy - University Telematica E-Campus)
- 25 years of the Mayor of London: Personality, Persuasion but Not Much Power?
Presenter: Arianna Giovannini (Italy - University of Urbino Carlo Bo)
Authors: Arianna Giovannini, Ben Worthy, Mark Bennister - Constructing Local Economic Governance in Post-Revolutionary Tunisia
Presenter: Damiano De Facci (France - CESSMA Paris)
Authors: Damiano De Facci - Subnational Governance and Variations of Climate Change Policy Capacities: insights from Brazil’s multilevel system
Presenter: Vanessa Oliveira (Brazil - Federal University of ABC (UFABC))
Authors: Vanessa Oliveira - Gli enti locali italiani tra personalizzazione e tecnocrazia: il capo staff del Sindaco
Presenter: Marco Cilento (Italy - Sapienza University of Rome)
Authors: Marco Cilento, Simone Furzi
Thursday 4 September 2025
13:00-14:45
ROOM G1, San Marcellino - Largo S. Marcellino 1013:00-14:45
Session 1
CHAIR Laura Polverari (Italy - University of Padua)
DISCUSSANT Andy Mycock (UK - University of Leeds)
- Safeguarding Legality Beyond Criminal Law: What Role for Abuse of Office in Administrative Judicial Review?
Presenter: Viviana Di Capua (Italy - University of Naples Federico II)
Authors: Viviana Di Capua - Anti-corruption at work. The case of the health sector and the Italian Anti-Corruption Agency
Presenter: Alessandro Cavalieri (Italy - University of Bologna)
Authors: Alessandro Cavalieri, Lucio Picci, Paolo Vanin - Institutional multiplicity and its impact on anti-corruption: the case of the EU accountability network
Presenter: Fernanda Odilla (Italy - University of Bologna)
Authors: Fernanda Odilla - New Technologies as a Tasty Morsel: Corruption in IT Procurement
Presenter: Alexey Konov (Russia - Higher School of Economics)
Authors: Alexey Konov
Thursday 4 September 2025
13:00-14:45
ROOM II.2, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 113:00-14:45
Session 1
CHAIRS Francesco Merenda, Fernanda Odilla
DISCUSSANT Benedetto Ponti (Italy - Perugia University)
- The challenge of political representation: A study on positional congruence between voters and their elected representatives in Italy.
Presenter: Nicolò Conti (Italy - Unitelma Sapienza University of Rome)
Authors: Nicolò Conti, Luca Carrieri, Matteo Giardiello - The effect of MEPs’ local ties on perceived representation: Evidence from four EU member states
Presenter: Daniel Kovarek (Italy - European University Institute)
Authors: Daniel Kovarek - Using Instruction-Tuned Large Language Models to Measure Representational Styles in Political Speech Data
Presenter: Simon Luck (Italy - University of Bologna)
Authors: Simon Luck, Aidar Zinnatullin
Thursday 4 September 2025
13:00-14:45
ROOM I.2, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 113:00-14:45
Session 1
CHAIRS Pablo Oñate (Spain - University of Valentia), Marco Improta (Italy - University of Siena), Elisabetta Mannoni (Italy - LUISS Guido Carli - Rome), Francesco Marangoni (Italy - University of Siena)
DISCUSSANT Luca Verzichelli (Italy - University of Siena)
- Do they listen to the experts? Exploring experts’ influence in sustainability policies
Presenter: Michele Scotto Di Vettimo (UK - King's College London)
Authors: Claudia Acciai, Edoardo Bressanelli, Maria Tullia Galanti, Michele Scotto Di Vettimo - Constituency Constraints in Defense Commitments: Experimental Evidence on How Voters Shape Elites’ Preferences on War Across Seven NATO Countries
Presenter: Valerio Vignoli (Italy - University of Siena)
Authors: Valerio Vignoli, Francesco Olmastroni, Sergio Martini, Fabrizio Coticchia, Matteo Casiraghi - Victims of Amnesia? World War II Memories and Authoritarian attitudes in Germany
Presenter: Anna Clemente (Italy - European University Institute)
Authors: Anna Clemente, Ludwig Schulze
Thursday 4 September 2025
13:00-14:45
ROOM T1, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 113:00-14:45
Session 1
CHAIRS Matteo C. M. Casiraghi, Francesco Olmastroni, Gaetano Scaduto
DISCUSSANT Francesco Olmastroni (Italy - University of Siena)
- How do Voters Respond to Gender Inclusive Language in Political Discourse? Evidence from German Politicians.
Presenter: Francesco Colombo (Italy - Collegio Carlo Alberto)
Authors: Francesco Colombo, Tobias Widmann - Trump and transgenders: rhetoric, policies and stereotypes
Presenter: Marco Morini (Italy - Sapienza University of Rome)
Authors: Marco Morini - Between Firewall and Funnel: Conservative Women and the Normalization of Far-Right Anti-Gender Discourse - The German Case of Christian Democratic Female Party Leaders ("Frauen Union")
Presenter: Pauline Ahlhaus (Germany - Europa-Universität Flensburg)
Authors: Pauline Ahlhaus - Twisting Radicality – How the Far Right Twists the ‘Radical’ Project of Feminism
Presenter: Valentina Nerino (Switzerland - University of Bern)
Authors: Valentina Nerino, Ann-Kathrin Rothermel, Giuseppe Carteny
Thursday 4 September 2025
13:00-14:45
ROOM Pagano 2, San Marcellino - Largo S. Marcellino 1013:00-14:45
CHAIRS Valentina Nerino, Katya Rothermel
DISCUSSANT Katya Rothermel (Switzerland - University of Bern)
- Challenges of Digital Democracy in Georgian Party Politics
Presenter: Kornely Kakachia (Georgia - Ivane Javakishvili Tbilisi State University)
Authors: Kornely Kakachia, Sandro Tabatadze, Nika Gigauri - President or Prime Minister's Political Program? Candidates and Their Programs in the 2025 Polish Presidential Elections in Comparative Perspective
Presenter: Malgorzata Kaczorowska (Poland - University of Warsaw)
Authors: Malgorzata Kaczorowska - Artificial Intelligence Tools in Polish Presidential Campaign 2025
Presenter: Olgierd Annusewicz (Poland - University of Warsaw)
Authors: Olgierd Annusewicz - Disinformation as a Tool of Political Struggle: An Analysis of the 2025 Polish Presidential Campaign
Presenter: Agnieszka Bejma (Germany - Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München)
Authors: Agnieszka Bejma
Thursday 4 September 2025
13:00-14:45
ROOM Pagano 1, San Marcellino - Largo S. Marcellino 1013:00-14:45
CHAIR Olgierd Annusewicz
DISCUSSANT Luigi Ceccarini (Italy - University of Urbino Carlo Bo)
- Polycentric perspectives on cultural divides: the Turkish minority in Romania
Presenter: Mirela Cerkez (Romania - University of Bucharest)
Authors: Mirela Cerkez, Andreea Zamfira, Fatma Ruxandra Yilmaz - Three institutional solutions for an “open lobby” democracy
Presenter: Alberto Bitonti (Switzerland - University of Lugano)
Authors: Alberto Bitonti - The closer to the source, the stronger the flow?
How the political and structural integration of a Climate Citizens’ Assembly affects
the wider population’s climate attitudes and behaviours
Presenter: Marie-Isabel Theuwis (Belgium - Université Libre de Bruxelles ULB)
Authors: Marie-Isabel Theuwis, Jean-Benoit Pilet
Thursday 4 September 2025
13:00-14:45
ROOM 6, San Marcellino - Largo S. Marcellino 1013:00-14:45
CHAIR Andrea Felicetti (Italy - University of Padua)
DISCUSSANT Francesco Veri (Switzerland - University of Zurich)
- Reinventing Democracy in the Digital Age: Citizen Participation and Democratic Innovation in the European Union
Presenter: Cristina Aragao Seia (Portugal - Universidade Lusiada-Porto/CEJEIA)
Authors: Cristina Aragao Seia - Transformation of democratic institution in Balkan states
Presenter: Jacek Wojnicki (Poland - University of Warsaw)
Authors: Jacek Wojnicki - Between Symbolic Inclusion and Institutional Impact: Rethinking the Polish Citizens’ Legislative Initiative as a Participatory Mechanism
Presenter: Izolda Bokszczanin (Poland - University of Warsaw)
Authors: Izolda Bokszczanin, Małgorzata Lorencka
Thursday 4 September 2025
13:00-14:45
ROOM Ovale, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 113:00-14:45
CHAIRS Izolda Bokszczanin, Malgorzata Lorencka
DISCUSSANT Malgorzata Lorencka (Poland - University of Warsaw)
Thursday 4 September 2025
13:00-14:45
Church of San Marcellino e Festo, Largo S. Marcellino 10 Roundtable - Authoritarianisms Go International: Insights from Comparative Politics and Area Studies13:00-14:45
Roundtable is jointly promoted by the SG Russia and Post-Soviet Space and SG Political Regimes
Participants: Giovanni Agostinis (University of Bologna), Giuseppe Andrea Teti (University of Salerno), Mara Morini (University of Genoa)
Chairs: Alessandra Russo (University of Trento) and Gianni Del Panta (University of Pavia)
Thursday 4 September 2025
13:00-14:45
ROOM I.1, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 113:00-14:45
Participants: Fabrizio Coticchia (University of Genoa), Nicoletta Pirozzi (Italian Institute for International Affairs), Gen. Francesco Diella (former Director of “Cooperative Security” Division, NATO International Military Staff and ISSMI course at the Italian Defence Higher Studies Centre), Martina Pignatti (Director, Un Ponte Per)
Chair: Fabrizio Coticchia (University of Genoa)
CHAIRS Fabrizio Coticchia, Sonia Lucarelli, Andrea Ruggeri
14:45-15:15 (Time Zone CEST Europe/Rome)
Thursday 4 September 2025
14:45-15:15
San Marcellino Cloister Coffee break14:45-15:15
Thursday 4 September 2025
14:45-15:15
Courtyard of the Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 1 Coffee break14:45-15:15
15:15-17:00 (Time Zone CEST Europe/Rome)
- Democratic Deficit, Technocracy and Authoritarianism. Comparative Analysis of Post-communist Region of CEE.
Presenter: Tomáš Dvořák (Czech Republic - Charles University)
Authors: Tomáš Dvořák - The Populist Side of Technocratic Attitudes: A Cross-National Perspective on Techno-Populism in Europe
Presenter: Jessica Rosco (Italy - University of Milan)
Authors: Jessica Rosco - Rethinking Party Government: Ministerial Partisanship in Southern Europe, 1970–2025
Presenter: Marcelo Camerlo (Portugal - Universidade de Lisboa)
Authors: Marcelo Camerlo, Michelangelo Vercesi, Juan Rodríguez Teruel
Thursday 4 September 2025
15:15-17:00
ROOM Southern Centre for Digital Transformation, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 1 - 2nd floor15:15-17:00
CHAIR Michelangelo Vercesi (Italy - University of Naples Federico II)
DISCUSSANT Annarita Criscitiello (Italy - University of Naples Federico II)
- Divided by Globalization? How Economic Insecurity Shapes Climate Politics
Presenter: Mattia Guidi (Italy - University of Siena)
Authors: Mattia Guidi, Manuela Moschella - Globalization and welfare spending
Presenter: Marco Giuliani (Italy - University of Milan)
Authors: Marco Giuliani, Ilaria Madama - How Global Actors Politicize World Inequalities: A Historical Text Analysis of Territorial and Functional Cleavages Based on Large Language Models
Presenters: Jessica Di Cocco (Italy - European University Institute), Daniele Caramani
Authors: Jessica Di Cocco, Daniele Caramani - Local participation in the global economy: How trade integration affects citizens’ preferences along the second dimension of politics
Presenter: Kira Gartzou Katsouyanni (UK - University of Oxford)
Authors: Kira Gartzou Katsouyanni, Philip Schnattinger, Sofia Vasilopoulou - Varieties of ISM screening. Explaining alternative FDI restrictions measures.
Presenter: Marco Di Giulio (Italy - University of Genoa)
Authors: Marco Di Giulio, Francesco Niccolò Moro, Francesco Baraldi, Mattia Sguazzini - Leveraging African agency in shaping critical minerals value chains
Presenter: Emidio Diodato (Italy - University for Foreigners of Perugia)
Authors: Silvia Orioli, Emidio Diodato, Emanuela Colombo, Gabriele Casella, Diana Shendrikova
Thursday 4 September 2025
15:15-17:00
ROOM 25, Courtyard of the Statues, Via Paladino 3915:15-17:00
Session 2
CHAIR Mattia Guidi (Italy - University of Siena)
DISCUSSANT Manuela Moschella (Italy - University of Bologna)
- Digital divide and value shifts: generational politics in european countries
Presenter: Fabio Serricchio (Italy - University of Molise)
Authors: Fabio Serricchio - Who Gets a Voice Online? Gender, Family Background, and the Potential of Digital Spaces for Young Women’s Political Participation in Europe
Presenter: Alice Sanarico (Italy - University of Milan)
Authors: Alice Sanarico - Apatici ma attivisti, sensibili ma maranza, cinici ma idealisti: la rappresentazione televisiva dei giovani tra cliché e realtà
Presenters: Antonella Orologiaio (Italy - University of Pavia), Guido Legnante
Authors: Cecilia Baretto, Antonella Orologiaio, Daniele Ronzoni, Guido Legnante, Vittorio Cobianchi - Not Your Mama’s Ideology (But Close): Modest Generational Differences in Ideological Alignment in Post-Communist Europe
Presenter: Lenka Hrbková (Czech Republic - Masaryk university)
Authors: Lenka Hrbková, Tadeas Cely, Matej Jungwirth
Thursday 4 September 2025
15:15-17:00
ROOM M1, Courtyard of the Statues, Via Paladino 3915:15-17:00
CHAIRS Asia Leofreddi, Dario Tuorto
DISCUSSANT Guido Legnante (Italy - University of Pavia)
- The Politics of Labour Market Reform in the Knowledge Economy: A Comparative Analysis of Italy and Spain
Presenter: Paolo Funari (Italy - University of Milan)
Authors: Paolo Funari - Navigating technological change: A study of future-proof educational preferences
Presenter: Cecilia Ivardi (Switzerland - University of St Gallen)
Authors: Cecilia Ivardi - Understanding VET skill-formation policies in Italian regions: between system-level technological innovation and basic skills provision for the knowledge economy
Presenter: Astrid Favella (Italy - Sapienza University of Rome)
Authors: Astrid Favella, Emiliane Rubat Du Mérac - Not One but Many: Rethinking the Knowledge Economy through the Lens of Wage Distribution
Presenter: Simone Tonelli (Italy - University of Bologna)
Authors: Simone Tonelli - The Political Economy of Fertility in Advanced Capitalist Democracies: The Role of Institutional Complementarities
Presenter: Federico Danilo Filetti (UK - London School of Economics and Political Science)
Authors: Federico Danilo Filetti
Thursday 4 September 2025
15:15-17:00
ROOM M3, Courtyard of the Statues, Via Paladino 3915:15-17:00
CHAIRS Gregorio Buzzelli, Niccolo Durazzi, Simone Tonelli
DISCUSSANT Niccolo Durazzi (Italy - University of Modena and Reggio Emilia)
- The Examination of Right-Wing Populist Governments' Compliance with International Treaty Regimes
Presenter: Tuğba Bayar (Turkey - Bilkent University)
Authors: Tuğba Bayar - Under What Conditions Do Populist Actors Influence Foreign Policy Change? Advancing a Conceptual Framework
Presenter: Khayyam Rzazade (Italy - University of Genoa)
Authors: Khayyam Rzazade - The Mainstreaming of Populist Rhetoric and Public Support for International Solidarity
Presenter: Max Heermann (Switzerland - ETH Zürich)
Authors: Max Heermann, Giada Pasquettaz, Sharon Baute, Leuffen Dirk - Rebellious allies: Explaining the domestic and international drivers of public alliance defiance
Presenter: Fabio Maina (Italy - University of Genoa)
Authors: Fabio Maina
Thursday 4 September 2025
15:15-17:00
ROOM FG, Courtyard of the Statues, Via Paladino 39 -
3rd floor15:15-17:00
Session 2
CHAIRS Sandra Destradi, Khayyam Rzazade
DISCUSSANT Sandra Destradi (Germany - University of Freiburg)
- The Russian invasion of Ukraine and geopolitical attitudes in Russia’s ‘near abroad’
Presenter: Kristin Bakke (UK - University College London)
Authors: Kristin Bakke, Kit Rickard, John O'Loughlin, Gerard Toal - Interstate Conflict and Food Warfare: Evidence from the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Presenter: Simone Papale (Italy - University of Parma)
Authors: Simone Papale, Emanuele Castelli - Rebel Constellations and Civil War Outcomes
Presenter: Costantino Pischedda (USA - University of Miami)
Authors: Costantino Pischedda, Ana Paula Pellegrino, Laia Balcells
Thursday 4 September 2025
15:15-17:00
ROOM 26, Courtyard of the Statues, Via Paladino 3915:15-17:00
CHAIR Stefano Costalli
DISCUSSANT Jessica Di Salvatore (Italy - University of Florence)
- Forme di capitalismo estrattivo.
Le miniere di cobalto nella Repubblica Democratica del Congo
Presenters: Agostino D'Amico (Italy - University of Bari Aldo Moro), Luca Russo (Italy - University of Naples Federico II)
Authors: Enrico Sacco, Agostino D\'Amico, Luca Russo - Legal mobilization in LULU campaigns: explore legal mobilization strategies and outcomes in asymmetric conflicts
Presenter: Federica Frazzetta (Italy - Scuola Normale Superiore)
Authors: Federica Frazzetta - Anger Games. Conflicting visions of environmental and urban policies around the
2026 Winter Olympics
Presenter: Lorenzo Zamponi (Italy - Scuola Normale Superiore)
Authors: Lorenzo Zamponi, Maria Chiara Franceschelli
Thursday 4 September 2025
15:15-17:00
ROOM M6, Courtyard of the Statues, Via Paladino 3915:15-17:00
CHAIRS Davide Pellegrino, Ivano Scotti
DISCUSSANT Davide Pellegrino (Italy - University of Turin)
- Putting worker mobilizations in (the local) context. Actors, interests, and power relations in the logistics sector in Italy
Presenter: Lorenzo Cini (Italy - University of Naples Federico II)
Authors: Lorenzo Cini, Andrea Signoretti - Political (dis)engagement among Italian workers in the metal and logistics sectors: pathways to resignation, pathways to resistance
Presenter: Paola Imperatore (Italy - University of Pisa)
Authors: Elisabetta Girardi, Paola Imperatore, Tommaso Pio Danese - Entrepreneurship, Precarity, and the Reconfiguration of Political Engagement in Post-Revolutionary Tunisia
Presenter: Damiano De Facci (France - CESSMA Paris)
Authors: Damiano De Facci
Thursday 4 September 2025
15:15-17:00
ROOM M8, Courtyard of the Statues, Via Paladino 3915:15-17:00
Session 2
CHAIRS Massimiliano Andretta, Katia Pilati
DISCUSSANT Massimiliano Andretta (Italy - University of Pisa)
- The nationalist highway to autocracy?
Presenter: Daniel Bochsler (Hungary - Central European University)
Authors: Daniel Bochsler, Andreas Juon - The Mechanisms of Democratic Backsliding
Presenter: Antonio Cerecedo Alberte (Spain - Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
Authors: Antonio Cerecedo Alberte - Sartori vs Lenin: Institutional Engineering, Communist Legacies, and State Building in the Post-Soviet Area
Presenter: Roberto Di Quirico (Italy - University of Cagliari)
Authors: Roberto Di Quirico
Thursday 4 September 2025
15:15-17:00
ROOM M4, Courtyard of the Statues, Via Paladino 3915:15-17:00
Session 2
CHAIRS Andrea Cassani, Luca Tomini
DISCUSSANT Tiziana Corda (Italy - University of Milan)
- Social Distress and Electoral Behavior in Italy: A Longitudinal Analysis of Metropolitan Transformations
Presenter: Marco Valbruzzi (Italy - University of Naples Federico II)
Authors: Marco Valbruzzi, Fabio Guarino, Vincenzo Guastafierro - Territorial Context and Populist Attitudes. An Analysis of the Italian Case
Presenter: Stefano Rombi (Italy - University of Cagliari)
Authors: Fulvio Venturino, Stefano Rombi - Private benefits v. public ethics: Religiosity as a (genuine?) driver of vote buying
Presenter: Vincenzo Emanuele (Italy - LUISS Guido Carli - Rome)
Authors: Vincenzo Emanuele, Bruno Marino, Matteo Cataldi, Lorenzo De Sio
Thursday 4 September 2025
15:15-17:00
ROOM Z3, Courtyard of the Statues, Via Paladino 39 -
1st floor, inside the Study hall15:15-17:00
Session 2
CHAIRS Rosanna De Rosa, Stefano Rombi
DISCUSSANT Laura Azzolina (Italy - University of Palermo)
- The Two-Sided Demand For Non-Democratic Climate Governance
Presenter: Jan Menzner (Germany - Humboldt University Berlin)
Authors: Jan Menzner - Autocratisation and the Reshaping of Civil Society: Behavioural Strategies of Environmental NGOs in Russia post-2022
Presenter: Arina Loginova (Italy - University of Bologna)
Authors: Arina Loginova - From Global to Domestic: The Political Turn in Climate Policy under Rising Carbon Inequality.
Presenter: Pietro Michael Lepidi (Italy - University of Bologna)
Authors: Pietro Michael Lepidi
Thursday 4 September 2025
15:15-17:00
ROOM T2, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 115:15-17:00
CHAIRS Giulia Cimini, Eugenio Pizzimenti
DISCUSSANT Eugenio Pizzimenti (Italy - University of Pisa)
- Ethnographic accounts on everyday far-right discourses and practices at the doors of Italy and Spain
Presenter: Bernardo López Marín (UK - Durham University)
Authors: Bernardo López Marín, Janina Pescinski - Varieties of Political Ethnography: Caring for the Far Right?
Presenter: Olga Demetriou (UK - Durham University)
Authors: Olga Demetriou, Antonis Ellinas - Constructing power through space: A political ethnography of Rassemblement National in municipal governance
Presenter: Elisa Bellè (UK - University of Glasgow)
Authors: Elisa Bellè - From Solidarity to Rejection: On Changing Social Attitudes Towards Migrants in Mexico Following the Tightening of US Borders
Presenter: Gianmaria Lenti (Australia - La Trobe University)
Authors: Gianmaria Lenti - When does the Populist Radical Right Address Migration in Social Media Discourse? Evidence from Italy, France, and Spain.
Presenter: Erik Piccoli (USA - George Washington University)
Authors: Erik Piccoli, Joseph Cerrone
Thursday 4 September 2025
15:15-17:00
ROOM T3, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 115:15-17:00
CHAIRS Olga Demetriou, Antonis Ellinas
DISCUSSANT Antonis Ellinas (Cyprus - University of Cyprus)
- It’s not the Heat, It’s the Affordability: Embedding Energy Poverty in EU Green Transition Policies
Presenter: Giuseppe Cannata (Italy - Scuola Normale Superiore)
Authors: Giuseppe Cannata - From Attitudes to Actions: Experimental Evidence on Public Engagement with Wind, Solar, and Nuclear Energy Projects
Presenter: Aygul Salmanova (Belgium - Ghent University)
Authors: Aygul Salmanova, Francesco Nicoli - Actors, Frames, and Coalitions in the Emerging Italian Nuclear Policy Discourse
Presenter: Claudia Mariotti (Italy - University of Roma Tre)
Authors: Claudia Mariotti, Paola Arrigoni, Luca Germano, Renata Lizzi - How narratives on energy transition change after the Russian-Ukrainian war: some research hypotheses on Italian case
Presenter: Renata Lizzi (Italy - University of Bologna)
Authors: Renata Lizzi, Andrea Prontera, Luca Germano
Thursday 4 September 2025
15:15-17:00
ROOM 7, San Marcellino - Largo S. Marcellino 1015:15-17:00
CHAIRS Luca Germano, Renata Lizzi, Andrea Prontera
DISCUSSANT Giulio Citroni (Italy - University of Calabria)
- Brazil, uranium enrichment and nuclear nonproliferation in the late 1970s
Presenter: Carlo Patti (Italy - University of Padua)
Authors: Carlo Patti - A Fragile Regime in a Shifting Order: Realist Perspectives on the NPT
Presenter: Giuseppe Di Luccia (Italy - UNICRI)
Authors: Giuseppe Di Luccia - Domestic contestations to Trump's 2.0 Transatlantic policy: who calls the shots?
Presenter: Gerda Jakstaite-Confortola (Lithuania - General Jonas Zemaitis Military Academy)
Authors: Gerda Jakstaite-Confortola - Defending the Liberal International Order: The Baltic States, NATO Identity, and Europe’s Security Challenges Post-2022
Presenter: Danguolė Bardauskaitė (Lithuania - General Jonas Zemaitis Military Academy)
Authors: Danguolė Bardauskaitė
Thursday 4 September 2025
15:15-17:00
ROOM G3, San Marcellino - Largo S. Marcellino 1015:15-17:00
CHAIR Chiara Cervasio
DISCUSSANT Ettore Greco (Italy - Istituto Affari Internazionali)
- Strategic Illiberalism: Understanding the Radicalization of the Mainstream Right
Presenter: Javid Ibad (Romania - Babes-Bolyai University)
Authors: Javid Ibad - Policy or Populist Antagonism?
Investigating the Programmatic Profile of Radical Right Parties in the UK and Italy
Presenters: Giorgos Charalambous (Cyprus - University of Nicosia), Matteo Giardiello (Italy - Unitelma Sapienza University of Rome)
Authors: Giorgos Charalambous, Matteo Giardiello - The Institutional Design of Democratic Defense Matters: The Greek Golden Dawn Case Compared to Italy
Presenter: Federico Taddei (Italy - University of Milan)
Authors: Federico Taddei - Eurorealism in the Tenth European Parliament: The European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) party group under the leadership of Brothers of Italy (FdI) and Law and Justice (PiS)
Presenter: Emanuele Massetti (Italy - University of Trento)
Authors: Emanuele Massetti, Martin Steven
Thursday 4 September 2025
15:15-17:00
ROOM G4, San Marcellino - Largo S. Marcellino 1015:15-17:00
CHAIR Valerio Alfonso Bruno (Italy - University Cattolica del Sacro Cuore)
DISCUSSANT Alessio Scopelliti (Italy - University of Milan)
- Promoting the EU regulatory approach to online disinformation: a case of risk communication
Presenter: hansjorgtrenz@sns.it
Authors: Hans-Joerg Trenz, Mariaeugenia Parito, Lucia D'Ambrosi - L’ITALIA E IL CONTRASTO ALLA DISINFORMAZIONE.
Presenter: Rossana Sampugnaro (Italy - University of Catania)
Authors: Rossana Sampugnaro, Patrizia Santoro - Beyond Fake News: Italian Journalism Amid Declining Standards and Counter-Disinformation Efforts
Presenter: Jacopo Custodi (Italy - Scuola Normale Superiore)
Authors: Jacopo Custodi - Contemporary Challenges and Opportunities of AI for the Future of Journalism
Presenter: Silvia Keeling (Italy - Scuola Normale Superiore)
Authors: Silvia Keeling
Thursday 4 September 2025
15:15-17:00
ROOM II.1, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 115:15-17:00
CHAIRS Rossana Sampugnaro, Hans Joerg Trenz
DISCUSSANT Luca Raffini (Italy - University of Genoa)
- Localising the SDGs in metropolitan areas through experts. A comparative analysis of the cases of Barcelona, Milan and Lyon
Presenter: Claudio Balderacchi (Italy - University of Florence)
Authors: Claudio Balderacchi, Maria Tullia Galanti, Andrea Lippi, Arianna Piacentini - Beyond administrative capacity: Implementation, participation, and unintended effects in contemporary development policy
Presenter: Lorenzo Mascioli (Italy - European University Institute)
Authors: Lorenzo Mascioli - Local government in Italy in populist times: Service delivery and public administration reform in Italian municipalities
Presenter: Laura Polverari (Italy - University of Padua)
Authors: Laura Polverari, Cristina Zerbinati - Administrative coordination, integrative policy capacities, and climate policy implementation: A QCA approach
Presenter: Francesco Sarti (Switzerland - University of Lausanne)
Authors: Francesco Sarti
Thursday 4 September 2025
15:15-17:00
ROOM G1, San Marcellino - Largo S. Marcellino 1015:15-17:00
Session 2
CHAIR Arianna Giovannini (Italy - University of Urbino Carlo Bo)
DISCUSSANT Alessandro Natalini (Italy - LUMSA University)
- Anticorruption as a policy problem: Contested narratives and mixed legacies of Lava Jato
Presenter: Denisse Rodriguez-Olivari (UK - University of Glasgow)
Authors: Denisse Rodriguez-Olivari - Red Flags Reimagined: Assessing Systemic Effects of Regulatory Reform in Italian Public Procurement
Presenter: Maria Claudia Filippone (Italy - University of Perugia)
Authors: Maria Claudia Filippone - Conceptualising the evolution of corruption: an empirical analysis from Italy
Presenter: Jacopo Costa (Switzerland - University of Basel)
Authors: Jacopo Costa, Claudia Baez Camargo - The Politics Of Persuasion: Explaining The Effectiveness Of China's Subversive Carrots Through Public Accountability Agents In Serbia (2013-2024)
Presenter: Rebecca Maria Perla Iotti (Italy - LUISS Guido Carli - Rome)
Authors: Rebecca Maria Perla Iotti, Aslinur Inalci
Thursday 4 September 2025
15:15-17:00
ROOM II.2, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 115:15-17:00
Session 2
CHAIRS Francesco Merenda, Fernanda Odilla
DISCUSSANT Benedetto Ponti (Italy - Perugia University)
- “Toe the Party Line?” How Campaigns Affect Voter-Party Congruence and Propensity to Vote in European Elections
Presenter: Alexandru Moise (Italy - European University Institute)
Authors: Alexandru Moise - Beyond Economic Determinism: Political Institutions in the Varieties of Capitalism Framework
Presenter: Anna Pereti (Italy - LUISS Guido Carli - Rome)
Authors: Anna Pereti - Sophistication Matters After All: How Party Position Knowledge and Ideological Consistency Improve Voter-Party Congruence
Presenter: William John Atkinson (Italy - LUISS Guido Carli - Rome)
Authors: William John Atkinson - Unequal Issue Responsiveness by Politicians in the European Parliament to Age and Gender
Presenter: Enrico Borghetto (Italy - University of Florence)
Authors: Enrico Borghetto, Marcello Carammia, Henrik Seeberg
Thursday 4 September 2025
15:15-17:00
ROOM I.2, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 115:15-17:00
Session 2
CHAIRS Pablo Oñate (Spain - University of Valentia), Marco Improta (Italy - University of Siena), Elisabetta Mannoni (Italy - LUISS Guido Carli - Rome), Francesco Marangoni (Italy - University of Siena)
DISCUSSANT Marco Improta (Italy - University of Siena)
- Do European citizens take cues from executives of other member states? An experimental test of transnational cues in a compound polity
Presenter: Daniel Kovarek (Italy - European University Institute)
Authors: Daniel Kovarek - Multilevel cueing: Experimental Evidence on Cueing Effects in Support for Domestic and EU defense policies
Presenter: Ioana Elena Oana (Italy - European University Institute)
Authors: Ioana Elena Oana - Investigating Political Scandals: Combining Conjoint Analysis and Audio-Based Experiments
Presenter: Stefano Sangiovanni (Italy - University of Milan)
Authors: Stefano Sangiovanni, Andrea Ceron, Giovanna M. Invernizzi
Thursday 4 September 2025
15:15-17:00
ROOM T1, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 115:15-17:00
Session 2
CHAIRS Matteo C. M. Casiraghi, Francesco Olmastroni, Gaetano Scaduto
DISCUSSANT Matteo C. M. Casiraghi (Netherlands - University of Groningen)
- The Signaling Power of Nostalgia: How Nostalgic Communication Shapes Issue Perception and Social Representation
Presenter: Francesco Colombo (Italy - Collegio Carlo Alberto)
Authors: Francesco Colombo, Fred Paxton - Mapping Democratic Norm Breaches: A Systematic Review of Experimental Research
Presenter: Davide Vittori (Italy - LUISS Guido Carli - Rome)
Authors: Davide Vittori, Leonardo Puleo - Countering Online Radicalisation and Avoiding Systemic Risk (CORASER): How does elite online political communication influence voters' democratic values?
Presenter: Giuseppe Carteny (Germany - Saarland University)
Authors: Giuseppe Carteny, Alexander Hartland, Rosa Maria Navarrete
Thursday 4 September 2025
15:15-17:00
ROOM Pagano 2, San Marcellino - Largo S. Marcellino 1015:15-17:00
CHAIRS Leonardo Puleo, Davide Vittori
DISCUSSANT Davide Angelucci (Italy - Unitelma Sapienza University of Rome)
- Different Refugees, Different Portrayals: A GDELT-based comparative analysis of the mediatic portrayal of Syrian refugees in 2015 and Ukrainian refugees in 2022 across seven European countries
Presenter: Tommaso Greppi (Italy - University of Padua)
Authors: Tommaso Greppi, Matteo Bassoli - Warplay.
Atmosfere di guerra, immaginari bellici e videogiochi
Presenter: Giulia Conti (Italy - University of Modena and Reggio Emilia)
Authors: Giulia Conti, Federico Montanari - Senza trauma. Gli immaginari mediali e la conquista dell’insensibilità di fronte alla guerra
Presenter: Tito Vagni (Italy - University Mercatorum - Rome)
Authors: Tito Vagni - Metafore belliche e polemologia nella comunicazione politica
Presenter: Federico Ferrari (Italy - University of Modena and Reggio Emilia)
Authors: Federico Ferrari
Thursday 4 September 2025
15:15-17:00
ROOM Pagano 1, San Marcellino - Largo S. Marcellino 1015:15-17:00
CHAIR Massimiliano Panarari
DISCUSSANT Federico Montanari (Italy - University of Modena and Reggio Emilia)
- The HDP: Post-Nationalism, Intersectionality, and the Reconfiguration of Belonging in Turkey
Presenter: Gabriele Leone (Austria - Centre for Southeast European Studies (CSEES), University of Graz)
Authors: Gabriele Leone - The Processual Orient: The Religious Reconfiguration of the Middle East Between Past, Present and Future
Presenter: Alon Helled (Italy - University of Turin)
Authors: Alon Helled - The return of the local: Dialogues as Governance in the Sahelian Security Order
Presenter: Laura Berlingozzi (Italy - Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies)
Authors: Laura Berlingozzi - Is a focus on Security the answer for Europe?
Presenter: Priya Sara Mathews (Independent researcher)
Authors: Priya Sara Mathews
Thursday 4 September 2025
15:15-17:00
ROOM 6, San Marcellino - Largo S. Marcellino 1015:15-17:00
CHAIRS Nicola Degli Esposti, Andrea Novellis
DISCUSSANT Nicola Degli Esposti (Italy - University of Bologna)
- Federal Lessons for Irish Unity: Comparative Insights from Belgium and Italy
Presenter: Jonathan Arlow (UK - University of Liverpool)
Authors: Jonathan Arlow - The Spillover Effects of Center-Periphery Dynamics on Politically Disenfranchised Regions
Presenter: Álvaro Canalejo-Molero (Switzerland - University of Lucerne)
Authors: Álvaro Canalejo-Molero, Javier Padilla Moreno-Torres, Alberto López Ortega
Thursday 4 September 2025
15:15-17:00
ROOM Ovale, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 115:15-17:00
CHAIRS Jonathan Arlow, Harikrishnan Sasikumar
DISCUSSANT Jonathan Arlow (UK - University of Liverpool)
Thursday 4 September 2025
15:15-17:00
Church of San Marcellino e Festo, Largo S. Marcellino 10 Gender Rights Between Global Crises and New Resistances: Reflections 30 Years after the Beijing Platform for Action and 25 Years of UN Resolution 132515:15-17:00
Participants: Prof. Kristina Stoeckl (LUISS), Loredana Teodorescu (IAI and WIIS), Serena Fiorletta (Sapienza University of Rome)
Chair: Clara della Valle (University of Bologna)
Introductions: Francesca Feo (University of Bergen) and Anna Lavizzari (Complutense University of Madrid)
Thursday 4 September 2025
15:15-17:00
ROOM I.1, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 1 Roundtable - Democracy in the Twilight of the Liberal Order: Theoretical Dilemmas and Empirical Horizons in a Time of Transformation15:15-17:00
Participants: Giorgia Bulli (University of Florence), Diego Giannone (University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”), Sonia Lucarelli (University of Bologna), Lorenzo Zambernardi (University of Bologna)
Chair: Damiano Palano (Catholic University of Milan)
17:30-17:45 (Time Zone CEST Europe/Rome)
Thursday 4 September 2025
17:30-17:45
Historic Aula Magna, Rectorate, Corso Umberto I, no. 40, 2nd floor Opening plenary session17:30-17:45
Institutional Welcome
Matteo Lorito (Rettore dell'Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II)
Dora Gambardella (Direttrice del Dipartimento di Scienze Sociali, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II)
Fortunato Musella (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II)
Franca Roncarolo (Presidente SISP)
17:45-19:00 (Time Zone CEST Europe/Rome)
Thursday 4 September 2025
17:45-19:00
Historic Aula Magna, Rectorate, Corso Umberto I, no. 40, 2nd floor Plenary session - Mauro Calise, The Personal President17:45-19:00
Friday 5 September 2025
09:00-10:45 (Time Zone CEST Europe/Rome)
- Three Models in Search of an Author: Russia, China, and U.S. Mineral Diplomacy
Presenter: Jonata Anicetti (Belgium - Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB))
Authors: Jonata Anicetti - Competing Visions: US and European Responses to Chinese Manufacturing in IT and EVs Sectors
Presenter: Silvia Menegazzi (Italy - LUISS Guido Carli - Rome)
Authors: Silvia Menegazzi, Claudio Christopher Passalacqua - Derisking the Green Transition - Environment, Dependence and Economic Security in EU-China Relations
Presenter: Edoardo Tartaglione (Italy - University of Genoa)
Authors: Edoardo Tartaglione - Sovereignty and Market Discipline: Institutional Adaptation in the New Development Bank
Presenter: Giovanni Spina (Italy - University of Catania)
Authors: Giovanni Spina - Geopolitics and Economic Statecraft: Saudi and Emirati FDI in Egypt
Presenter: Omer Naim Kucuk (Turkey - Social Sciences University of Ankara)
Authors: Omer Naim Kucuk - Segmented Leadership and Strategic Complementarity: Evidence from Chinese and US Renewable Energy Investments in South America, 2006-2024
Presenter: Giovanni Agostinis (Italy - University of Bologna)
Authors: Giovanni Agostinis, Francisco Urdinez, Andrea Freites
Friday 5 September 2025
09:00-10:45
ROOM 25, Courtyard of the Statues, Via Paladino 3909:00-10:45
Session 1
CHAIRS Adriano Cozzolino, Giuseppe Montalbano
DISCUSSANT Silvia Menegazzi (Italy - LUISS Guido Carli - Rome)
- Fomenting the People: The Effects of the 'Radiant May' on the Italian Public
Presenter: Bruno Della Sala (Germany - Witten/Herdecke University)
Authors: Bruno Della Sala - The Political Economy of Autocratic Transitions: The Role of Delegation of Violence
Presenter: Fabio Enrico Traverso (Germany - Technical University of Darmstadt)
Authors: Fabio Enrico Traverso, Thierry Verdier, Alberto Bisin, Mariadolores Schiavone - Feather-Handed Fascists: Surveillance as a Signal of Bureaucratic Alignment
Presenter: Pau Grau-Vilalta (Italy - European University Institute)
Authors: Pau Grau-Vilalta, Lorenzo Vicari, Andrea Xamo - How does Nazi-Fascist Violence affect Ideological Polarization?
Wartime Legacies and Democratic Conflict in Postwar Italy (1946—1954)
Presenter: Margherita Salvia (Italy - University of Genoa)
Authors: Margherita Salvia - Mafia Murders, Land Inequality, and Failed Democratization: Long-Term Historical Evidence from Sicily
Presenter: Francesco Nigro (Italy - Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies)
Authors: Francesco Nigro, Guido Panzano, Leonardo Puleo
Friday 5 September 2025
09:00-10:45
ROOM M1, Courtyard of the Statues, Via Paladino 3909:00-10:45
Session 1
CHAIR Guido Panzano
DISCUSSANT Maria Chiara Franceschelli (Italy - Scuola Normale Superiore)
- Trump’s effect, the far-right and the EU: a view from Rome
Presenter: Enrico Fassi (Italy - University Cattolica del Sacro Cuore)
Authors: Enrico Fassi, Valerio Alfonso Bruno - Taiwanese Civil Society in China-U.S. competition: Strategic Adaptation in the Trump Era
Presenter: Silvia Frosina (Italy - Scuola Normale Superiore)
Authors: Silvia Frosina - Integration of Others: Unintended Geoeconomic Consequences of Trump’s Trade Policy
Presenter: Aleksandar Milosevic (Serbia - University of Belgrade)
Authors: Aleksandar Milosevic - Exploring Trump’s Decision Profile Using AI
Presenter: Sandra Destradi (Germany - University of Freiburg)
Authors: Sandra Destradi
Friday 5 September 2025
09:00-10:45
ROOM M3, Courtyard of the Statues, Via Paladino 3909:00-10:45
Session 1
CHAIRS Andrea Carati, Andrea Locatelli
DISCUSSANT Andrea Carati (Italy - University of Milan)
- Beyond Single Issues: Issue Bundling and Engagement on Political Twitter
Presenter: Giovanni Pagano (Italy - University of Milan)
Authors: Giovanni Pagano, Luigi Curini - The Practical Ideal Type: A Conceptual Framework for Gauging Research
Presenter: Mattia Casula (Italy - University of Bologna)
Authors: Mattia Casula, Patricia Shields, Nandhini Rangarajan - Breaking the mold: the changing modularity of protest forms during cycles of contention
Presenter: Martín Portos (Italy - Scuola Normale Superiore)
Authors: Martín Portos, Alejandro Ciordia - Measuring Political Ambition
Presenter: Carolina Plescia (Austria - University of Wien)
Authors: Carolina Plescia, María Belén Abdala
Friday 5 September 2025
09:00-10:45
ROOM FG, Courtyard of the Statues, Via Paladino 39 -
3rd floor09:00-10:45
Session 1
CHAIRS Silvia Keeling, Andrea Vaccaro
DISCUSSANT Alice Iannantuoni (Switzerland - University of Geneva)
- Effects of Competitive Authoritarianism in foreign policy: Turkey’s Transactionalism towards the EU
Presenter: Edoardo Lavezzo (UK - University of York)
Authors: Edoardo Lavezzo - Naming the Grey Zone: Hybrid Regimes and the Zeitgeist
Presenter: Nicolò Sorio (Italy - Sapienza University of Rome)
Authors: Nicolò Sorio - Engagement without Erosion? Chinese Linkage and De-democratization in Asia
Presenter: Gul-I-Hina Van Der Zwan (Netherlands - Leiden University)
Authors: Gul-I-Hina Van Der Zwan - Measuring the Variation of Incumbency Advantage Across Regime Types: A Discrete-Time Logistic Hazard Model Analysis (1990–2025)
Presenter: Mentor Beqa (Albania - "Aleksander Moisiu" University, Durres)
Authors: Mentor Beqa, Vehap Kola
Friday 5 September 2025
09:00-10:45
ROOM 26, Courtyard of the Statues, Via Paladino 3909:00-10:45
CHAIRS Antonino Castaldo, Tiziana Corda
DISCUSSANT Antonino Castaldo (Portugal - Universidade de Lisboa)
- Close to Home: Local Politicians and Turnout
Presenter: Edoardo Alberto Viganò (Germany - Witten/Herdecke University)
Authors: Edoardo Alberto Viganò - Democrazia deliberativa e Unione dei Comuni. Il caso studio molisano
Presenter: Martina Scarselli (Italy - University G. D'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara)
Authors: Martina Scarselli - The politics of depoliticization? A case study analysis of nonpartisan lists in Tuscany (2008-2022)
Presenter: Sofia Siemoni (Switzerland - Franklin University)
Authors: Sofia Siemoni - Innovazione democratica e territorio: pratiche deliberative nelle realtà locali abruzzesi
Presenter: Michele Benfatto (Italy - University G. D'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara)
Authors: Michele Benfatto - Participatory and deliberative processes at local level: case studies from Italy.
Presenter: Dario Quattromani (Italy - Link Campus University Rome)
Authors: Dario Quattromani - Voter abstention in local elections
Presenter: Antonello Canzano Giansante (Italy - University G. D'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara)
Authors: Antonello Canzano Giansante
Friday 5 September 2025
09:00-10:45
ROOM M6, Courtyard of the Statues, Via Paladino 3909:00-10:45
CHAIRS Antonello Canzano, Dario Quattromani
DISCUSSANT Roberto De Rosa (Italy - University Niccolò Cusano)
- The Winding Road of Digital Democratic Innovations in Political Parties: A case study of Agorà Democratiche and the Italian Democratic Party
Presenter: Francesco Nasi (Italy - University of Bologna)
Authors: Francesco Nasi - Game of parties: How political organizations use gamification
Presenter: Cecilia Biancalana (Italy - University of Turin)
Authors: Cecilia Biancalana, Davide Vittori - Digital Mobilisation in the Radical Right: The Case of Chega in the 2024 and 2025 Portuguese Elections
Presenter: André Matos (Portugal - Universidade Aberta)
Authors: André Matos - Questioning Democracy: Digital Civic Engagement Beyond Party Borders in the Luxembourg Pirate Party
Presenter: Michal Malý (Czech Republic - Charles University)
Authors: Michal Malý - Politics in the Age of WhatsApp: Rethinking Party Organization in the Digital Era
Presenter: Sorina Cristina Soare (Italy - University of Florence)
Authors: Sorina Cristina Soare, Matteo Boldrini
Friday 5 September 2025
09:00-10:45
ROOM M8, Courtyard of the Statues, Via Paladino 3909:00-10:45
CHAIRS Marco Meloni, Sorina Cristina Soare, Valeria Tarditi
DISCUSSANT Daniela Piccio (Italy - University of Turin)
- Bringing the State Back in. The fragmentation of Italian technocratic elites and its effect on economic development.
Presenter: Camilla Locatelli (Germany - Max Planck Institute)
Authors: Camilla Locatelli - From a Local Office to a European Mandate? How Political Careers Shape Preference Votes in Italy (1994–2024)
Presenter: Matteo Boldrini (Italy - University of Siena)
Authors: Matteo Boldrini, Selena Grimaldi - Intra-Left Dynamics and Agenda Shaping. The Impact of the Radical Left on Centre-Left Party Agendas
Presenter: Yiannos Katsourides (Cyprus - University of Nicosia)
Authors: Yiannos Katsourides, Nikandros Ioannidis - Post-Parliamentary Careers in Populist Politics: The Case of the Five Star Movement
Presenter: Francesca Feo (Norway - University of Bergen)
Authors: Francesca Feo - The Italian Parliamentary Class (1946-2022): Continuity, Change, and Career Patterns in a Long-Term Perspective
Presenter: Matteo Boldrini (Italy - University of Siena)
Authors: Matteo Boldrini, Bruno Marino, Francesco Marangoni
Friday 5 September 2025
09:00-10:45
ROOM M4, Courtyard of the Statues, Via Paladino 3909:00-10:45
CHAIR Bruno Marino (Italy - University of Padua)
DISCUSSANT Luca Verzichelli (Italy - University of Siena)
- Paris 2024 Olympic Hospitality Houses as a means of promoting the national image
Presenter: Michał Kobierecki (Poland - University of Lodz)
Authors: Michał Kobierecki - Towards a new Global Game? Sino-Russian Sports Diplomacy and the contestation of the international order
Presenter: Veronica Strina (Italy - University for Foreigners of Perugia)
Authors: Veronica Strina, Emidio Diodato - The Politics and Economics of Hosting the FIFA World Cup: A Comparative Analysis of Developed and Developing Nations
Presenter: Zacaria Menebhi (UK - York St John University)
Authors: Zacaria Menebhi
Friday 5 September 2025
09:00-10:45
ROOM Z3, Courtyard of the Statues, Via Paladino 39 -
1st floor, inside the Study hall09:00-10:45
CHAIRS Francesco Belcastro, Emidio Diodato, Leo Goretti
DISCUSSANT Francesco Belcastro (UK - University of Derby)
- How is conflict portrayed? The case of climate emergency movements in Italy
Presenter: Costanza Azzuppardi (Italy - Scuola Normale Superiore)
Authors: Costanza Azzuppardi - Emotions and Character Work in Climate Protest: the Strategic and Cultural Construction of Victims, Villains and Heroes
Presenter: Vito Giannini (Italy - University of Bergamo)
Authors: Vito Giannini, Angelo Galiano - Intersectional Solidarity in Action: Social Movements Challenging Meloni’s Securitarism
Intersectional Solidarity in Action: Social Movements Challenging Meloni’s Securitarism
Presenter: Chiara Milan (Italy - Scuola Normale Superiore)
Authors: Chiara Milan, Daniela Chironi - Ports, Protests, and Peace: Dockworkers in Global Contentious Politics
Presenter: Marco Antonelli (Italy - Scuola Normale Superiore)
Authors: Donatella Della Porta, Marco Antonelli
Friday 5 September 2025
09:00-10:45
ROOM T2, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 109:00-10:45
Session 1
CHAIRS Federica Frazzetta, Gianni Piazza, Giuliana Sorci
DISCUSSANT Gianni Piazza (Italy - University of Catania)
- Il gemello digitale della terra e il policy making: sfide e problemi
Presenter: Giuseppe Micciarelli (Italy - University of Naples Federico II)
Authors: Giuseppe Micciarelli - Mapping Institutional Isomorphism in Digital Twin Implementation in Morocco: A Coding-Based Analytical Framework
Presenters: Serena Fraiese (Italy - University of Salerno), Francesco Amoretti (Italy - University of Salerno)
Authors: Francesco Amoretti, Serena Fraiese, Badr Ben Hichou - From Technology to Convergence: The Role of Urban Digital Twins in Shaping the European Administrative Space
Presenter: Giuseppe Borriello (Italy - University of Naples Federico II)
Authors: Giuseppe Borriello, Gaia Fristachi
Friday 5 September 2025
09:00-10:45
ROOM T3, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 109:00-10:45
Session 1
CHAIRS Fortunato Musella, Luigi Rullo
DISCUSSANT Marco Valbruzzi (Italy - University of Naples Federico II)
- The Citizen Dilemma: Habeas Corpus aut Securitas? Exposure to Political Violence, Individual Liberties and Community Safety
Presenter: Stefano Costalli (Italy - University of Florence)
Authors: Stefano Costalli, Andrea Ruggeri, Aldo Paparo - War Trauma and Attitudes towards Peace Negotiations
Presenter: Kathrin Bachleitner (Italy - Ca' Foscari University Venezia)
Authors: Kathrin Bachleitner - Local Support for Military Interventions in Conflict-Ridden Countries: A Survey Experiment in Mali
Presenter: Valerio Vignoli (Italy - University of Siena)
Authors: Valerio Vignoli, Stefano Costalli, Irene Costantini
Friday 5 September 2025
09:00-10:45
ROOM 7, San Marcellino - Largo S. Marcellino 1009:00-10:45
Session 1
CHAIR Andrea Ruggeri
DISCUSSANT Andrea Ruggeri (Italy - University of Milan)
- Everyone had their own rebellion. Party Cohesion and Defense Policy in Italy (1994-2020)
Presenter: Francesco Baraldi (Netherlands - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Authors: Francesco Baraldi, Fabrizio Coticchia - How are political parties’ youth wings organized? A comparative analysis of 57 statutes in 11 countries
Presenter: Sofia Marini (Denmark - University of Aarhus)
Authors: Sofia Marini, Henrik Bech Seeberg - Intra-Party Dynamics of A Resilient Dominant-Two-Party System: Turkish Case
Presenter: Halime Safiye Atalay (Turkey - Istanbul Medipol University)
Authors: Halime Safiye Atalay - Dissent and Departure: Why Do German MPs Leave Their Parties?
Presenter: Janek Treiber (Germany - Technische Universität Dresden)
Authors: Janek Treiber
Friday 5 September 2025
09:00-10:45
ROOM G3, San Marcellino - Largo S. Marcellino 1009:00-10:45
Session 1
CHAIRS Fabio Angiolillo, Sofia Marini, Jana Schwenk
DISCUSSANT Beniamino Masi (Italy - University of Padua)
- Eye Movements and Disinformation: A Review of Eye-Tracking Research on Fake News Processing and Intervention Strategies
Presenter: Sara Ermini (Italy - University of Siena)
Authors: Sara Ermini - From the Margins to Government: The Moderation of Fratelli d’Italia’s Political Communication (2013–2025)
Presenter: Gianfranco Baldini (Italy - University of Bologna)
Authors: Gianfranco Baldini, Jessica Di Cocco, Davide Angelucci, Filippo Tronconi - The deliberatively enhanced focus group (DEFoG): A new tool for the study of public opinion formation with an application to debunking strategies
Presenter: Pierangelo Isernia (Italy - University of Siena)
Authors: Pierangelo Isernia, Claudio Cozzi-Fucile, Sara Ermini, Luciana Fazio, Francesco Neri, Patrizia Pedrini, Adriano Scoccia - The fiscal trade-off of AI eco-social risks: evidence from a novel randomized survey experiment
Presenter: Gregorio Buzzelli (Italy - Politecnico di Torino)
Authors: Gregorio Buzzelli, Francesco Nicoli, Stefano Sacchi - Giovani, voto e algoritmi: come l’IA influenza la partecipazione elettorale in Italia
Presenter: Federico Regaldo (IULM University)
Authors: Federico Regaldo
Friday 5 September 2025
09:00-10:45
ROOM G4, San Marcellino - Largo S. Marcellino 1009:00-10:45
CHAIRS Claudio Cozzi Fucile, Luciana Fazio
DISCUSSANT Pierangelo Isernia (Italy - University of Siena)
- Climate Discourse and Radical Right Environmentalism: Transnational Narratives and
Ideological Framing
Presenter: Nicolò Pennucci (Italy - LUISS Guido Carli - Rome)
Authors: Nicolò Pennucci, Manuela Caiani - Framing the Climate: crisis frames in transnational and populist climate governance
Presenter: Francesco Campo (Denmark - Roskilde University)
Authors: Francesco Campo - Exploring Climate Change View on the Italian Far-Right: A Survey-based Analysis
Presenter: Rossella Borri (Italy - University of Siena)
Authors: Rossella Borri, Chiara Fiorelli - The People against the Sun? Ideology and Strategy in Far-Right Parties' Climate Obstruction of Solar Energy
Presenter: Sabine Volk (Germany - University of Tübingen)
Authors: Sabine Volk, Manès Weisskircher
Friday 5 September 2025
09:00-10:45
ROOM II.1, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 109:00-10:45
CHAIRS Manuela Caiani, Nicolò Pennucci
DISCUSSANT Batuhan Eren (Italy - Scuola Normale Superiore)
- Otto Bauer, Left-wing Populism and the Challenge of Right-wing Nationalism
Presenter: Jacopo Custodi (Italy - Scuola Normale Superiore)
Authors: Jacopo Custodi - Layers of Social Recognition: Cognitive networks and identity building of Pro-Government Organizations in Hungary
Presenter: Márton Gerő (Hungary - HUN-REN Centre for Social Sciences)
Authors: Márton Gerő - La tensione tra particolare e universale nella teoresi politica di Giuseppe Mazzini
Presenter: Orazio Maria Gnerre (Italy - University of Perugia)
Authors: Orazio Maria Gnerre - Revolutionary “WE”: It is possible to formulate a collective epistemic agent as a source of revolutionary force?
Presenter: Filip Pierzchalski (Poland - University of Warsaw)
Authors: Filip Pierzchalski
Friday 5 September 2025
09:00-10:45
ROOM G1, San Marcellino - Largo S. Marcellino 1009:00-10:45
CHAIR Alon Helled
DISCUSSANT Giorgia Bulli (Italy - University of Florence)
- THE EFFECTIVE NUMBER of PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES.
CAUSES and LIMITS in COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
Presenter: Gianluca Passarelli (Italy - Sapienza University of Rome)
Authors: Gianluca Passarelli, Chiara Fiorelli - Testing the Effects of Referendums in a Comparative Perspective
Presenter: Umme Ummara (Italy - University of Molise)
Authors: Umme Ummara - Engaging or Reshaping? Populist Parties’ Use of Referendums for Institutional Changes
Presenter: João Gaio E Silva (Portugal - Nova University of Lisbon)
Authors: João Gaio E Silva
Friday 5 September 2025
09:00-10:45
ROOM II.2, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 109:00-10:45
CHAIR Davide Morisi
DISCUSSANT Davide Morisi (Denmark - University of Southern Denmark)
- Rebel Diplomacy and Political Negotiations: Evidence from the Houthi Movement
Presenter: Fortuna Finocchito (Italy - University of Naples L'Orientale)
Authors: Fortuna Finocchito - Between Decolonisation and Desectarianisation: Grassroots Peacebuilding in Iraq’s Tishreen Movement
Presenter: Ruba Ali Al-Hassani (UK - Lancaster University)
Authors: Ruba Ali Al-Hassani - Charles de Foucauld, the Senussi Brotherhood and the Tuareg Revolt (1916-1917) : « Back to the Future » for re-examining dominant narratives and questioning re-imagined narratives.
Presenter: Adib Bencherif (Canada - Université de Sherbrooke)
Authors: Adib Bencherif - Who is responsible for terrorist attacks? A cross-national analysis of public attitudes on immigration
Presenter: Jana El Amine (France - Université Catholique de Lille)
Authors: Jana El Amine, Raul Magni Berton
Friday 5 September 2025
09:00-10:45
ROOM I.2, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 109:00-10:45
CHAIRS Edoardo Baldaro, Laura Berlingozzi
DISCUSSANT Laura Berlingozzi (Italy - Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies)
- Understanding the conditions for central governments' integration of AI in environmental crisis management
Presenter: Matilde Biagioni (Italy - Perugia University)
Authors: Matilde Biagioni - Future-oriented policy-making and strategic foresight: Insights from a systematic literature review
Presenter: Andrea Terlizzi (Italy - University of Florence)
Authors: Andrea Terlizzi, Laura De Vito, Giovanni Esposito, Gaia Taffoni - Studying the green backlash and Brexit: an application of the Advocacy Coalition Framework to Italy and the UK
Presenter: Edoardo Carminucci (Italy - University of Bologna)
Authors: Edoardo Carminucci
Friday 5 September 2025
09:00-10:45
ROOM T1, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 109:00-10:45
CHAIRS Laura De Vito, Gaia Taffoni
DISCUSSANT Gaia Taffoni (Italy - European University Institute)
Friday 5 September 2025
09:00-10:45
Church of San Marcellino e Festo, Largo S. Marcellino 1009:00-10:45
Participants: Mauro Calise (University of Naples), Irene Caratelli (The American University of Rome), Giovanni Diamanti (Quorum-YouTrend), Augusto Valeriani (University of Bologna)
Chairs: Fabio Bordignon (University of Urbino, Carlo Bo) and Rossella Rega (University of Siena)
CHAIRS Fabio Bordignon, Rossella Rega
09:00-18:00 (Time Zone CEST Europe/Rome)
Friday 5 September 2025
09:00-18:00
Courtyard of the Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 1 Registration of participants
Information desk09:00-18:00
10:45-11:15 (Time Zone CEST Europe/Rome)
Friday 5 September 2025
10:45-11:15
San Marcellino Cloister Coffee break10:45-11:15
Friday 5 September 2025
10:45-11:15
Courtyard of the Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 1 Coffee break10:45-11:15
Friday 5 September 2025
10:45-11:15
ROOM Pagano 1, San Marcellino - Largo S. Marcellino 10 Meeting IPSA 2027 - LOC10:45-11:15
11:00-13:00 (Time Zone CEST Europe/Rome)
Friday 5 September 2025
11:00-13:00
Church of San Marcellino e Festo, Largo S. Marcellino 10 Digital Innovation and Training for Public Administrations: The Contribution of Political Science11:00-13:00
Discussion with the Mayor of Naples, Gaetano Manfredi
Participants: Francesco Amoretti (University of Salerno), Fabrizio Di Mascio (University of Turin), Andrea Lippi (University of Florence), Fortunato Musella (University of Naples Federico II), Maria Stella Righettini (University of Padua), Laura Polverari (University of Padua)
Chair and introduction: Alessandro Natalini (LUMSA University, Rome)
11:15-13:00 (Time Zone CEST Europe/Rome)
- Fiscal and Industrial Policy in the Interregnum: decarbonization bargains and hegemonic struggles over the transformation of the German Growth Model
Presenter: Gabriele Beretta (Italy - Scuola Normale Superiore)
Authors: Gabriele Beretta - Navigating Global Production Networks: the Malaysian electronics sector between supply- and demand-side policies.
Presenter: Nicolò Deiana (Italy - Scuola Normale Superiore)
Authors: Nicolò Deiana - The recovery and resilience facility as an instrument of state transformation: European governance, executive centralization and technocratic legitimation
Presenter: Gemma Gasseau (Italy - Scuola Normale Superiore)
Authors: Gemma Gasseau - Geopolitics and Opposition to Foreign Direct Investment
in the EU: Evidence from a Conjoint Experiment
Presenter: Francesco N. Moro (Italy - University of Bologna)
Authors: Francesco N. Moro, Mattia Guidi, Arlo Poletti - The BRICS and the potential for reshaping the international monetary system
Presenter: Aline Regina Alves Martins (Brazil - Federal University of Goiás)
Authors: Aline Regina Alves Martins
Friday 5 September 2025
11:15-13:00
ROOM 25, Courtyard of the Statues, Via Paladino 3911:15-13:00
Session 2
CHAIRS Adriano Cozzolino, Giuseppe Montalbano
DISCUSSANT Gemma Gasseau (Italy - Scuola Normale Superiore)
- Crisi della Rappresentanza e Torsione Monocratica: Il rendimento democratico della forma di governo regionale.
Presenter: Pietro Sabatino (Italy - University of Naples Federico II)
Authors: Pietro Sabatino, Luigi Sica - Post-2022 Italy: Early Signs of Autocratization?
Presenter: Guido Panzano (Germany - Kiel University)
Authors: Guido Panzano - Democratic harms: How the far right undermines democracy beyond the liberal script
Presenter: Andrea L. P. Pirro (Italy - University of Bologna)
Authors: Andrea L. P. Pirro, Andrea Felicetti - Italian Political Elites’ Changing Positions on European Monetary Integration, 1958–2022
Presenter: Joshua Cova (Germany - Max Planck Institute)
Authors: Joshua Cova, Lucio Baccaro
Friday 5 September 2025
11:15-13:00
ROOM M1, Courtyard of the Statues, Via Paladino 3911:15-13:00
Session 2
CHAIR Guido Panzano
DISCUSSANT Tiziana Corda (Italy - University of Milan)
- Coalition politics and world order transition
Presenter: Fulvio Attinà (Italy - University of Catania)
Authors: Fulvio Attinà - Strategic Autonomy from the Global South: Turkey and India in Perspective
Presenter: Riccardo Gasco (Italy - University of Bologna)
Authors: Riccardo Gasco, Chiara Boldrini - Transformation of the U.S. transatlantic policy during the second term of Donald Trump: Implications for small European states
Presenter: Gerda Jakstaite-Confortola (Lithuania - General Jonas Zemaitis Military Academy)
Authors: Gerda Jakstaite-Confortola - Like a Rolling Stone? Making Sense of Trump’s Foreign Policy
Presenter: Sofia Eliodori (Italy - LUISS Guido Carli - Rome)
Authors: Sofia Eliodori
Friday 5 September 2025
11:15-13:00
ROOM M3, Courtyard of the Statues, Via Paladino 3911:15-13:00
Session 2
CHAIRS Andrea Carati, Andrea Locatelli
DISCUSSANT Stefano Procacci (Italy - University Cattolica del Sacro Cuore)
- From Agreement to Action: Measuring Norm Diffusion in the Governance of Military AI
Presenter: Michal Onderco (Netherlands - Erasmus University)
Authors: Michal Onderco, Sofia Romansky, Tim Sweijs - Discursive Superstructures of Ideology by Brazilian Political TikTokers
Presenter: Marcos Echevarria Eirea (Italy - European University Institute)
Authors: Marcos Echevarria Eirea, João Cardoso L. Camargos - Temporal Generalization
Presenter: Kevin Munger (Italy - European University Institute)
Authors: Kevin Munger, Drew Dimmery
Friday 5 September 2025
11:15-13:00
ROOM FG, Courtyard of the Statues, Via Paladino 39 -
3rd floor11:15-13:00
Session 2
CHAIRS Silvia Keeling, Andrea Vaccaro
DISCUSSANT Jessica Rosco (Italy - University of Milan)
- Learning on the move: young people’s political socialisation and collective efficacy in climate strikes
Presenter: Martín Portos (Italy - Scuola Normale Superiore)
Authors: Martín Portos, Lorenzo Zamponi - Environmentalism or social justice? Five years of visual communication of Italian climate movements
Presenter: Costanza Azzuppardi (Italy - Scuola Normale Superiore)
Authors: Costanza Azzuppardi - Contesting the Green Deal: An Investigation of the Populist Narratives of Discontent Towards EU Climate Policies in Italy
Presenter: Ferdinando Lombardi Vallauri (Italy - University of Bologna)
Authors: Ferdinando Lombardi Vallauri - Framing the Linkage 20 Years Apart: A Comparative Study of Italian Media Coverage of Central European Floods and Climate Change
Presenter: Flavio Piccoli (Italy - University of Insubria)
Authors: Flavio Piccoli, Roberta Grasselli - Politics, climate crisis and the spheres affected
Presenter: Haris Damianidis (Greece - Aristotle University)
Authors: Haris Damianidis
Friday 5 September 2025
11:15-13:00
ROOM 26, Courtyard of the Statues, Via Paladino 3911:15-13:00
Session 1
CHAIRS Cecilia Biancalana, Giacomo Salvarani
DISCUSSANT Riccardo Ladini (Italy - University of Milan)
- Non-ideal Political Epistemology of Democracy
Presenter: jacopo.marchetti@cfs.unipi.it
Authors: Jacopo Marchetti, Jack Birner, Giacomo Brioni - Rescue Democracy: Reflections on Political Competence
Presenter: Vincenza Falletti (Spain - Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals (IBEI))
Authors: Vincenza Falletti - Epistemic Reproduction of Historical-Structural Injustices: İzmir’s Boyoz and Its Buried Sephardic Jewish Roots
Presenters: Mark Felix (Italy - LUISS Guido Carli - Rome), Uğur Bulgan
Authors: Mark Felix, Uğur Bulgan
Friday 5 September 2025
11:15-13:00
ROOM M6, Courtyard of the Statues, Via Paladino 3911:15-13:00
Session 1
CHAIR Giulia Bistagnino (Italy - University of Milan)
DISCUSSANT Pietro Maffettone (Italy - University of Naples Federico II)
- Efficacy in Motion: Digital and Offline Political Participation Across the Electoral Cycle
Presenter: Marco Valbruzzi (Italy - University of Naples Federico II)
Authors: Marco Valbruzzi, Antonella Seddone, Luca Pinto, Paola Bordandini - Organizational Structures and Digital Pathways: How Party Models Shape Digitization Strategies
Presenter: Stefano Rombi (Italy - University of Cagliari)
Authors: Stefano Rombi, Marco Valbruzzi, Fulvio Venturino - The Evolution of the Five Star Movement: From Digital Platform to Traditional Organization?
Presenter: Luca Pinto (Italy - University of Bologna)
Authors: Luca Pinto, Paola Bordandini, Anna Napoletano, Giulio Bricoli, Piero Ignazi - Territorial Digitalization of political parties: Websites, Social Media, and Their Determinants
Presenter: Antonella Seddone (Italy - University of Turin)
Authors: Antonella Seddone, Daniela Piccio, Cecilia Biancalana, Christopher Cepernich, Costanza Massidda - Unpacking Digital Intra-Party Democracy in the Populist Radical Right: A Comparative Study of Alternative für Deutschland, Fratelli di Italia, Rassemblement National and Vox
Presenter: Alberto La Malfa (Italy - University of Bologna)
Authors: Alberto La Malfa
Friday 5 September 2025
11:15-13:00
ROOM M8, Courtyard of the Statues, Via Paladino 3911:15-13:00
CHAIRS Annarita Criscitiello, Marco Valbruzzi
DISCUSSANT Annarita Criscitiello (Italy - University of Naples Federico II)
- Intersectional Feminist Analysis of Italy’s National Adaptation Plan: Addressing Gendered Climate Vulnerabilities and Regional Disparities
Presenter: Berfin Tutku Ozcan (Italy - Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies)
Authors: Berfin Tutku Ozcan - Translating Intersectionality into Practice: Methodologies for Inclusive Policy-Making in European HEIs
Presenter: Izadora Silva Pimenta (Germany - Technical University of Darmstadt)
Authors: Izadora Silva Pimenta - What kind of mainstreaming? Assessing the place of intersectionality in the New Pact on Migration and Asylum
Presenter: Ilaria Lorusso (Italy - LUISS Guido Carli - Rome)
Authors: Ilaria Lorusso - The Implementation of an Intersectional Legal Framework: Spain as a Case Study
Presenter: Giulia Arena (Italy - University of Genoa)
Authors: Giulia Arena, Mariacaterina La Barbera
Friday 5 September 2025
11:15-13:00
ROOM M4, Courtyard of the Statues, Via Paladino 3911:15-13:00
CHAIR Izadora Silva Pimenta
DISCUSSANT Izadora Silva Pimenta (Germany - Technical University of Darmstadt)
- Tough lessons: tracing opposition learning in Morocco and Tunisia since 2011
Presenter: Francesco Colin (Netherlands - Erasmus University)
Authors: Francesco Colin, Alfonso Casani - Safe City, Silent Opposition: How Digital Surveillance Transforms Protests and Repression in Russia
Presenter: Héctor Martínez Pérez (Spain - Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
Authors: Héctor Martínez Pérez - A Risky Business: Navigating Autocratization through Ideological Legitimation Claims
Presenter: Claudio Balderacchi (Italy - University of Florence)
Authors: Claudio Balderacchi, Luca Tomini
Friday 5 September 2025
11:15-13:00
ROOM Z3, Courtyard of the Statues, Via Paladino 39 -
1st floor, inside the Study hall11:15-13:00
CHAIR Luca Tomini
DISCUSSANT Angelo Vito Panaro (Germany - FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg)
- Leveraging the Geo-Political Opportunity Structure: Transnational Networking and National Contexts in the Pro-Migrant Solidarity Movement
Presenter: Federico Alagna (Italy - Scuola Normale Superiore)
Authors: Federico Alagna - From Margins to Mobilization: Civil Society Responses to Migration in Italy Amidst Crisis
Presenter: Mariann Dömös (Hungary - University of Pécs)
Authors: Mariann Dömös - De-Policing Or Reform? Policing After Black Lives Matter's 2020 Protests
Presenter: Emanuele Murgolo (Spain - Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
Authors: Emanuele Murgolo - Networks of urban commoning in contexts of permanent crisis: Two brazilian grassroots experiences
Presenter: Kauan Lunardon (Brazil - Universidade Federal Fluminense)
Authors: Kauan Lunardon - Responding to mass unrest: comparing state responses in Chile (2019) and Egypt (2011)
Presenters: Sarah Elmasry (Italy - Scuola Normale Superiore), Cesar Guzman-Concha (Italy - Scuola Normale Superiore)
Authors: Sarah Elmasry, Cesar Guzman Concha
Friday 5 September 2025
11:15-13:00
ROOM T2, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 111:15-13:00
Session 2
CHAIRS Federica Frazzetta, Gianni Piazza, Giuliana Sorci
DISCUSSANT Giuliana Sorci (Italy - University of Siena)
- Europe's Indo-Pacific pivot: navigating new horizons
Presenter: Gabriele Abbondanza (Spain - Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
Authors: Gabriele Abbondanza, Gorana Grgić - Democratic density and institutional design as determinants of shaming: International organizations’ response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Presenter: Giovanni Agostinis (Italy - University of Bologna)
Authors: Giovanni Agostinis, Andrea Knapp - Digital Diplomacy in Practice: The Swedish Embassy in Poland and the Strategic Use of Social Media to Advance Foreign Policy Goals
Presenter: Anna Kobierecka (Poland - University of Lodz)
Authors: Anna Kobierecka - African agency(ies) in the multipolar global context: a comparative analysis of the foreign policy of three African countries
Presenter: Sofia Scialoja (Italy - Scuola Normale Superiore)
Authors: Sofia Scialoja - Co-Producing Public Diplomacy: Epistemic Communities and the EU Policy Cycle in the Mediterranean
Presenter: Valentina Gruarin (Italy - University of Catania)
Authors: Valentina Gruarin
Friday 5 September 2025
11:15-13:00
ROOM T3, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 111:15-13:00
CHAIRS Matteo C. M. Casiraghi, Alice Iannantuoni
DISCUSSANT Alice Iannantuoni (Switzerland - University of Geneva)
- The Origin Story: Rulers’ Political Socialization and State Repression
Presenter: Manuel Vogt (UK - University College London)
Authors: Manuel Vogt, Roman-Gabriel Olar - Exposure to violence and trust
Presenter: Simon Hug (Switzerland - University of Geneva)
Authors: Simon Hug, Cécile Richetta, Sarah Zahreddine - Spatio-temporal Dynamics of Attacks by and Against Refugees in Europe
Presenter: Joshua Hellinger (Switzerland - Geneva Graduate Institute)
Authors: Joshua Hellinger, Ravi Bhavnani
Friday 5 September 2025
11:15-13:00
ROOM 7, San Marcellino - Largo S. Marcellino 1011:15-13:00
Session 2
CHAIR Andrea Ruggeri
DISCUSSANT Stefano Costalli (Italy - University of Florence)
- A Gravity-Cleavage Model of Vote Switching
Presenter: Jacob Gunderson (Sweden - Goteborg University)
Authors: Jacob Gunderson, Gary Marks - The Role of Voters' Prior Beliefs in Electoral Punishment of Corrupt Political Parties
Presenter: Emily Elia (Sweden - Goteborg University)
Authors: Emily Elia, Jana Schwenk - Do leadership-dominated parties blur more? Party organization, goals, and strategic incentives
Presenter: Mattia Gatti (Italy - LUISS Guido Carli - Rome)
Authors: Mattia Gatti - Broken Promises? The effect of democratic leadership selection on vote choice
Presenter: Jana Schwenk (Sweden - Goteborg University)
Authors: Jana Schwenk, Jacob Gunderson
Friday 5 September 2025
11:15-13:00
ROOM G3, San Marcellino - Largo S. Marcellino 1011:15-13:00
Session 2
CHAIRS Fabio Angiolillo, Sofia Marini, Jana Schwenk
DISCUSSANT Beniamino Masi (Italy - University of Padua)
- Conservative Female Politicians in Germany: Critical Actors Against Anti-Feminism or Participants in the Anti-Trans Coalition?
Presenter: Pauline Ahlhaus (Germany - Europa-Universität Flensburg)
Authors: Pauline Ahlhaus - The Impact of Global De-democratization Trend on Women’s Political Empowerment in the 2000s
Presenter: Senem Ertan (Turkey - Social Sciences University of Ankara)
Authors: Senem Ertan, Asuman Özgür Keysan - Reappropriating Traditional Femininity: Gendered Strategies and Democratic Contestation in Belarusian Protests
Presenter: Diana Planida (Italy - University of Bologna)
Authors: Diana Planida - The Antifascism of Contemporary Feminist Movements in Italy: Content and Practices
Presenter: Chiara Pupillo (Italy - Scuola Normale Superiore)
Authors: Daniela Chironi, Chiara Pupillo
Friday 5 September 2025
11:15-13:00
ROOM G4, San Marcellino - Largo S. Marcellino 1011:15-13:00
CHAIRS Giada Bonu Rosenkranz, Aurora Perego
DISCUSSANT Aurora Perego (Italy - University of Trento)
- Why are the opposition parties in Italy unable to unite behind a strategy for challenging the government of Giorgia Meloni?
Presenter: Paolo Natale (Italy - University of Milan)
Authors: Paolo Natale, James Newell - No easy choice: il marketing politico del Partito Democratico tra difficoltà organizzative e dilemmi strategici
Presenter: Flavio Chiapponi (Italy - University of Pavia)
Authors: Flavio Chiapponi - I “gilets jaunes” in Francia. Analisi di un movimento sociale antagonista, fra teoria politologica dei cleavages e categorie sociologiche della spazialità
Presenter: Massimiliano Panarari (Italy - University of Modena and Reggio Emilia)
Authors: Massimiliano Panarari - Transizione ecologica e classi sociali
Presenter: Francesco Campolongo (Italy - University of Calabria)
Authors: Francesco Campolongo, Loris Caruso - Una cultura politica disomogenea e contraddittoria. La frammentazione dei valori nella cultura politica del PD
Presenter: Luciano Mario Fasano (Italy - University of Milan)
Authors: Luciano Mario Fasano
Friday 5 September 2025
11:15-13:00
ROOM II.1, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 111:15-13:00
Session 1
CHAIRS Jacopo Custodi, Luciano Mario Fasano, Walter Haeusl, Paolo Natale
DISCUSSANT Luciano Mario Fasano (Italy - University of Milan)
- EU issue voting in European member states: Does it matter and who does it favour more?
Presenter: Luca Carrieri (Italy - Unitelma Sapienza University of Rome)
Authors: Luca Carrieri, Nicolò Conti - Mapping the Multidimensional EU Issue Voting: Nuances of Euroscepticism and Europeanism.
Presenter: Alessio Scopelliti (Italy - University of Milan)
Authors: Alessio Scopelliti, Alessandro Pellegata - Communication Breakdown: National News and the European Public Sphere
Presenter: Simon Luck (Italy - University of Bologna)
Authors: Simon Luck, Matthew Loveless - Beyond second order election model: the case of 2024 European election
Presenter: Fabio Serricchio (Italy - University of Molise)
Authors: Fabio Serricchio - A sharp right turn: analysing the change in policy attitudes in the EP (2009 - 2024)
Presenter: Paolo Marzi (Italy - University of Siena)
Authors: Paolo Marzi, Filippo Simonelli - Beyond Exit and Loyalty. Public Preferences for European Union Development in Times of Crisis
Presenter: Alessandro Pellegata (Italy - University of Milan)
Authors: Alessandro Pellegata, Joseph Ganderson, Zbigniew Truchlewski
Friday 5 September 2025
11:15-13:00
ROOM G1, San Marcellino - Largo S. Marcellino 1011:15-13:00
Session 1
CHAIR Camilla Mariotto
DISCUSSANT Alessandro Pellegata (Italy - University of Milan)
- Distorted Views from the Top? Investigating Misperceptions among Italian Journalists and Politicians
Presenter: Filippo Tronconi (Italy - University of Bologna)
Authors: Filippo Tronconi, Alberto La Malfa, Federica Nunziata - Memes and the Perception of Political Misinformation. An Experimental Study on the Role of Format, Source, and Ideological Alignment
Presenter: Junio Aglioti Colombini (Italy - University of Pisa)
Authors: Junio Aglioti Colombini, Roberta Bracciale, Mario Quaranta - Fake News as Partisan Weapon: Accusations and Contestation in Italian Newspapers
Presenter: Lorenzo Mosca (Italy - University of Parma)
Authors: Fred Paxton, Lorenzo Mosca - Tra misinformation e informational incivility: sfide epistemiche del sistema mediale ibrido nelle percezioni dei giornalisti
Presenter: Camilla Folena (Italy - University of Urbino Carlo Bo)
Authors: Giovanni Boccia Artieri, Camilla Folena, Stefano Brilli
Friday 5 September 2025
11:15-13:00
ROOM II.2, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 111:15-13:00
Session 1
CHAIRS Roberta Bracciale, Lorenzo Mosca, Filippo Tronconi
DISCUSSANT Fabio Bordignon (Italy - University of Urbino Carlo Bo)
- Conspiracy and Voting: An Empirical Analysis of Conspiracist Beliefs and Electoral Behavior in Italy after the 2024 European Elections
Presenter: Atanasia Fabbricatore (Italy - University of Calabria)
Authors: Atanasia Fabbricatore, Marino De Luca - Would You Rent to an Out-Partisan? Partisan Bias and Norm Violations in Everyday Judgments
Presenter: Lenka Hrbková (Czech Republic - Masaryk university)
Authors: Lenka Hrbková, Petr Voda - Enduring or Fleeting? Youth Populist Voting and Temporal Dynamics in Western Europe
Presenter: Giorgio Dolci (Italy - University of Milan)
Authors: Giorgio Dolci, Simona Guglielmi - The Underlying Dimensions of Political Support
Presenter: Jan Menzner (Germany - Humboldt University Berlin)
Authors: Jan Menzner, David Schweizer
Friday 5 September 2025
11:15-13:00
ROOM I.2, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 111:15-13:00
Session 1
CHAIRS Francesco Piacentini, Carolina Plescia
DISCUSSANT Margherita Bordignon (Italy - University of Pavia)
- Reforming Justice, Prosecuting Power: The Effect of Institutional Change on Corruption
Accountability in Europe
Presenter: Salvatore Sberna (Italy - University of Pisa)
Authors: Salvatore Sberna, Manoel Gehrke - Judicial activism in asylum policy. Resistance through rules conversion and organizational discretion
Presenter: Cristina Dallara (Italy - University of Bologna)
Authors: Alice Lacchei, Cristina Dallara - A Supranational Alliance: The Empowerment of the European Commission from 1958 to 2019
Presenter: Giovanni Pagano (Italy - University of Milan)
Authors: Fabio Franchino, Marta Migliorati, Giovanni Pagano - Judges in the storm. Judicial politics in the face of democratic erosion
Presenter: Luigi Rullo (Italy - University of Naples Federico II)
Authors: Luigi Rullo
Friday 5 September 2025
11:15-13:00
ROOM T1, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 111:15-13:00
Session 1
CHAIR Cristina Dallara (Italy - University of Bologna)
DISCUSSANT Francesco Zucchini (Italy - University of Milan)
- Between Home Repression and Host Securitization: Adaptive Trajectories of North African Islamist Diasporas in the U.S.
Presenter: Ester Sigillò (Italy - University of Bologna)
Authors: Ester Sigillò - Hybridizing Political Islam.
Territorial Immediacy and Post-Factional Resistance in Nablus: The ʿArīn al-ʾUsūd Case
Presenters: Tiziano Girardi (Italy - University of Turin), Marco Spagnoletti (Italy - European University Institute)
Authors: Tiziano Girardi, Marco Spagnoletti - Appropriating Global Norms: Islamist Hybridization and Norm Diffusion in the Case of Al-Adl wa-l-Ihsan
Presenter: Massimo Ramaioli (Morocco - Al-Akhawayn University in Ifrane)
Authors: Massimo Ramaioli, Ester Sigillò
Friday 5 September 2025
11:15-13:00
ROOM Pagano 2, San Marcellino - Largo S. Marcellino 1011:15-13:00
CHAIR Ester Sigillò (Italy - University of Bologna)
DISCUSSANT Massimo Ramaioli (Morocco - Al-Akhawayn University in Ifrane)
- Neo-Integralism and Transnational Fascism in Brazil
Presenter: Alvaro Bianchi (Brazil - State University of Campinas)
Authors: Alvaro Bianchi - Building and legitimizing an illiberal transnational field: illiberal think tanks’ struggle for cultural hegemony in Poland and Hungary
Presenter: Leonardo Puleo (Ireland - University College Dublin)
Authors: Leonardo Puleo, Ramona Coman, Emilien Paulis, Noemi Trino - Projecting the “Meta-Us”: Discursive Prefiguration and Affective Ecology Construction in Far-Right Short-Form Video
Presenter: Benjamin Nangle (Belgium - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)
Authors: Benjamin Nangle - Legitimation from Abroad: How Radical Right Populist Parties Use International Engagement to Gain Credibility
Presenter: Sorina Cristina Soare (Italy - University of Florence)
Authors: Sorina Cristina Soare, Mattia Collini, Matteo Boldrini, Oana Lup
Friday 5 September 2025
11:15-13:00
ROOM Pagano 1, San Marcellino - Largo S. Marcellino 1011:15-13:00
CHAIRS Carlo De Nuzzo, Batuhan Eren
DISCUSSANT Manuela Caiani (Italy - Scuola Normale Superiore)
Friday 5 September 2025
11:15-13:00
ROOM I.1, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 111:15-13:00
Participants: Silvano Falocco (Ecosistemi Foundation), Tullia Galanti (University of Milan, Statale), Mauro Bonaretti (Italian Court of Auditors), Stefania Ravazzi (University of Turin)
Chair: Giulio Citroni (University of Calabria)
CHAIRS Giulio Citroni, Stefania Ravazzi
13:00-14:00 (Time Zone CEST Europe/Rome)
Friday 5 September 2025
13:00-14:00
ROOM 25, Courtyard of the Statues, Via Paladino 39 STANDING GROUP MEETING
Parties, Public Opinion, Elections13:00-14:00
Friday 5 September 2025
13:00-14:00
ROOM M1, Courtyard of the Statues, Via Paladino 39 STANDING GROUP MEETING
Political Science and Public Policies13:00-14:00
Friday 5 September 2025
13:00-14:00
ROOM M3, Courtyard of the Statues, Via Paladino 39 STANDING GROUP MEETING
Social Movements and Political Participation13:00-14:00
Friday 5 September 2025
13:00-14:00
ROOM FG, Courtyard of the Statues, Via Paladino 39 -
3rd floor STANDING GROUP MEETING
Political Regimes13:00-14:00
Friday 5 September 2025
13:00-14:00
ROOM 26, Courtyard of the Statues, Via Paladino 39 STANDING GROUP MEETING
Political Research Methods13:00-14:00
Friday 5 September 2025
13:00-14:00
ROOM M6, Courtyard of the Statues, Via Paladino 39 STANDING GROUP MEETING
Regional Studies and Local Policies13:00-14:00
Friday 5 September 2025
13:00-14:00
ROOM M8, Courtyard of the Statues, Via Paladino 39 STANDING GROUP MEETING
Interest Groups and Lobbying13:00-14:00
Friday 5 September 2025
13:00-14:00
ROOM T2, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 1 STANDING GROUP MEETING
International Relations13:00-14:00
Friday 5 September 2025
13:00-14:00
ROOM T3, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 1 STANDING GROUP MEETING
Political Communication13:00-14:00
Friday 5 September 2025
13:00-14:00
ROOM 7, San Marcellino - Largo S. Marcellino 10 STANDING GROUP MEETING
Gender and Politics13:00-14:00
Friday 5 September 2025
13:00-14:00
ROOM G3, San Marcellino - Largo S. Marcellino 10 STANDING GROUP MEETING
Government, Parliament, Representation13:00-14:00
Friday 5 September 2025
13:00-14:00
ROOM G4, San Marcellino - Largo S. Marcellino 10 STANDING GROUP MEETING
European Union13:00-14:00
Friday 5 September 2025
13:00-14:00
ROOM II.1, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 1 STANDING GROUP MEETING
Russia and Post-Soviet Space13:00-14:00
Friday 5 September 2025
13:00-14:00
ROOM G1, San Marcellino - Largo S. Marcellino 10 STANDING GROUP MEETING
Politics and Religion13:00-14:00
Friday 5 September 2025
13:00-14:00
ROOM II.2, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 1 STANDING GROUP MEETING
Candidate and Leader Selection13:00-14:00
Friday 5 September 2025
13:00-14:00
ROOM I.2, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 1 STANDING GROUP MEETING
Politics and History13:00-14:00
Friday 5 September 2025
13:00-14:00
ROOM I.1, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 1 STANDING GROUP MEETING
Political Theory13:00-14:00
14:00-15:45 (Time Zone CEST Europe/Rome)
- Counter-terrorist operations and the politicization of the army: the Turkish case
Presenter: Bruno Bevilacqua (Italy - University of Genoa)
Authors: Bruno Bevilacqua - Uprising Without Transition: The Foundations of Failed Regime Change in Syria.
Presenter: Gianmarco Fontana (Canada - Université Laval)
Authors: Gianmarco Fontana - Left Parties in Post-2011 Tunisia: Between Organizational Weakness and Authoritarian Constraints-Initial Field Findings
Presenter: Mehtap Anaz (Canada - Université Laval)
Authors: Mehtap Anaz - The Janus-faced of the Israeli political regime: Populism and Obscurantism since Rabin's Assassination
Presenter: Alon Helled (Italy - University of Turin)
Authors: Alon Helled
Friday 5 September 2025
14:00-15:45
ROOM 25, Courtyard of the Statues, Via Paladino 3914:00-15:45
CHAIR Gianni Del Panta
DISCUSSANT Ester Sigillò (Italy - University of Bologna)
- Ambiguity-Seeking in Elections
Presenter: M. Socorro Puy (Spain - Universidad de Málaga)
Authors: M. Socorro Puy, María Del Pino Rmos-Sosa - The Dual Influence of Preference and Uncertainty in Political Perceptions
Presenter: Ingrid Mauerer (Spain - Universidad de Málaga)
Authors: Ingrid Mauerer, Maria Iannario - Click for Clarity: Examining the effect of optional information on prediction accuracy in Swiss referenda
Presenter: Susumu Shikano (Germany - University of Konstanz)
Authors: Susumu Shikano, Verena Mack, Fabian Bergmann, Steffen Stell - They Find a Way. Relative Perceptions of Party Issue Positions and Voter-Party Congruence
Presenter: Beatriz Lasheras Mas (Austria - University of Wien)
Authors: Beatriz Lasheras Mas
Friday 5 September 2025
14:00-15:45
ROOM M1, Courtyard of the Statues, Via Paladino 3914:00-15:45
CHAIR Ingrid Mauerer
DISCUSSANT Ingrid Mauerer (Spain - Universidad de Málaga)
- Flooding as Political Failure: Tracing Policy Negligence in Porto Alegre’s 2024 Disaster (Brazil)
Presenter: Tamara Zambiasi (UK - Cambridge University)
Authors: Tamara Zambiasi - Integrating economic recovery and green transition. How great expectations in Brussels are dashed in Genoa and Lisbon
Presenter: Niccolò Aimo (Italy - Politecnico di Torino)
Authors: Niccolò Aimo - Negotiating Climate-Migration Linkages in the external dimension of the European Green Deal: the
EU Agenda for the Mediterranean
Presenter: Mattia Sguazzini (Italy - University of Genoa)
Authors: Caterina Carta, Mattia Sguazzini, Federica Zardo
Friday 5 September 2025
14:00-15:45
ROOM M3, Courtyard of the Statues, Via Paladino 3914:00-15:45
CHAIR Paola Coletti
DISCUSSANT Stefania Ravazzi (Italy - University of Turin)
- Democratic (Re)Design for Unequal Democracies
Presenter: Karen Celis (Belgium - Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
Authors: Karen Celis, Sarah Childs - Towards intersectional democratic futures? Feminist institutional and activist responses to anti-gender movements at the EU-level
Presenter: Johanna Kantola (Finland - University of Helsinki)
Authors: Johanna Kantola, Valentine Berthet, Matti Pihlajamaa - Managing Sensitivities: LGBTIQ Rights, Gendered Language, and Administrative Neutrality in the Finnish and the German Parliament
Presenter: Petra Ahrens (Finland - University of Tampere)
Authors: Petra Ahrens - Femocrats as a Contentious Field: Feminist Divides in Italian Gender Policy Debates
Presenter: Francesca Feo (Norway - University of Bergen)
Authors: Francesca Feo, Anastasia Barone, Giada Bonu Rosenkranz - Democratizing care? Feminist democratic innovations in the formulation of care policies
Presenter: Emanuela Lombardo (Spain - Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
Authors: Emanuela Lombardo, Paloma Caravantes , Sonia Ruiz García
Friday 5 September 2025
14:00-15:45
ROOM FG, Courtyard of the Statues, Via Paladino 39 -
3rd floor14:00-15:45
CHAIRS Karen Celis, Johanna Kantola, Emanuela Lombardo
DISCUSSANT Emanuela Lombardo (Spain - Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
- Climate Clash? How Environmental Issues Are Changing Elections in Europe
Presenter: Luca Carrieri (Italy - Unitelma Sapienza University of Rome)
Authors: Luca Carrieri, Silvia Bolgherini, Matteo Giardiello - Position, Priority, and Political Legitimacy: Party-Citizen Congruence on Environmental Issues in Italy
Presenter: Aurelia Zucaro (Italy - University of Calabria)
Authors: Aurelia Zucaro - Eco-Social Risks and preferences for green, social protection and investment policies in seven European countries
Presenter: Stefano Ronchi (Italy - University of Milan)
Authors: Stefano Ronchi, Marcello Natili - No Green Country for Centralist Parties? Pro-periphery positions, Ideology, and the Salience of Environmental Issues in Spain
Presenter: Laura Cabeza (Spain - University of Salamanca)
Authors: Pablo Sallabera, Laura Cabeza, Braulio Gómez Fortes - Moral Appeals on Environment: Do Green Parties Change after Participation in Government?
Presenter: Mohamed Nasr (Switzerland - ETH Zürich)
Authors: Mohamed Nasr
Friday 5 September 2025
14:00-15:45
ROOM 26, Courtyard of the Statues, Via Paladino 3914:00-15:45
Session 2
CHAIRS Cecilia Biancalana, Giacomo Salvarani
DISCUSSANT Francesco Visconti (Italy - LUISS Guido Carli - Rome)
- Plebeian Containment to Revitalize Democracy
Presenter: Enrico Biale (Italy - University of Piemonte Orientale A. Avogadro)
Authors: Enrico Biale - Democratic Innovations Against Electoral Disaffection: A Conceptual Analysis
Presenters: Francesco Campolongo (Italy - University of Calabria), Francesco Maria Scanni (Italy - University of Teramo)
Authors: Francesco Campolongo, Francesco Maria Scanni - Militant citizens
Presenter: Corrado Fumagalli (Italy - University of Genoa)
Authors: Corrado Fumagalli - Participation and Its Discontents: Power, Discourse, and the Limits of Participatory Reform
Presenters: Roberth Pascal (Italy - University of Macerata), Enrico Graziani (Italy - Sapienza University of Rome)
Authors: Roberth Pascal, Enrico Graziani
Friday 5 September 2025
14:00-15:45
ROOM M6, Courtyard of the Statues, Via Paladino 3914:00-15:45
Session 2
CHAIR Jacopo Marchetti (Italy - University of Pisa)
DISCUSSANT Giulia Bistagnino (Italy - University of Milan)
- Who Governs Space? Strategic and policy challenges in mitigating the Kessler Syndrome
Presenter: Alexandre Brans (Belgium - Université Libre de Bruxelles ULB)
Authors: Alexandre Brans - Place-based industrial decarbonisation: a case study of the West of England Industrial Cluster based on Actor-Network Theory
Presenter: Laura De Vito (UK - University of the West of England, Bristol)
Authors: Laura De Vito, Giovanni Esposito, Gaia Taffoni, Andrea Terlizzi - Infrastructures, development, and the policy-making of the EU’s Global Gateway
Presenter: Maurizio Carbone (UK - University of Glasgow)
Authors: Maurizio Carbone
Friday 5 September 2025
14:00-15:45
ROOM M4, Courtyard of the Statues, Via Paladino 3914:00-15:45
CHAIRS Giovanni Esposito, Andrea Terlizzi
DISCUSSANT Andrea Terlizzi (Italy - University of Florence)
- Beyond Victimhood: Gender, Migration, and the Repoliticization of Humanitarian Law
Presenter: Daniela Belliti (Italy - Milano Bicocca University)
Authors: Daniela Belliti - Domestic and Gender Based Violence Governance in Ghana
Presenter: Rosina Foli (Ghana - University of Ghana)
Authors: Rosina Foli, George Domfe, Joshua Zaato - Mobilizing Against LGBTIQ+ Equality: Anti-LGBT Events in Four Western Countries: Actions or Reactions?
Presenter: Massimo Prearo (Italy - University of Verona)
Authors: Massimo Prearo, Federico Trastulli, Pedro Lourenço
Friday 5 September 2025
14:00-15:45
ROOM Z3, Courtyard of the Statues, Via Paladino 39 -
1st floor, inside the Study hall14:00-15:45
CHAIR Massimo Prearo (Italy - University of Verona)
DISCUSSANT Massimo Prearo (Italy - University of Verona)
- Why do MPs shift their attention to environmental hazards and natural disasters when speaking about the environment?
Presenters: Luca Pinto (Italy - University of Bologna), Paolo Gambacciani (Italy - University of Bologna)
Authors: Luca Pinto, Paolo Gambacciani, Paride Carrara - Parliamentary Speeches and Re-Election Incentives
Presenter: Edoardo Alberto Viganò (Germany - Witten/Herdecke University)
Authors: Edoardo Alberto Viganò, Francesco Bromo, Paride Carrara, Paolo Gambacciani - Parliamentary questions and party influence in the EU enlargement process: the Case of Albania
Presenter: Alda Kushi (Italy - University of Salento)
Authors: Alda Kushi - Ambiguous Coalitions: How parties’ ideological ambiguity impact government formation
Presenter: Paride Carrara (Italy - University of Bologna)
Authors: Paride Carrara
Friday 5 September 2025
14:00-15:45
ROOM T2, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 114:00-15:45
CHAIRS Enrico Borghetto, Elisabetta De Giorgi
DISCUSSANT Enrico Borghetto (Italy - University of Florence)
- Beyond Legal Compliance: Vulnerability and Inclusive Design in European Urban Digital Twins
Presenter: Simone Vagnoni (Italy - University of Bologna)
Authors: Simone Vagnoni, Delia Maria Coluccino, Beatrice Balzola, Andrea Filippo Ferraris, Lucas Ramon Ciutat - The Domain Relationship Diagram: Clarifying and Communicating Stakeholder Perspectives in Interconnected Digital Twin Architectures
Presenter: Matt Tipuric (UK - University of Sheffield)
Authors: Matt Tipuric, Davif=d Wagg - Pushing out of Citizenship Through Data Doubles: The Case of South African ID Blocking
Presenter: Carolina Polito (Italy - LUISS Guido Carli - Rome)
Authors: Carolina Polito - Digital twin politics: Unlocking the full potential of digital twins for sustainable ocean futures
Presenters: Felix Nütz (Austria - University of Wien), Carolin Hirt (Austria - University of Vienna)
Authors: Felix Nütz, Carolin Hirt, Alice Vadrot
Friday 5 September 2025
14:00-15:45
ROOM T3, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 114:00-15:45
Session 2
CHAIRS Fortunato Musella, Luigi Rullo
DISCUSSANT Michelangelo Vercesi (Italy - University of Naples Federico II)
- The Erosion of Academic Freedom in Autocratizing Regimes
Presenter: Angelo Vito Panaro (Germany - FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg)
Authors: Angelo Vito Panaro - Democratization and homicide levels in Latin America: A comparative analysis from csQCA
Presenter: Rafael Plancarte Escobar (Mexico - University of Guanajuato)
Authors: Rafael Plancarte Escobar - Inequality and Redistribution in the Global South
Presenter: Andrea Vaccaro (Italy - European University Institute)
Authors: Andrea Vaccaro
Friday 5 September 2025
14:00-15:45
ROOM 7, San Marcellino - Largo S. Marcellino 1014:00-15:45
CHAIRS Angelo Vito Panaro, Andrea Vaccaro
DISCUSSANT Angelo Vito Panaro (Germany - FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg)
- Ecosocial Governance: Local Patterns and Drivers
Presenter: Francesco Sarti (Switzerland - University of Lausanne)
Authors: Francesco Sarti, Ekaterina Domorenok, Jana Brandl - Conflitti locali nella transizione energetica: il caso della Sardegna
Presenter: Adriano Cirulli (Italy - University of Bergamo)
Authors: Adriano Cirulli, Gerardo Costabile Nicoletta - Transizione energetica e territorio: una comparazione tra Spagna e Italia
Presenter: Simone Guglielmelli (Italy - University of Calabria)
Authors: Simone Guglielmelli
Friday 5 September 2025
14:00-15:45
ROOM G3, San Marcellino - Largo S. Marcellino 1014:00-15:45
CHAIRS Gerardo Costabile Nicoletta, Valeria Tarditi
DISCUSSANT Federica Frazzetta (Italy - Scuola Normale Superiore)
- How to reduce crime and disorder? Mapping the diffusion and characteristics of Italian Administrative Orders
Presenter: Marco Calaresu (Italy - University of Sassari)
Authors: Marco Calaresu, Mauro Tebaldi, Mirko Nazzari, Chiara De Micheli - Trends and Features of Governing‑By‑Order in Italian Cities During COVID‑19
Presenter: Adriano Cozzolino (Italy - University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli)
Authors: Adriano Cozzolino, Diego Giannone, Chiara De Micheli - No Sales After Midnight: Preliminary Evidence on the Impact of the Tenderloin Retail Hours Restriction Pilot Program on Drug-related Crime
Presenter: Mirko Nazzari (Italy - University of Sassari)
Authors: Mirko Nazzari, Marco Calaresu, Moris Triventi - Cybersecurity Policies and Local Digital Sovereignty
Presenter: Mauro Santaniello (Italy - University of Salerno)
Authors: Mauro Santaniello
Friday 5 September 2025
14:00-15:45
ROOM G4, San Marcellino - Largo S. Marcellino 1014:00-15:45
CHAIRS Marco Calaresu, Diego Giannone
DISCUSSANT Giulia Assirelli (Italy - University Cattolica del Sacro Cuore)
- Socialist Parties' Response to the Electoral Success of the Populist Radical Right in Central and Eastern Europe
Presenter: Gianmarco Bucci (Italy - Scuola Normale Superiore)
Authors: Gianmarco Bucci - The Crisis of the Left in Times of Crisis: Between Resilience and Demise in the Visegrád Countries.
Presenter: Mattia Collini (Czech Republic - Charles University)
Authors: Mattia Collini, Michel Perottino - Goodbye Stranger: Working-Class Electoral Cross-Pressures in 9 Western European Countries (1989-2024)
Presenter: Federico Trastulli (Italy - University of Verona)
Authors: Ruth Dassonneville, Federico Trastulli - Le defezioni degli elettori di sinistra: motivazioni e direzioni dell'exit e possibile bacino di riferimento
Presenter: Paolo Natale (Italy - University of Milan)
Authors: Paolo Natale - La smobilitazione dell'elettorato popolare di sinistra
Presenter: Roberto Biorcio (Italy - Milano Bicocca University)
Authors: Roberto Biorcio
Friday 5 September 2025
14:00-15:45
ROOM II.1, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 114:00-15:45
Session 2
CHAIRS Jacopo Custodi, Luciano Mario Fasano, Walter Haeusl, Paolo Natale
DISCUSSANT Walter Haeusl (Spain - Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
- Democratic Legitimacy and Geo-Political Voice: The European Parliament’s Response to Russia’s War Against Ukraine
Presenter: Stefano Braghiroli (Estonia - University of Tartu)
Authors: Stefano Braghiroli - Talking Heads: Sending signals to the public at the European Council
Presenter: Michele Scotto Di Vettimo (UK - King's College London)
Authors: Michele Scotto Di Vettimo - The Determinants of Issue Attention in the European Parliament
Presenter: Federico Russo (Italy - University of Salento)
Authors: Federico Russo, Marcello Carammia - The Ideational Leadership of EU Institutions: A Text Analysis of EU Foreign Policy on Ukraine
Presenter: matilde.ceron@plus.ac.at
Authors: Maria Giulia Amadio Viceré, Andrea Capati, Matilde Ceron - Borders, Territoriality, and Geopolitical Agency in the European Council: The EU’s Strategic Reorientation in Times of Crisis
Presenter: Jarosław Jańczak (European Univeristy Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany; Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland)
Authors: Jarosław Jańczak
Friday 5 September 2025
14:00-15:45
ROOM G1, San Marcellino - Largo S. Marcellino 1014:00-15:45
Session 2
CHAIR Camilla Mariotto
DISCUSSANT Michele Scotto Di Vettimo (UK - King's College London)
- Politics at First Sight: A Comparative Exploration of Ideological Stereotypes in Four EU Countries
Presenter: Gaetano Scaduto (Italy - Milano Bicocca University)
Authors: Gaetano Scaduto, Fedra Negri, Silvia Decadri - The Feedback Mechanisms of Social Media Platforms and Their Role in Favouring Disinformation and Political Polarisation in Contemporary Democracies
Presenter: Paolo Gerbaudo (Spain - Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
Authors: Paolo Gerbaudo - Reducing partisan animosity with Voting Advice Applications (VAAs)
Presenter: Diego Garzia (Switzerland - University of Lausanne)
Authors: Diego Garzia, Frederico Ferreira Da Silva, Alvaro Canelejo-Molero, Lorenzo Cicchi, Andres Reiljan, Alexander Trechsel
Friday 5 September 2025
14:00-15:45
ROOM II.2, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 114:00-15:45
Session 2
CHAIRS Roberta Bracciale, Lorenzo Mosca, Filippo Tronconi
DISCUSSANT Alberta Giorgi (Italy - University of Bergamo)
- Institutional and Discursive Norm Violations in Electoral Campaigns: Exploring Direct and Cumulative Effects
Presenter: Leonardo Puleo (Ireland - University College Dublin)
Authors: Leonardo Puleo, Joseph Lacey, Samuel Johnston, Jan Fabian Dollbaum - When Democracies Bend: Understanding Democratic Backsliding Through Citizens' Attitudes
Presenter: Giovanni Pagano (Italy - University of Milan)
Authors: Giovanni Pagano, Francesco Piacentini - Visions of democracy: what citizens and political elites actually think of democratic representation (REDIRECT project)
Presenter: Paolo Marzi (Italy - University of Siena)
Authors: Paolo Marzi, Francesco Marangoni
Friday 5 September 2025
14:00-15:45
ROOM I.2, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 114:00-15:45
Session 2
CHAIRS Francesco Piacentini, Carolina Plescia
DISCUSSANT Margherita Bordignon (Italy - University of Pavia)
- La fiducia dei cittadini europei verso i sistemi giudiziari nazionali nella pandemia di Covid-19: istituzioni, politiche di contrasto e opinioni pubbliche
Presenter: Michele Sapignoli (Italy - University of Bologna)
Authors: Michele Sapignoli - La Corte Costituzionale italiana e i diritti sociali e del lavoro. Un’analisi delle sentenze
Presenter: Emmanuele Pavolini (Italy - University of Milan)
Authors: Emmanuele Pavolini, Francesco Zucchini - Verso un nuovo attivismo giudiziario? La magistratura come agente del cambiamento
Presenter: Luca Verzelloni (Italy - Milano Bicocca University)
Authors: Luca Verzelloni, Maurizio Catino - Courts as Constitutional Veto Players
Presenter: Daria Boratyn (Poland - Jagellonian University in Krakow)
Authors: Daria Boratyn, Dariusz Stolicki - Why They Exist, How They Decide: Theoretical Connections in the Literature on Constitutional Courts
Presenter: Francesco Zucchini (Italy - University of Milan)
Authors: Francesco Zucchini, Emmanuele Pavolini
Friday 5 September 2025
14:00-15:45
ROOM T1, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 114:00-15:45
Session 2
CHAIR Emmanuele Pavolini (Italy - University of Milan)
DISCUSSANT Cristina Dallara (Italy - University of Bologna)
- Sorting Between and Within Coalitions: The Italian Centre-Right after the Great Recession
Presenter: Matthew Bergman (Hungary - Corvinus University of Budapest)
Authors: Matthew Bergman - Le priorità che cambiano: l’evoluzione delle issue salience tra gli elettori della sinistra attraverso le inchieste ITANES
Presenter: Domenico Fruncillo (Italy - University of Salerno)
Authors: Domenico Fruncillo, Maurizio Cavaliere, Elisa Musto - Analyzing the Evolution of Italy’s Electoral Space through the lens of Generational Change
Presenter: Nicola Maggini (Italy - University of Bologna)
Authors: Nicola Maggini, Cristiano Vezzoni
Friday 5 September 2025
14:00-15:45
ROOM Pagano 2, San Marcellino - Largo S. Marcellino 1014:00-15:45
CHAIRS Franca Roncarolo, Cristiano Vezzoni
DISCUSSANT Fabio Serricchio (Italy - University of Molise)
Friday 5 September 2025
14:00-15:45
Church of San Marcellino e Festo, Largo S. Marcellino 1014:00-15:45
Area Perspectives: The Contribution to the Theory of International Relations
Participants: Giovanni Agostinis (University of Bologna), Giovanni Andornino (University of Turin), Irene Costantini (University of Naples L’Orientale), Simone Dossi (University of Milan), Alessandra Russo (University of Trento)
Chairs and introduction: Sonia Lucarelli (University of Bologna)
CHAIRS Sonia Lucarelli, Andrea Ruggeri, Alessandra Russo, Marco Siddi
Friday 5 September 2025
14:00-15:45
ROOM I.1, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 114:00-15:45
Participants: Andrea L. P. Pirro (University of Bologna), Antonis A. Ellinas (University of Cyprus), Giorgia Bulli (University of Florence), Anna-Sophie Heinze (Trier University)
CHAIR Andrea L. P. Pirro
15:45-16:15 (Time Zone CEST Europe/Rome)
Friday 5 September 2025
15:45-16:15
San Marcellino Cloister Coffee break15:45-16:15
16:15-18:00 (Time Zone CEST Europe/Rome)
Friday 5 September 2025
16:15-18:00
Church of San Marcellino e Festo, Largo S. Marcellino 10 Second plenary session
Henry Farrell, AI As Cultural Regulation16:15-18:00
18:00-18:30 (Time Zone CEST Europe/Rome)
Friday 5 September 2025
18:00-18:30
Church of San Marcellino e Festo, Largo S. Marcellino 10 In Memory of Leonardo Morlino18:00-18:30
Pablo Onate (University of Valencia, former IPSA President)
Francesco Raniolo (Università della Calabria)
Cecilia Sottilotta (Università per Stranieri di Perugia)
18:30-19:30 (Time Zone CEST Europe/Rome)
Friday 5 September 2025
18:30-19:30
Church of San Marcellino e Festo, Largo S. Marcellino 10 SISP General Assembly18:30-19:30
20:30 (Time Zone CEST Europe/Rome)
Friday 5 September 2025
20:30
Santa Chiara Cloister, Via Santa Chiara 49c Gala dinner20:30
Saturday 6 September 2025
09:00-10:45 (Time Zone CEST Europe/Rome)
- Still Männerpartei? The Radical Right Gender Gap Across Europe
Presenter: Davide Angelucci (Italy - Unitelma Sapienza University of Rome)
Authors: Davide Angelucci - Place, Identity, and Ideology: Explaining Voter Support for Territorial Redistribution
Presenter: Marta Eidheim (Norway - University of Bergen)
Authors: Marta Eidheim - Voting Across Borders: The Intersection of Ethnicity and Gender in Shaping Voting Behaviour in Europe
Presenter: Ester Flumeri (Italy - Unitelma Sapienza University of Rome)
Authors: Ester Flumeri - The Evolution of Major Conflicts: A Diachronic Examination of Class and Transnational Cleavages
Presenter: Francesco Marolla (Italy - University of Milan)
Authors: Francesco Marolla, Alessio Scopelliti - Education-Based Identities and Voting Behavior Across Europe
Presenter: Gabriel Gonzalez Bello (Spain - University of Coruna)
Authors: Gabriel Gonzalez Bello - Mapping the politicisation of gender issues in European party politics
Presenter: Giuseppe Carteny (Germany - Saarland University)
Authors: Giuseppe Carteny, Daniela Braun, Ruveyda Betül Bahceci
Saturday 6 September 2025
09:00-10:45
ROOM T2, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 109:00-10:45
Session 1
CHAIRS Mirko Crulli, Vincenzo Emanuele
DISCUSSANT Sofia Marini (Denmark - University of Aarhus)
- "Words or Deeds"? The impact of cues and policy legacies on public support for extending the NGEU
Presenter: Alexandru Moise (Italy - European University Institute)
Authors: Alexandru Moise, Zbigniew Truchlewski, Ioana-Elena Oana - Blaming Brussels? Labor market reforms in times of the new European economic governance
Presenter: Joshua Cova (Germany - Max Planck Institute)
Authors: Joshua Cova - Explaining information exchange in EU oversight relationships
Presenter: Camilla Mariotto (Austria - University of Innsbruck)
Authors: Camilla Mariotto - Beyond Conditionality: Substantive Representation and Gender Mainstreaming in Italy's RRP
Presenter: Matilde Ceron (Austria - University of Salzburg)
Authors: Matilde Ceron - Are rewards more effective than punishments? The new EU’s take on conditionality in response to the Covid pandemic
Presenter: Mattia Guidi (Italy - University of Siena)
Authors: Mattia Guidi, Igor Guardiancich, Enrico Borghetto, Lucia Quaglia
Saturday 6 September 2025
09:00-10:45
ROOM T3, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 109:00-10:45
Session 1
CHAIRS Igor Guardiancich, Mattia Guidi
DISCUSSANT Tiziano Zgaga (Germany - Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München)
- The war in Ukraine and the public foundations of the European Security
Presenter: Claudio Cozzi Fucile (Italy - University of Siena)
Authors: Claudio Cozzi Fucile, Pierangelo Isernia, Francesco Olmastroni, Sergio Martini - Echoes of war: how public opinion shapes European digital diplomacy
Presenter: Filippo Simonelli (Italy - University of Siena)
Authors: Valentina Pettosini, Filippo Simonelli, Claudio Cozzi Fucile - Imagining security in a post-nuclear world: Views from civil society
Presenter: Michal Onderco (Netherlands - Erasmus University)
Authors: Michal Onderco - Up patriots to arms! Alliances, constraints and strategic narratives on Readiness 2030 in the Italian left
Presenter: Arianna Bettin (Italy - University of Genoa)
Authors: Arianna Bettin
Saturday 6 September 2025
09:00-10:45
ROOM 7, San Marcellino - Largo S. Marcellino 1009:00-10:45
Session 1
CHAIR Michal Onderco (Netherlands - Erasmus University)
DISCUSSANT Francesco Baraldi (Netherlands - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
- How Data Protection Authorities become Cybersecurity Advocates: a comparative perspective
Presenter: Maria Stella Righettini (Italy - University of Padua)
Authors: Maria Stella Righettini, Monica Ibba - Private power in a fragmented digital age: Big Tech, cybersecurity governance, and the future of global order
Presenter: Ella Gorian (India - Manipal Academy of Higher Education)
Authors: Ella Gorian - CyberSecurity in Europe’s Shadowed Borders: Virtual Replicas and Unsettled Predictive Controls.
Presenter: Gerardo Ferrentino (Italy - University of Salerno)
Authors: Gerardo Ferrentino - Digital Sovereignty and European Cybersecurity Policy: Shaping a Unified Future
Presenter: Gaia Fristachi (Italy - University of Naples Federico II)
Authors: Gaia Fristachi, Giuseppe Borriello - Walking the Cybersecurity Tightrope: The EU Dilemma Between Multi-Level Governance and Power Centralization
Presenter: Michele Barbieri (Italy - University of Salerno)
Authors: Michele Barbieri
Saturday 6 September 2025
09:00-10:45
ROOM G3, San Marcellino - Largo S. Marcellino 1009:00-10:45
CHAIR Nicola Palladino (Italy - University of Salerno)
DISCUSSANTS Alessandro Natalini (Italy - LUMSA University), Mauro Santaniello (Italy - University of Salerno)
- Strategies of agenda denial: Far-right and anti-gender opposition to gender equality policies in Italy
Presenter: Anna Lavizzari (Spain - Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
Authors: Anna Lavizzari, Andrea Terlizzi - In the Best Interest of Woman and Child: The Weaponization of Feminist Narratives in the Criminalization of Surrogacy in Italy
Presenter: Giada Bonu Rosenkranz (Italy - Scuola Normale Superiore)
Authors: Giada Bonu Rosenkranz - The Uneven Progress of LGBTQI+ Rights in the EU: A Comparative Analysis of the Determinants
Presenter: Pamela Pansardi (Italy - University of Pavia)
Authors: Pamela Pansardi, Eugenio Salvati, Margherita Bordignon - Policy Implementation Process of LGBTTTIQ+ Affirmative Actions in Oaxaca: Challenges and Lessons Drawn.
Presenter: Paulina Morales Avila (Czech Republic - Anglo-American University, Prague)
Authors: Paulina Morales Avila, Zuzana Fellegi - LGBTQIA+ Equality Policies in Southern Europe: A Comparison Between Italy and Portugal
Presenter: Gaia Matilde Ripamonti (Italy - University of Trieste)
Authors: Gaia Matilde Ripamonti, Elisabetta De Giorgi
Saturday 6 September 2025
09:00-10:45
ROOM G4, San Marcellino - Largo S. Marcellino 1009:00-10:45
CHAIRS Elisabetta De Giorgi, Massimo Prearo
DISCUSSANT Pamela Pansardi (Italy - University of Pavia)
- Unpacking societal intelligence interfaces: A comparative analysis of local child well-being public value solutions in Belgium and Italy.
Presenters: Chiara Russo (Belgium - University of Antwerp), Federico Cuomo (Italy - University of Turin)
Authors: Chiara Russo, Federico Cuomo, Tiziana Caponio - Navigating Turbulence with Robustness: a comparative study of water utilities in Europe affected by climate change
Presenter: Lorenzo Eaco (Italy - University of Bologna)
Authors: Lorenzo Eaco - Digitalizing under uneven conditions: an evaluation of eprocurement policy implementation by regional contracting authorities in Italy
Presenter: Anna Malandrino (Italy - University of Turin)
Authors: Anna Malandrino
Saturday 6 September 2025
09:00-10:45
ROOM II.1, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 109:00-10:45
Session 1
CHAIRS Maria Tullia Galanti, Johanna Hornung, Laura Mastroianni
DISCUSSANT Laura Mastroianni (Italy - University of Bologna)
- Entangled Struggles: Legal Mobilisations Against Institutional Violence in Italy and Tunisia
Presenter: Lorenzo Ghione (Italy - University of Bologna)
Authors: Lorenzo Ghione, Daniela Musina - EU-Moroccan renewable energy relations and the question of energy democracy
Presenter: Daniela Huber (Italy - University of Roma Tre)
Authors: Daniela Huber, Akram Ezzamouri - Climate, Aid, and Authoritarianism: Is ODA Fungibility a Driver of
Autocratic Transition?
Presenter: Insaf Dimassi (Italy - University of Bologna)
Authors: Insaf Dimassi
Saturday 6 September 2025
09:00-10:45
ROOM G1, San Marcellino - Largo S. Marcellino 1009:00-10:45
CHAIRS Giulia Cimini, Clara Della Valle, Ester Sigillò
DISCUSSANT Gianni Del Panta (Italy - University of Pavia)
- Italy’s Foreign Energy Policy and the Mattei Plan:
More than Meets the Eye?
Presenter: Ruth Hanau Santini (Italy - University of Naples L'Orientale)
Authors: Ruth Hanau Santini, Andrea Prontera - Italy’s Strategic Shift: Connecting the Wider Mediterranean to the Indo-Pacific
Presenter: Francesco Giovanni Lizzi (Italy - University of Bologna)
Authors: Francesco Giovanni Lizzi, Matteo Dian - Comfortably numb? Political Alignment and Military Innovation: The Italian Armed Forces in the Post–Cold War Era
Presenter: Matteo Mazziotti Di Celso (Italy - University of Genoa)
Authors: Matteo Mazziotti Di Celso, Fabrizio Coticchia
Saturday 6 September 2025
09:00-10:45
ROOM II.2, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 109:00-10:45
Session 1
CHAIRS Emidio Diodato, Raffaele Marchetti
DISCUSSANT Raffaele Marchetti (Italy - LUISS Guido Carli - Rome)
- Advocacy and Epistemic Communities in the Euro-Mediterranean Cooperation: The Role of Expertise
Presenter: Valentina Gruarin (Italy - University of Catania)
Authors: Valentina Gruarin - Prospects for Increased Student Participation and Advocacy Within the International Education Polity: the Emergence of the Global Student Forum
Presenter: Giuseppe Lipari (Italy - Scuola Normale Superiore)
Authors: Giuseppe Lipari - The Achievements and Limitations in Transparency under the 2024 Ukrainian Lobbying Law in the Domestic and Global Context
Presenter: Rostyslav Gerasymov (Italy - University of Urbino Carlo Bo)
Authors: Rostyslav Gerasymov
Saturday 6 September 2025
09:00-10:45
ROOM I.2, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 109:00-10:45
Session 1
CHAIR Alberto Bitonti
DISCUSSANT Giuseppe Montalbano ()
- La tendenza al commissariamento: il territorio fa differenza?
Presenters: Domenico Fruncillo (Italy - University of Salerno), Roberto De Luca
Authors: Domenico Fruncillo, Roberto De Luca, Walter Greco - Amministrazioni straordinarie? Politica, mafia e commissariamenti in un comune del Mezzogiorno.
Presenter: Federico Esposito (Italy - University of Naples Federico II)
Authors: Federico Esposito - La lunga dismissione di Bagnoli: stallo, commissariamento, politicizzazione
Presenter: Luciano Brancaccio (Italy - University of Naples Federico II)
Authors: Luciano Brancaccio
Saturday 6 September 2025
09:00-10:45
ROOM T1, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 109:00-10:45
Session 1
CHAIRS Luciano Brancaccio (Italy - University of Naples Federico II), Vittorio Mete (Italy - University of Florence)
DISCUSSANT Dario Tuorto (Italy - University of Bologna)
Saturday 6 September 2025
09:00-10:45
ROOM I.1, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 109:00-10:45
Participants: Andrea Cassani (University of Milan, Statale), Chiara Milan (Scuola Normale Superiore), Daniela Pioppi (University of Naples, L’Orientale)
Chairs: Rosita Di Peri and Chiara Maritato (University of Turin)
CHAIR Rosita Di Peri
09:00-11:15 (Time Zone CEST Europe/Rome)
Saturday 6 September 2025
09:00-11:15
Courtyard of the Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 1 Registration of participants
Information desk09:00-11:15
10:45-11:15 (Time Zone CEST Europe/Rome)
Saturday 6 September 2025
10:45-11:15
San Marcellino Cloister Coffee break10:45-11:15
11:15-13:00 (Time Zone CEST Europe/Rome)
- Incumbency or Succumbency? The Cost of Being in Government as a Determinant of the Crisis of the Left
Presenter: Mattia Collini (Czech Republic - Charles University)
Authors: Mattia Collini, Matteo Boldrini, Sorina Soare - Combining ESS, EVS, and V-Dem to Examine Migrant Political Incorporation in European Democracies
Presenter: Zeynep Mentesoglu Tardivo (Italy - University of Milan)
Authors: Zeynep Mentesoglu Tardivo, Simona Guglielmi - Intersectionality and electoral participation
Presenter: Federico Trastulli (Italy - University of Verona)
Authors: Mirko Crulli, Vincenzo Emanuele, Federico Trastulli - Technocracy or not, this is the question: Can the party system predict the presence of technocrats in governments?
Presenter: Alessandro Di Biagio (Germany - University of Cologne)
Authors: Alessandro Di Biagio - Two Types of Issue Polarisation: Why Voter Divisions Do Not Always Encourage Party Attention
Presenter: William John Atkinson (Italy - LUISS Guido Carli - Rome)
Authors: William John Atkinson
Saturday 6 September 2025
11:15-13:00
ROOM T2, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 111:15-13:00
Session 2
CHAIRS Mirko Crulli, Vincenzo Emanuele
DISCUSSANT Alessandro Chiaramonte (Italy - University of Florence)
- Gaming the rules. The Politics of Technocratic Fiscal Surveillance in the EMU
Presenter: Camilla Locatelli (Germany - Max Planck Institute)
Authors: Camilla Locatelli - How other European and international stakeholders perceive and respond to the Franco-German influence on the European Union – The case of the Investment Screening Mechanism
Presenter: Domenico Farinelli (Belgium - Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
Authors: Domenico Farinelli - Why not a directive this time? The EU Recommendation on an Adequate Minimum Income in comparative perspective
Presenter: Stefano Ronchi (Italy - University of Milan)
Authors: Stefano Ronchi, Angie Gago - Between Industrial Ambition and Financial Dependence: The Political Economy of Climate-related Industrial Investment in the European Union
Presenter: Matteo Frisoni (UK - King's College London)
Authors: Matteo Frisoni - Redistribution and polity-making in the EU
Presenter: Antonio Zotti (Italy - University Cattolica del Sacro Cuore)
Authors: Antonio Zotti
Saturday 6 September 2025
11:15-13:00
ROOM T3, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 111:15-13:00
Session 2
CHAIRS Igor Guardiancich, Mattia Guidi
DISCUSSANT Joshua Cova (Germany - Max Planck Institute)
- Far-Right Politics in European Security Cooperation: Italy in the EU and NATO
Presenter: Raffaele Mastrorocco (Italy - European University Institute)
Authors: Raffaele Mastrorocco - Strategic Co-existence and Constructive Ambiguity: A Reassessment of Türkiye–Russia Relations from Georgia to Ukraine
Presenter: André Matos (Portugal - Universidade Aberta)
Authors: André Matos, Edoardo Lavezzo - Coalitions for Change: Understanding the Drivers behind Italy’s Mattei Plan through the Advocacy Coalition Framework
Presenter: Michele Collazzo (Italy - University of Bologna)
Authors: Michele Collazzo
Saturday 6 September 2025
11:15-13:00
ROOM 7, San Marcellino - Largo S. Marcellino 1011:15-13:00
Session 2
CHAIR Michal Onderco (Netherlands - Erasmus University)
DISCUSSANT Fabrizio Coticchia (Italy - University of Genoa)
- The failure of Israeli early warning on October 7: what lies behind it?
Presenter: Ruth Hanau Santini (Italy - University of Naples L'Orientale)
Authors: Ruth Hanau Santini, Andrea Novellis - The Development of a « Method » Integrating Political Risk Analysis and Future Studies for Universities
Presenter: Adib Bencherif (Canada - Université de Sherbrooke)
Authors: Adib Bencherif - Megatrends, emerging issues, wild cards: Exploring the futures of the International System through Horizon Scanning
Presenter: Roberto Paura (Italy - Italian Institute for the Future)
Authors: Roberto Paura, Roberto Covino, Adriano Cozzolino - Integrating Matrix Games into Strategic Foresight: A Framework for Anticipatory Analysis
Presenter: Manfredi Valeriani (Italy - LUISS Guido Carli - Rome)
Authors: Manfredi Valeriani - Intelligence and Warning Failures as sources of Political Risk: Lessons From the War in Ukraine
Presenter: Cecilia Emma Sottilotta (Italy - University for Foreigners of Perugia)
Authors: Cecilia Emma Sottilotta
Saturday 6 September 2025
11:15-13:00
ROOM G4, San Marcellino - Largo S. Marcellino 1011:15-13:00
CHAIRS Adriano Cozzolino, Roberto Paura, Cecilia Emma Sottilotta
DISCUSSANT Cecilia Emma Sottilotta (Italy - University for Foreigners of Perugia)
- Italian nation branding in the decade of crises
Presenter: Fanni Tanács-Mandák (Hungary - Ludovika University of Public Service, Budapest)
Authors: Fanni Tanács-Mandák - Discourse, crisis, and policy change: a comparative study of integration policies in Europe in response to the Ukrainian exodus
Presenter: Elisa De Matteis (Italy - University of Padua)
Authors: Elisa De Matteis - Crises and Centralization of Power. The Management of the Recovery Policies in Comparative Perspective
Presenters: Giuseppe Ieraci (Italy - University of Trieste), Gaia Matilde Ripamonti (Italy - University of Trieste)
Authors: Giuseppe Ieraci, Gaia Matilde Ripamonti
Saturday 6 September 2025
11:15-13:00
ROOM II.1, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 111:15-13:00
Session 2
CHAIRS Maria Tullia Galanti, Johanna Hornung, Laura Mastroianni
DISCUSSANT Maria Tullia Galanti (Italy - University of Milan)
- Strategic Divergences: A Comparative Study of Critical Raw Material Approaches
Presenter: Claudio Christopher Passalacqua (Italy - University of Bologna)
Authors: Claudio Christopher Passalacqua, Andrea Prontera - Public statements in secluded negotiations: Analysing leaders' communication at the European Council
Presenter: Michele Scotto Di Vettimo (UK - King's College London)
Authors: Michele Scotto Di Vettimo - The Alliance is talking: Introducing the NATO Secretary General
speeches dataset
Presenter: Fabio Maina (Italy - University of Genoa)
Authors: Fabio Maina, Federico Salvati - The Temporal Dimension of Policy Diffusion: Timing, Stickiness, and Symbolism in Climate Policy Framing
Presenter: Andrea Knapp (Italy - University of Bologna)
Authors: Andrea Knapp, Manuela Moschella, Donato Masciandaro
Saturday 6 September 2025
11:15-13:00
ROOM G1, San Marcellino - Largo S. Marcellino 1011:15-13:00
CHAIRS Andrea Knapp, Valerio Vignoli
DISCUSSANT Alice Iannantuoni (Switzerland - University of Geneva)
- Fortress or Buffer? A Complexity Approach to Italian Migration Governance across the Mediterranean
Presenter: Eugenio Cusumano (Italy - University of Messina)
Authors: Eugenio Cusumano, Diego Caballero-Velez - Italy’s exit from the Belt and Road Initiative: a case of Europeanization?
Presenter: Simone Dossi (Italy - University of Milan)
Authors: Simone Dossi, Giovanni B. Andornino, Anna Caffarena - From middle power to subordinate ally? Meloni's foreign policy in the aftermath of the 2022 Russo-Ukrainian war
Presenter: Marco Siddi (Italy - University of Cagliari)
Authors: Marco Siddi
Saturday 6 September 2025
11:15-13:00
ROOM II.2, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 111:15-13:00
Session 2
CHAIRS Emidio Diodato, Raffaele Marchetti
DISCUSSANT Emidio Diodato (Italy - University for Foreigners of Perugia)
- Ozempic's side effect: Power shifts the Danish pharmastate
Presenter: Catherine Moury (Portugal - Nova University of Lisbon)
Authors: Catherine Moury, Carlota Romano - From Greenwashing to NOwashing. Corporations' domination of citizens
Presenter: Elettra Repetto (Italy - University of Piemonte Orientale A. Avogadro)
Authors: Elettra Repetto - Beyond the Ballot: The Hidden Politics of Campaign Contributions in a Deregulated Era
Presenter: Chiara Fiorelli (Italy - Sapienza University of Rome)
Authors: Chiara Fiorelli
Saturday 6 September 2025
11:15-13:00
ROOM I.2, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 111:15-13:00
Session 2
CHAIR Alberto Bitonti
DISCUSSANT Andrea Pritoni (Italy - University of Bologna)
- Politics under Commissions and Local Communities: The Case of Caivano as a Dysfunctional Paradigm
Presenter: Stefania Ferraro (Italy - Università degli Studi Suor Orsola Benincasa, Napoli)
Authors: Stefania Ferraro, Anna D'Ascenzio - Entities under Region’s commissariamento: main dimensions and relevant aspects between politics and administration
Presenters: Andrea Girometti (Italy - University of Florence), Emanuela Chiodo (Italy - University of Calabria)
Authors: Beatrice Benocci, Emanuela Chiodo, Andrea Girometti - The trade-off between the principle of legality and the principle of effectiveness in the post-earthquake reconstruction of the community of Amatrice
Presenter: Fiorella Vinci (Italy - University Telematica E-Campus)
Authors: Fiorella Vinci - Local government between rebalancing and financial distress
Presenter: Lucia Montesanti (Italy - University of Catanzaro Magna Graecia)
Authors: Lucia Montesanti, Antonio Costabile
Saturday 6 September 2025
11:15-13:00
ROOM T1, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 111:15-13:00
Session 2
CHAIRS Luciano Brancaccio (Italy - University of Naples Federico II), Vittorio Mete (Italy - University of Florence)
DISCUSSANT Dario Tuorto (Italy - University of Bologna)
- Arms and Offsets: Reconfiguring Europe’s Defence Capacity to Fill the U.S. Strategic Void
Presenter: Jonata Anicetti (Belgium - Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB))
Authors: Jonata Anicetti, Elina Solomon, Monica Herrera - Breaking the Client Mold? Armenia’s Post-War Recalibration and the Limits of Patron-Client Relations with Russia
Presenter: Carlo Busini (Italy - University for Foreigners of Perugia)
Authors: Carlo Busini - When Clients Rebel: The EU–Niger Migration Pact as a Patron–Client Relationship
Presenter: Andreas Lind Kroknes (Norway - Norwegian Institute of International Affairs)
Authors: Andreas Lind Kroknes, Morten Bøås - Russia in Syria: Patron-Client Relations and Inter-Patronal Competition
Presenter: Nicolo' Fasola (Italy - University of Bologna)
Authors: Nicolo' Fasola - Unpacking EU support to Tunisian feminist associations through the lens of PCR
Presenter: Clara Della Valle (Italy - University of Bologna)
Authors: Clara Della Valle
Saturday 6 September 2025
11:15-13:00
ROOM Pagano 2, San Marcellino - Largo S. Marcellino 1011:15-13:00
CHAIR Clara Della Valle (Italy - University of Bologna)
DISCUSSANT Nicolo' Fasola (Italy - University of Bologna)
- Much Ado About Nothing: The Ceremonial and Declaratory Nature of the Open Balkan Initiative?
Presenter: Aleksandar Milosevic (Serbia - University of Belgrade)
Authors: Aleksandar Milosevic - Western Balkan Public Opinion vis-à-vis the EU: Another Hindrance to Enlargement?
Presenter: Filippo Marinoni (Italy - University of Urbino Carlo Bo)
Authors: Filippo Marinoni - Beyond Ideological Polarization: How Serbian Students are Uniting Fragmented Opposition Voters
Presenter: Dušan Vučićević (Serbia - University of Belgrade)
Authors: Dušan Vučićević, Nikola Jović - From reliable partners to ‘gate-keepers’? The impact of ‘border management’ cooperation on EU-Western Balkans relations.
Presenter: Carlotta Mingardi (Italy - University of Bologna)
Authors: Carlotta Mingardi
Saturday 6 September 2025
11:15-13:00
ROOM 6, San Marcellino - Largo S. Marcellino 1011:15-13:00
CHAIRS Carlotta Mingardi, Angelica Vascotto
DISCUSSANT Angelica Vascotto (Italy - University of Padua)
- Sustainable Empowerment and Food System Transformation: Pathways to Resilience and Inclusion
Presenter: Francesco Maria Betti (France - Université Catholique de Lille - ESPOL)
Authors: Francesco Maria Betti - Sustainable and gender-just urban food systems: the role of the ‘interstitial space’ between institutional and grassroot forms of governance in Milan and Barcelona
Presenter: Chiara Bergonzini (Italy - Milano Bicocca University)
Authors: Chiara Bergonzini - Social Innovation in Food Aid Practices: Towards multidimensional and innovative approaches for democratic food systems
Presenter: Ilaria Madama (Italy - University of Milan)
Authors: Ilaria Madama, Franca Maino, Elisa Bordin, Ezio Sorti, Ilaria Caracozza - How Relationships Shape Food Policy: Evidence from Italian Food Bank Supermarkets
Presenter: Alessandra Orsini (Italy - University of Teramo)
Authors: Alessandra Orsini, Simone Busetti
Saturday 6 September 2025
11:15-13:00
ROOM Ovale, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 111:15-13:00
CHAIR Irina Aguiari
DISCUSSANT Irina Aguiari (Italy - Scuola Normale Superiore)
Saturday 6 September 2025
11:15-13:00
Church of San Marcellino e Festo, Largo S. Marcellino 10 Academic Freedom at Risk: From Global to Local Challenges11:15-13:00
Co-organized by ECPR, IPSA, and SISP
Participants: Donatella della Porta (Scuola Normale Superiore), Daniela Irrera (ECPR), Pablo Oñate (IPSA), Claudia Padovani (University of Padua), Lorenzo Zamponi (Scuola Normale Superiore)
Chair and introduction: Franca Roncarolo (SISP)
- Constructing the Leader from Below: Visual Memory Activism and the Populist Afterlife of Silvio Berlusconi
Presenter: Giovanni Daniele Starita (Italy - Scuola Normale Superiore)
Authors: Giovanni Daniele Starita, Tommaso Trillò - From Rallies to Reels: the Trumpdance and the Performative Logic of TikTok Campaigning
Presenter: Alice Fubini (Italy - University of Bologna)
Authors: Cristopher Cepernich, Alice Fubini, Antonio Martella - Political Fandom on Instagram: Comparing Emotional Bonds with Leaders Across Three Countries
Presenter: Sara Consonni (Italy - University of Perugia)
Authors: Sara Consonni, Giovanni Barbieri, Marco Mazzoni - Who’s in the Fandom? Political Fans’ Behavioral and Attitudinal Traits in Seven European Countries
Presenter: Giacomo Salvarani (Italy - University of Urbino Carlo Bo)
Authors: Fabio Bordignon, Giacomo Salvarani
Saturday 6 September 2025
11:15-13:00
ROOM I.1, Department of Social Sciences, Vico Monte della Pietà 111:15-13:00
CHAIRS Luigi Ceccarini, Alberta Giorgi
DISCUSSANT Olgierd Annusewicz (Poland - University of Warsaw)