Scientific Events

Organisation of scientific events

Organization of Women, Religions and Gender Relations Conference, University of Turin, 09 to 11 November by 2016.

Organization of '(Dis)locating Religion: Conflicts, challenges and changes' - ESA - political sociology mid-term conference, Brussels, 28 to 29 October by 2016.

Organization of Lived Religion. An ethnographical insight; 6th Ethnography and Qualitative Research conference, University of Bergamo, 08 to 11 June by 2016.

Organization of Political and public approaches to gender, secularism and multiculturalism, CIUL e CES - Lisboa, 11 to 13 November by 2015.

Member of the Organizing Committee of Religion and Local Politics (SISP general conference), Perugia, 11 to 11 September by 2014 (com Giorgi, Alberta Itçaina, Xabier).

Organization of Religion and Public Controversies (ECPR general conference), Glasgow, 03 September to 06 July 2014.

Member of the Organizing Committee of Public Debates on Religious/Ethical Issues in Western Europe , London Metropolitan University, 15 to 16 January by 2014 (com Ozzano, Luca Giorgi, Alberta).

Member of the Organizing Committee of "Research in precarious contexts" panel at the SISP annual conference, Florence, 12 to 14 September by 2013 (com Giorgi, Alberta Rivetti, Paola).

Member of the Organizing Committee of Panel Religion and local politics at the SISP annual Conference, Florence, 12 to 14 September by 2013 (com Itçaina, Xabier Giorgi, Alberta).

Member of the Organizing Committee of Gender Workshop: Feministas e Religiões em Diálogo, Coimbra, CES, 13 to 13 December by 2012 (com Toldy, Teresa Giorgi, Alberta).

Member of the Organizing Committee of Religion and Elections, panel included in the section "Elezioni e comportamento di voto", SISP annual conference, Roma, 13 to 15 September by 2012 (com Ozzano, Luca Giorgi, Alberta).

Member of the Organizing Committee of The religious factor in contemporary political movements, panel included in the section "Partecipazione e Movimenti Sociali". SISP annual Conference., Roma, 13 to 15 September by 2012 (com Giorgi, Alberta Polizzi, Emanuele).

Member of the Organizing Committee of Religious identity and Political Participation, panel included in the section "Partecipazione e Movimenti Sociali", SISP annual conference, Palermo, 08 to 10 September by 2011 (com Giorgi, Alberta Ozzano, Luca).

Member of the Organizing Committee of Migrants and Participation, panel included in the section "Partecipazione e Movimenti Sociali", SISP annual conference, Venezia, 16 to 18 September by 2010 (com Giorgi, Alberta Marino, Stefania).

Member of the Organizing Committee of Religion, migration and political participation, panel included in the section "Religion and Politics", PSA annual conference, Edinburgh, 29 March to 01 April 2010 (com Peace, Timothy Giorgi, Alberta).

Presentations in scientific events

Giorgi, Alberta (2016), "Scalar secularism and scalar secularities: Italy and Portugal in comparison", paper presented at ESA - political sociology mid-term conference, Brussels, 28 to 29 October.

Giorgi, Alberta; Annicchino, Pasquale (2016), "The legal status and strategic action of religious minorities in Italy: localized human rights", paper presented at EUREL conference Governance and religion in Europe, University of Luxembourg, 29 to 30 September.

Giorgi, Alberta; Annicchino, Pasquale (2016), "Juridical Regimes and political opportunity structure - the difficulties of 'sizing it up'", paper presented at International conference, European Association for the Study of Religions, Relocating Religion, Helsinki, 28 June 01 July.

Giorgi, Alberta (2016), "Politics, Religion and the Secular", paper presented at International conference, European Association for the Study of Religions, Relocating Religion, Helsinki, 28 June 01 July.

Giorgi, Alberta; Annicchino, Pasquale (2016), "The legal status and strategic action of religious minorities in Italy: localized human rights", paper presented at International Conference on Religion and Human Rights, Padua, 12 to 15 April.

Giorgi, Alberta (2016), "Who's talking 'commons' in Italy?'", paper presented at Who's talking 'commons' in Italy?', CEMS-IMM (Centre d'Etudes des Mouvements Sociaux - Institut Marcel Mauss), EHESS/CNRS , 08 to 08 February.

Giorgi, Alberta; Polizzi, Emanuele (2015), "Religion and the common good - between Communion and the commons", paper presented at Transnational Religious Movements, Dialogue and Economic Development, University of Turin, 10 to 11 December.

Giorgi, Alberta (2015), "The political debate on religion and education in Italy (2001-2013)", paper presented at Biannual conference of the International Society for Sociology of Religion, Louvain-la-Neuve, 02 to 05 July.

Giorgi, Alberta (2015), "Gendering Secularism", paper presented at Gender Workshop, University of Turin, 23 to 23 June.

Giorgi, Alberta; Raffini, Luca (2015), "Ricerca d'Amore. Tempi e Spazi dell'affettività precaria", paper presented at Le Promesse del Capitale. La precarietà ai tempi del lavoro gratuito, tra Expo e Jobs act., University of Venice, 04 to 04 May.

Giorgi, Alberta (2015), "Ricercatrici mobili. La costruzione di un'intimità a distanza", paper presented at L'amore ai tempi dello Tsunami e altre storie, University of Padua, 24 to 24 March.

Giorgi, Alberta; Luca, Ozzano (2015), "Italy and the controversies around religion-related issues: overemphasizing differences", paper presented at Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Religious Pluralism, European University Institute, 19 to 20 January.

Giorgi, Alberta (2014), "Same-sex marriage: the role of religion in the French debate", paper presented at General Conference - European Consortium for Political Research, Glasgow, 03 to 06 September.

Giorgi, Alberta (2014), "'Muslims in the Media Sphere: Are Muslim migrants a perceived threat to Europe? And, if so, what kind of threat?' ", paper presented at Gender in Focus, University of Minho, Braga, 20 to 21 June.

Ozzano, Luca; Giorgi, Alberta (2014), "'Italian Political Parties and Ethical/Religious Debates in 21st Century Italy'", paper presented at Rethinking Political Catholicism, John Cabot University, Rome, 22 to 23 May.

Giorgi, Alberta (2014), "Communion and Liberation - multilevel religious movement in politics", paper presented at "Religião e…" , CES - Coimbra, 29 to 29 January.

Giorgi, Alberta; Ozzano, Luca (2014), "Religious issues and political debate in Italy 2001-2013 ", paper presented at Religion, Democracy and Law, London Metropolitan University, 15 to 16 January.

Giorgi, Alberta; Polizzi, Emanuele (2013), "Communion and Liberation: a catholic movement in a multilevel governance perspective", paper presented at Associazione Italiana di Sociologia - Annual Conference, Florence, 10 to 12 October.

Giorgi, Alberta (2013), "Il "diritto del comune": forme di rielaborazione delle forme decisionali e gestionali di uno spazio collettivo", paper presented at Associazione Italiana di Sociologia - Annual Conference, Florence, 10 to 12 October.

Giorgi, Alberta; Polizzi, Emanuele (2013), "Communion and Liberation: a catholic movement in a multilevel governance perspective", paper presented at VII ECPR general Conference, Bordeaux, 04 to 07 September.

Giorgi, Alberta; Mattoni, Alice (2013), "Precarious love. Women, academia, and transnational relationships", paper presented at ESA general conference, Turin, 28 to 31 August.

Giorgi, Alberta (2012), ""The politics of government and Governance of Religion(s) in Italy".", paper presented at Religião: Diálogo, Política, Preconceito, Coimbra, 14 to 15 December.

Giorgi, Alberta (2012), "University movement in Italy: the role of precarious researchers", paper presented at Movements in Universities, Berlin, Haus der Demokratie und Menschenrechte, 21 to 21 September.

Giorgi, Alberta (2012), "Towards a new Italian Catholic party?", paper presented at IPSA, XXII World Congress of Political Science, Madrid, 08 to 12 July.

Giorgi, Alberta; Ozzano, Luca (2012), "Catholicism and Democracy in Italy. The crucifix debate", paper presented at 13th Mediterranean Research Meeting, Montecatini, 21 to 24 March.

Giorgi, Alberta ; Polizzi, Emanuele (2011), "A Catholic movement in Politics: the case of Communion and Liberation", paper presented at « Religious identity and Political Participation», co-chaired with Luca Ozzano (Università di Torino), at Convegno Annuale SISP , Palermo, 08 to 10 September.

Giorgi, Alberta ; Polizzi, Emanuele (2011), "A Catholic movement in Politics: the case of Communion and Liberation", paper presented at 6° ECPR general conference, Section "Religious/Secular Politics: Local, National and Global", Reykjavik, Iceland , 25 to 28 August.

Giorgi, Alberta ; Mattoni, Alice (2011), "Precarious knowledge. Notes from a co-research on flexibility in Italian universities", paper presented at Special session "University in crisis" at the IAMCR General Conference, Istanbul, 13 to 17 July.

Giorgi, Alberta (2011), "Twitter non fa la rivoluzione…però aiuta. Mediatizzazione differenziale, territorio e populismo nelle mobilitazioni universitarie", paper presented at Come cambia la partecipazione collettiva nell'era dell'antipolitica e della mediatizzazione della sfera pubblica, Milano, 16 to 16 March.

Giorgi, Alberta (2010), "The role of religious issues within Migrants' associations in Italy", paper presented at «Religion, migration and political participation». 60th Political Studies Association Annual Conference, Edinburgh, 29 March 01 April.

Giorgi, Alberta ; Caruso, Loris (2009), "Onde Corte. Soggettività "post-politica" e movimenti studenteschi", paper presented at Students movements, Youth movements: a historical and cross-national perspective. XXIII Convegno annuale SISP,, Roma, 17 to 19 September.

Giorgi, Alberta (2009), "V ECPR General Conference", paper presented at Religious cleavage or religious conflict: The role of politics in mobilising religious identities. , Potsdam, 10 to 12 September.

Giorgi, Alberta (2009), "Religious identity and political attitude in Italy: are faith-based associations a political lobby?", paper presented at Political Parties and Social Movements, IX European Sociological Association conference, Lisbon, 02 to 05 September.

Giorgi, Alberta ; Caruso, Loris (2009), "Short waves. The post-political identity of the Italian University movement in 2008", paper presented at Workshop Students movements, youth movements: a historical and cross-national perspective, Fiesole, 18 to 19 May.

Giorgi, Alberta (2009), "How Italian politicians frame "laicity"", paper presented at Studying the political through Frame analysis, ECPR Joint Sessions, Lisbon, 16 to 19 April.

Giorgi, Alberta ; Marchisio, Roberto (2008), "Conflitti urbani e conflitti religiosi", paper presented at Convegno AIS - Sociologia della Religione: "La religione come fattore di dis/integrazione sociale", Bologna, 28 to 29 November.

Giorgi, Alberta (2008), "Political parties' discourses concerning "Laicity" in Italy.", paper presented at Secular State: civil and religious freedoms, ISA first forum of sociology, Barcelona, 05 to 08 September.

Giorgi, Alberta ; Biorcio, Roberto ; Grasso, Ilario (2008), "Class, Religion and Electoral Behaviour in Italy. An Analysis of Trends over Time", paper presented at The enduring impact of class and religion in contemporary party politics, ISA first forum of sociology,, Barcelona, 05 to 08 September.

Giorgi, Alberta (2007), "The Italian debate concerning laicity: analysis of a case study", paper presented at Convegno triennale AIS, sezione Sociologia della Religione, Urbino, 13 to 15 September.

Giorgi, Alberta (2007), "Organised religions and public sphere in Italy: a case study on a policy", paper presented at ECPR 35°Joint Sessions of Workshops, Religion and Politics , Helsinki, 07 to 12 May.

Giorgi, Alberta (2007), "Laïcité and political cultures change in Italy", paper presented at Workshop Religions, Mobilizations and political cultures, Milano, 26 to 27 January.

Giorgi, Alberta ; Tosi, Simone (2006), "Associazionismo in Lombardia. I rapporti con la politica nelle rappresentazioni degli associati", paper presented at Convegno annuale SISP, Bologna, 12 to 14 September.

Giorgi, Alberta (2006), "Discours catholiques dans l'espace public sur les nouvelles technologies de reproduction", paper presented at Workshop « Porosité des frontières : Privé-public, Religieux-séculier », Paris, 08 to 08 June.

Giorgi, Alberta (2006), "Garbage can order. A case study on a problematic green public urban area", paper presented at British Sociological Association annual conference «Social order(s) and disorder(s)», Harrogate International Centre, 21 to 23 April.