Cristiano Gianolla
Biography
Cristiano Gianolla is a researcher at the Centre for Social Studies (CES) of the University of Coimbra (UC), where he integrates research thematic line on Democracy, Justice and Human Rights. He obtained a PhD in Sociology and Political Science (cum Laude, Coimbra and Rome-Sapienza) by way of a dissertation on Gandhi's democratic theory and a comparative study of emerging political parties in India and Italy. Cristiano is the Principal Investigator and Work Package leader of PROTEMO (Horizon Europe, 2024-2026) and CO3 (Horizon Europe, 2024-2027, with Vanda Amaro Dias) projects. He was the PI of the UNPOP project (FCT, 2021-2025) and a team member of the ECHOES (H2020, 2018-2021), ALICE (ERC, 2011-2016) and FRANET (2021-2022) projects. He is a co-founding and co-coordinating member of the 'Inter-Thematic group on Migrations', editor of e-cadernos scientific journal and a reviewer for scientific journals. Cristiano coordinates the PhD course 'Democratic Theories and Institutions' and the MA course 'Critical Intercultural Dialogue' at the Faculty of Economics of the UC, where he also teaches on the PhD course 'State, Democracy and Legal Pluralism'. His publications include authored and organised books, chapters and articles on democratic theory, populism, emotion, narrative, post-colonialism, intercultural dialogue, citizenship and migrations.
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Latest Publications
Article in Scientific journal
Gianolla, Cristiano (2025), "Emotion narratives of Trump and Harris disputing US political culture in the 2024 electoral campaign", Emotions and Society, Early view, 1-10
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Rebelo, Sofia; Cruz, Manuel João; Gianolla, Cristiano; Sotero, Luciana; Mónico, Lisete (2025), "Discriminated and Violent? The Social Representations of Minorities in the Rise of Radical Right Populist Parties in Portugal and Italy", Social Sciences, 14, 3, 172
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Gianolla, Cristiano (2025), Representative Political Culture in Transformation: Review of Simon Tormey 'The End of Representative Politics, in André Freire, Eva Önudottir, Andrea Pedrazzani, and Hermann Schmitt (org.), Encyclopedia of Political Representation. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar