Cristiano Gianolla
Biography
Cristiano Gianolla is a researcher at the Centre for Social Studies (CES) of the University of Coimbra (UC), where he integrates the 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 of the UNPOP project (FCT, 2021-2024) and was a team member of the ECHOES (H2020, 2018-2021) and ALICE (ERC, 2011-2016) European projects. He is a co-founding and co-coordinating member of the "Inter-Thematic group on Migrations" and co-coordinates the research programme "Epistemologies of the South" at CES. He is coordinating editor of Alice News, editor of e-cadernos scientific journal and Rightsblog, and a referee for other scientific journals. Cristiano co-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 in the PhD course "State, Democracy and Legal Pluralism". He has authored books, chapters and articles elaborating on democratic theory, populism, postcolonialism, intercultural dialogue, heritage processes, movement-parties, citizenship, human rights, migrations, and cosmopolitanism. His current research interests focus on emotions and narratives in democratic processes.
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Latest Publications
Book Chapter
Raggi, Giuseppina; Gianolla, Cristiano (2022), Estatua do Padre António Vieira, in Ana Guardiao, Miguel Bandeira Jerónimo e Paulo Peixoto (org.), Ecos Coloniais: História(s), Património(s) e Memória(s). Lisboa: Tinta da China
Book Chapter
Gianolla, Cristiano; Raggi, Giuseppina (2022), Galeria de Arte Pública na Quinta do Mocho, in Ana Guardiao, Miguel Bandeira Jerónimo e Paulo Peixoto (org.), Ecos Coloniais: História(s), Património(s) e Memória(s). Lisboa: Tinta da China
Book Chapter
Gianolla, Cristiano (2022), Memorial de homenagem às pessoas escravizadas, in Ana Guardiao, Miguel Bandeira Jerónimo e Paulo Peixoto (org.), Ecos Coloniais: História(s), Património(s) e Memória(s). Lisboa: Tinta da China