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 of the UNPOP project (FCT, 2021-2025) and PI and WP leader at CES of PROTEMO (HEU, 2024-2026) and CO3 (HEU, 2024-2027) projects. He was 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; Mónico, Lisete; Cruz, Manuel João (2024), "Emotion narratives on the political culture of radical right populist parties in Portugal and Italy", Politics and Governance, 12, 1-22
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Gianolla, Cristiano; Aguiló, Antoni; Sabariego, Jesus (2024), "E-motions and participation in technopopulist Movement-parties. Enthusiasm and technopolitical disillusion", Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research
Read moreBook Chapter
Gianolla, Cristiano (2024), Critical Intercultural Dialogue, in Peter Adey, Weiqiang Lin, Kaya Barry (org.), Encyclopedia of Mobilities. Cheltenham: Elgar Edward