{"id":158287,"date":"2025-05-12T14:45:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T14:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/ateneo\/organizzazione\/persone\/lorenzo-viviani-102542-en\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T04:59:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T02:59:59","slug":"lorenzo-viviani-102542-en","status":"publish","type":"unipi_persone","link":"https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/en\/about-us\/organisation\/people\/lorenzo-viviani-102542-en\/","title":{"rendered":"Lorenzo Viviani"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Professore Ordinario &#8211; Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche | Tel.: 0502212420 &#8211; Email: lorenzo.viviani@unipi.it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"unipi-persone-chiave":"102542","unipi-persone-nome":"Lorenzo","unipi-persone-cognome":"Viviani","unipi-persone-email":"lorenzo.viviani@unipi.it","unipi-persone-cv":"Lorenzo Viviani is Full Professor of Political Sociology at the Department of Political Science, University of Pisa, where he teaches Political Sociology, Sociology of Political Leadership, and Sociology of Democracy. He is a member of the PhD Board in Political Science at the University of Pisa and serves as Editor-in-Chief of SMP Societ\u00e0MutamentoPolitica, a journal ranked in Class A by ANVUR. He also holds several national and international academic responsibilities: he is Coordinator of the Political Sociology Section of the Italian Sociological Association (AIS), President of the AIS Research Committee (Consulta della Ricerca), and a member of the Scientific Council of the Inter-University Centre for Political Sociology (CIUSPO) at the University of Florence.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nHis research activity focuses on political sociology, with particular attention to political power, the transformations of democracy, political parties, processes of personalised political leadership, and populism. His work combines theoretical approaches, classical sociological perspectives\u2014especially Max Weber\u2019s scholarship\u2014and empirical analyses with a comparative orientation. He has taken part in several PRIN projects funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research and has been involved in European research projects under evaluation. He is a member of the European project ImproCollBar (2022\u20132024). He is currently Principal Investigator of a PRA research project (University of Pisa, 2022\u20132024) dedicated to the transformations of democracy. He has also coordinated research projects commissioned by national institutions through competitive calls.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nWith regard to national and international scholarly engagement, since 2003 he has regularly participated in all conferences and workshops of the AIS Political Sociology Section, and he has contributed to numerous national and international conferences, workshops, and seminars, including ESA, ISA, IPSA, ECPR, and the HEPP network meetings on emotions, populism, and polarisation at the University of Helsinki. He is the promoter and organiser of the First International Conference of Political Sociology, held at the University of Bologna in October 2024, which brought together the main national, European, and international associations in the field. He is also a member of the Scientific Committee of the XXVIII Congreso de Sociolog\u00eda en Castilla-La Mancha.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nHis editorial activity is extensive and firmly established. In addition to directing SMP Societ\u00e0MutamentoPolitica, he serves on the editorial and scientific boards of several journals and book series, including Populism (Brill), Indiscipline, Sociologia Italiana \u2013 AIS Journal of Sociology, the series \u201cInequality: Disuguaglianze e Politiche Sociali\u201d (Genova University Press), \u201cCulture Politiche e Democrazia\u201d (Castelvecchi), \u201cLessico Democratico\u201d (Mondadori), the series of the Centre for the Study of Conflict and Participation (Carocci), and PaCo \u2013 Participation and Conflict. He also acts as referee for leading international journals.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nHe is actively involved in the main scientific associations of the discipline: a member of AIS since 2003, he is currently Coordinator of the Political Sociology Section (2023\u20132026). He is also a member of ESA (RN32 Political Sociology), ISA (RC18 Political Sociology; RC26 Sociotechnics), serving on the board of RC26 since 2018, and IPSA (RC Political Sociology). He is a member of the advisory board of the ECPR Standing Group on Political Sociology. For the VQR 2020\u20132024, he is a member of the GEV for Area 14.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nHis publications\u2014including monographs, articles in Italian and international journals, edited volumes, and book chapters\u2014are available on the IRIS\u2013ARPI platform of the University of Pisa.","unipi-persone-link-esterno-cv":"","unipi-persone-modalita-ricevimento":"Per un appuntamento in altro orario rispetto a quello indicato si invita a scrivere una mail a lorenzo.viviani@unipi.it\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","unipi-persone-luogo-ricevimento":"https:\/\/teams.microsoft.com\/l\/team\/19%3a522754c5d6eb43f7aa353a0b59875824%40thread.tacv2\/conversations?groupId=1f12a384-06f5-46ff-807d-bce915bd90cc&tenantId=c7456b31-a220-47f5-be52-473828670aa1\r\n\r\n\r\nPer altre piattaforme o per ricevimento telefonico contattare preventivamente il docente per mail.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","unipi-persone-ore-ricevimento":" Marted\u00ec h. 11.30 - 13.00. Per ricevimento su Teams scrivere al docente lorenzo.viviani@unipi.it\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","unipi-persone-telefono":"0502212420","unipi-persone-sitoweb":"","unipi-persone-cariche":"","unipi-persone-link-orario-lezioni":"https:\/\/unipi.prod.up.cineca.it\/calendarioPubblico\/matricola=021585","unipi-persone-link-registro-lezioni":"https:\/\/unimap.unipi.it\/registri\/registri.php?ri=021585&tmplt=principale.tpl","unipi-persone-settore-scientifico":"Sociologia dei Fenomeni Politici GSPS-07\/A","unipi-persone-ruolo":"Professore Ordinario","unipi-persone-arpi":"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/cris\/rp\/rp05870","unipi-persone-pubblicazioni":"<ul class=\"pubblicazioni-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1349127\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Democrazia, trasformazione dei legami sociali e culturalizzazione della politica.<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Viviani, Lorenzo - 2026 - 2.1 Contributo in volume (Capitolo o Saggio))<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1344087\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Crisis democr\u00e1tica y transici\u00f3n socio ecol\u00f3gica<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Viviani, Lorenzo - 2025 - 7.1 Curatela)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1343948\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Procesos de singularizaci\u00f3n y clivajes en la modernidad avanzada: los desaf\u00edos emergentes para la democracia<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Viviani, Lorenzo; Cervia, Silvia - 2025 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1343947\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Presentaci\u00f3n Crisis democr\u00e1tica y transici\u00f3n socio ecol\u00f3gica<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Viviani, Lorenzo; Mele, Vincenzo - 2025 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1321127\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Luciano Cavalli e la sociologia della democrazia<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Viviani, Lorenzo - 2025 - 2.1 Contributo in volume (Capitolo o Saggio))<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1319987\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leadership, classe politica e corruzione<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Viviani, Lorenzo - 2025 - 2.1 Contributo in volume (Capitolo o Saggio))<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1319967\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Partiti politici e corruzione<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Damiani, Marco; Viviani, Lorenzo - 2025 - 2.1 Contributo in volume (Capitolo o Saggio))<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1313788\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Politics of Manipulated Resonance: Personalised Leadership in Populism<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Viviani, Lorenzo - 2025 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1305727\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Prefazione all\u2019edizione italiana de La societ\u00e0 delle singolarit\u00e0<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Sorice, Michele; Viviani, Lorenzo; Volterrani., Andrea - 2025 - 2.1 Contributo in volume (Capitolo o Saggio))<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1280389\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Populism and the \u201cunfulfilled promises\u201d of democracy: towards the corrosion of the character of democracy?<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Viviani, Lorenzo - 2024 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1272069\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leadership and Democracy. A Political Sociology of the Personalisation of Leadership<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Viviani, Lorenzo - 2024 - 3.1 Monografia o trattato scientifico)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1230487\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Public Role of Italian Sociology: Among Institutions, Universities and Social Engagement<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Sorice, Michele; Viviani, Lorenzo - 2024 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1230470\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Quanto c\u2019\u00e8 di moderno nella tarda modernit\u00e0? La sociologia come scienza della crisi.<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Viviani, Lorenzo - 2024 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1222207\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leadership e democrazia<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Viviani, Lorenzo - 2024 - 3.1 Monografia o trattato scientifico)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1197667\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What If Leader Was [Not] One of Us? Towards a Theory of Populist Leadership and Personalization of Politics<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Viviani, Lorenzo - 2023 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><\/ul>","unipi-persone-didattica":"<ul class=\"registri-list\"><li>Sociologia politica (cod. 202QQ) per Laurea in Scienze politiche<\/li><li>Sociologia della democrazia e della partecipazione politica (cod. 323QQ) per Laurea Magistrale in Istituzioni, politica e societa&#039;<\/li><li>Sociologia della leadership (cod. 350QQ) per Laurea Magistrale in Comunicazione d&#039;impresa e politica delle risorse umane<\/li><\/ul>","unipi-persone-codocenze":"","unipi-persone-interessi-ricerca":"","_wpml_word_count":"15","_last_translation_edit_mode":"translation-editor","_elementor_page_assets":[]},"organizzazioni":[3740],"class_list":["post-158287","unipi_persone","type-unipi_persone","status-publish","hentry","organizzazioni-dipartimento-di-scienze-politiche-589999-en"],"email":"lorenzo.viviani@unipi.it","telefono":"0502212420","content_plain":"Professore Ordinario &#8211; 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