BOOKS

2023: AA.VV. (Interdispoc) Populismo all'italiana: Cosa dicono, pensano e fanno i populisti in Italia, Bologna, il Mulino.
2014: Framing War: Public Opinion and Decision-Making in Comparative Perspective, New York and Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge [Paperback edition 2016].

JOURNAL ARTICLES

2024: "The Italian political class: Two multilevel datasets on the profiles and opinions of elected politicians." (with Pierangelo Isernia, Sergio Martini and Luca Verzichelli). Italian Political Science Review/Rivista Italiana Di Scienza Politica, 1-11.
2022: "Paranoid styles and innumeracy: implications of a conspiracy mindset on Europeans' misperceptions about immigrants” (with Sergio Martini, Mattia Guidi, Linda Basile, Rossella Borri and Pierangelo Isernia), Italian Political Science Review/Rivista Italiana Di Scienza Politica, 52 (1): 66-82.
2021: "From the lab to the poll: The use of survey experiments in political research" (with Sergio Martini), Italian Political Science Review / Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica, 51 (2): 231-249.
2021: "Framing Effects on the COVID‐19 See‐Saw" (with Mattia Guidi, Sergio Martini and Pierangelo Isernia), Swiss Political Science Review, 27 (2): 257-270.
2021: "The Polls—Trends: Public Opinion Toward European Defense Policy and Nato: Still Wanting it Both Ways?" (with Matthias Mader and Pierangelo Isernia), Public Opinion Quarterly, 84 (2): 551-582.
2020: "Sharing the burden in a free riders’ land: The EU migration and asylum policy in the views of public opinion and politicians" (with Linda Basile), European Journal of Political Research, 59 (3): 669-691.
2018: "Members apart: a mass-elite comparison of mutual perceptions and support for the European Union in Germany and Italy" (with Alessandro Pellegata), Contemporary Italian Politics, 10 (1): 56-75.
2017: "The alleged consensus: Italian elites and publics on foreign policy", Italian Political Science Review / Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica, 47 (2): 149-182.
2017: "Foreign posture in comparative perspective: a quantitative and qualitative appraisal of Italian foreign and defence policy during the Renzi Government" (with Andrea Dessì), Contemporary Italian Politics, 9 (2): 201-218.
2014: "Patterns of isolationism: a quantitative assessment of Italy’s defence and foreign policy from government alternation to ‘grand coalitions’", Contemporary Italian Politics, 6 (3): 285-299.
2014: "Furore anti-tedesco in Italia" (with Linda Basile), AffarInternazionali, May 19.
2013: “Partecipanti e non partecipanti. Limiti di rappresentatività in pratiche di democrazia deliberativa", Italian Political Science Review / Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica, 43 (1): 57-96.
2012: “Transatlantic Watch: Cosa l'Europa si aspetta da Obama", Aspenia, 59, pp.9-15.
2011: "United by the nation, divided over federalism: a research survey for Italy's birthday", Italian Political Science, 6.
2010: “Public Opinion Research in Political Science”, Politikon, 16 (1): 7-20.

BOOK CHAPTERS

2025: "Politics Through the Microscope: The Use of Experiments in European Political Science" (with Sergio Martini), in Luca Verzichelli and Claudius Wagemann (eds.), The Application of Political Science Methods in Europe: A Multifaceted Dilemma, pp. 113-128. Cham: Springer.
2025: "Bound to the Audience: Foreign Policy Decision-Making and the Costs of Empty Threats and Unkept Promises in Successful and Unsuccessful War Scenarios" (with Pierangelo Isernia and Sergio Martini), in Marcin Grabowski and Luca Verzichelli (eds.), The International System in the Post-Pandemic World, pp. 239-255. Abingdon: Routledge.
2024: "Pluralismo e innovazione nella metodologia della Scienza politica italiana", in Luca Verzichelli (ed.), La Scienza politica italiana. 50 anni dopo, pp.163-176. Bologna: il Mulino.
2023: "Politici vs. pubblico: posizionamento e congruenza sui temi in agenda" (with Luca Carrieri and Mattia Guidi), in Pierangelo Isernia, Sergio Martini and Luca Verzichelli (eds.), La classe politica italiana: Struttura, atteggiamenti, sfide, pp. 135-156. Bologna: il Mulino.
2021: "A Deliberative Bridge over the Mass-elite Rift: Effects of Online Deliberation on Support for European Integration" (with Valentina Bianchi and Alison Duguid), in Maurizio Cotta and Pierangelo Isernia (eds.), The EU through Multiple Crises: Representation and Cohesion Dilemmas for a “sui generis” Polity, pp. 186-220. Abingdon, Oxon and New York: Routledge.
2015: "Public opinion and European Foreign Policy" (with Pierangelo Isernia), in Knud Erik Jørgensen, Åsne Kalland Aarstad, Katie Verlin Laatikainen, Edith Drieskens and Ben Tonra (eds.), SAGE Handbook of European Foreign Policy, pp. 398-412. London: SAGE.
2014: "Gli italiani e la politica estera" (with Linda Basile and Pierangelo Isernia), in Ettore Greco (ed.), Scegliere per contare: Rapporto sulla politica estera italiana, pp. 91-122. Roma: Nuova Cultura.
2014: "Images of the Immigrant: European public opinion and Immigration" (with Pierangelo Isernia), in Michela Ceccorulli and Nicola Labanca (eds.), The EU, Migration and the Politics of Administrative Detention: Insights from Positive Psychology, pp. 59-77. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.
2013: “Qualità della deliberazione e capacità deliberativa: un’analisi comparata delle esperienze italiane” (with Irena Fiket and Pierangelo Isernia) in Luigi Bobbio (ed.), La qualità della deliberazione. Studio sui processi dialogici tra cittadini, pp. 323-363. Roma: Carocci.
2010: “Comportamento elettorale ed elezioni europee. Spunti per ripensare il modello di elezioni di secondo ordine”, in F. Di Sarcina, L. Grazi, L. Scichilone (a cura di), Res Europae. Attori, politiche e sfide strategiche dell'integrazione europea, pp. 289-303. Firenze: CET.

BOOK REVIEWS

2013: "Italian Military Operations Abroad: Just Don’t Call It War", by Piero Ignazi, Giampiero Giacomello e Fabrizio Coticchia, Houndmills, UK, Palgrave Macmillan in Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica, 2: 305-307.
2011: "The Global Political System", by Fulvio Attinà, Houndmills, UK, Palgrave Macmillan in Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica, 2: 316-17.
2010: “Defining and Defying Organized Crime. Discourse, perceptions and reality” edited by Felia Allum, Francesca Longo, Daniela Irrera e Panos A. Kostakos, New York, Routledge, in Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica, 3: 474-75.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

2025: "Review of existing survey data (elite and public opinion) on issues related to security, defense policy and participation in MOA." (with Paolo Amantini, Filippo Simonelli and Valerio Vignoli), Project deliverable - Lessons Learned? The Past and Future of Italian Defense Policy.
2024: "European Public Opinion on the Challenges and Future of EU Foreign and Security Policy" (with Carlotta Mingardi, Rossella Borri and Pierangelo Isernia), JOINT Research Papers No. 23, January.
2022: “Framing Public Perception of the Challenges to the EU Foreign Security and Defence Policy: Focus Groups as a Method of Investigation” (with Carlotta Mingardi, Rossella Borri and Pierangelo Isernia), JOINT Research Papers No. 11, October.
2022: “Inventory of EUFSP-related Public and Elite Opinion Surveys” (with Pierangelo Isernia, Rossella Borri and Carlotta Mingardi), JOINT Research Papers No. 10, June.
2021: "Public preferences for the COVID-19 Reopening Policies: An experimental assessment” (with Gianni Betti, Mattia Guidi, Pierangelo Isernia, Sergio Martini, Paolo Pin), OSF Pre-Print doi: 10.17605/OSF.IO/XMF3Q
2020: "Gli effetti del Covid-19 sulla politica italiana" (with Linda Basile, Rossella Borri, Mattia Guidi, Pierangelo Isernia and Sergio Martini), Rivista il Mulino, May 18.
2019: "Media, Party Leaders and the 2019 EU Elections" (with Pierangelo Isernia, Tiziano Bonini, Linda Basile, Sergio Martini, Mattia Guidi, Alessandro Lamonica, Gianluca Piccolino), DISPOC Interdisciplinary Department.
2018: "Divides over the EU migration and asylum policy among Europeans", EUENGAGE newsletter no.5, February.
2018: "Mind the gap: effects of online deliberation on the public-elite divide" (with Linda Basile), EuVisions, focus article.
2017: "Once we were friends. EU support and reciprocal views between Germany and Italy" (with Alessandro Pellegata), EuVisions, focus article.
2015: "I giovani e l'Europa. Indagine sulla popolazione studentesca dell'Università di Siena" (with Linda Basile, Enrico Bellucci, Alba Ferreri, and Pierangelo Isernia), Research report, Università di Siena.
2014: "International Security Across the Atlantic: A Longitudinal Comparison of Public Opinion in Europe and the United States" (with Philip Everts and Pierangelo Isernia), Transworld Working Paper, 29, May.
2013: "Il voto a 16 anni. Una ricerca sulla partecipazione politica dei giovani e sull’abbassamento dell’età minima di voto" (with Kaat Smets), Working paper realizzato con il contributo della Regione Toscana (decreto n.6345 del 28/12/2011).
2013: "Gli italiani e la politica estera" (with Linda Basile and Pierangelo Isernia), Research report, Istituto Affari Internazionali.
2011 (March 17): "Il federalismo sconfitto dall'Italia Unita", Speciale gruppo Corriere 150 anni d'Unità d'Italia, p.14.
2005: “Popolarità di gabinetto al debutto di ventidue crisi internazionali britanniche. Revisione del rally ’round the flag effect”, Occasional Paper, Interdepartmental Center for Political Change (CIRCaP), University of Siena, n.15.

Publications: CV

PUBLICATIONS

DATA SETS

2024: "The Italian Political Class Dataset" (with Pierangelo Isernia, Sergio Martini, Francesco Olmastroni, Luca Verzichelli), OSF, https://osf.io/54jsb/
2024: "SISP member survey on the state of the discipline" (with Silvia Bolgherini, Emidio Diodato, Erica Melloni, Fedra Negri , Luca Verzichelli), Harvard Dataverse, V1, https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/KAFIGA
2021: "EUENGAGE Dataset 2016-2018 – 2.0" (with Maurizio Cotta, Pierangelo Isernia, Linda Basile, Rossella Borri, Francesco Marangoni, Luca Verzichelli) Zenodo, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5167558