Libri
Naumann, E., Biolcati Rinaldi, F., Nandi, A., & Recchi, E. (a cura di). (2025). Social life during COVID-19 in France, Germany, Italy and the UK. Palgrave Macmillan.
Maggini N., Pedrazzani A., (a cura di). Come siamo cambiati? Opinioni, orientamenti politici, preferenze di voto alla prova della pandemia. Quaderni/40. Fondazione G. Feltrinelli, 2021.
Schmitt, H., Segatti P., Van Der Eijk, C. (a cura di). Consequences of Context. How the Social, Political, and Economic Environment Affects Voting. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers / ECPR Press. 2021
Biolcati, F., Rovati, G., Segatti, P. (a cura di). Come cambiano gli italiani: valori e atteggiamenti dagli anni Ottanta a oggi. Valori e atteggiamenti dagli anni Ottanta a oggi. Il mulino, 2020.
Molteni, F. (2020) A Need for Religion: Insecurity and Religiosity in the Contemporary World. Brill Leiden/Boston, International Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology.
Schadee, H., Segatti, P., Vezzoni, C. (2019). L’apocalisse della democrazia italiana. Alle origini di due terremoti elettorali. Il Mulino, Bologna.
Articoli in rivista
Dotti Sani, G. M., Kulic, N., Soboleva, N., & Stoicescu, M. (2026). “The feeling that’s always there”: Prevalence and correlates of parental guilt in Italy. Journal of Family Research, 38, 363–384.
Ciordia, A., Holler, C., Schüßler, A., Lubbers, M. J., & Vezzoni, C. (2026). Unequal relational gains in a sport intervention for asylum seekers. Social Networks, 87, 45-60.
Carriero, R. Dotti Sani, G.M., Ladini, R., Molteni, F. (2026). Social norms and intentions to adopt double surnames in Italy: evidence from two survey experiments. Genus 82, 7
Sanarico, A. (2026). Who Gets a Voice Online? Family Resources, Gender, and Cohort Differences in Youth Political Participation in Europe. International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society.
Rolandi, M., Dolci, G., Giorgi, A., & Guglielmi, S. (2026). Linking religiosity, LGBTQI+ attitudes, and Populist Radical Right: How context matters—Evidence from Italy, Hungary, and the Netherlands. International Journal of Comparative Sociology, 0(0).
Mentesoglu Tardivo, Z., & Guglielmi, S. (2026). Political socialisation before and after migration: How origin-country political culture shapes immigrant voting in Europe. European Journal of Political Research, 1–23.
Guglielmi, S. (2026). National identity as a lens on social inequality: a cross-national analysis of support for native employment priority. Frontiers in Sociology, 10, 1-15.
Guglielmi, S., & Maggini, N. (2025). Addressing migrant inequality in youth political engagement: The role of parental influences. Politics and Governance, 13.
Carriero, R., Dotti Sani, G., (2025). Who Wants the Double Surname in Italy? An Empirical Analysis of Preferences and Behaviors. Polis, Ricerche e studi su società e politica
Maggini, N., Angelucci, D., Carrieri, L., & Mannoni, E. (2025). Giorgia Meloni succeeds in a second-order contest: the 2024 European elections in Italy. South European Society and Politics, 1–27.
Molteni, F., Ladini, R., & Biolcati, F. (2025). Losing Empathy With Assimilation: Immigrants’ Attitudes Toward Other Immigrants in Europe. Sociology Compass, 19(5), e70070.
Ladini, R., & Biancalana, C. (2025). The role of public issue salience in the relationship between political orientation and climate change concern: cross-sectional and longitudinal evidence from Europe. Acta Politica, 1-28.
Keeling, S., & Ladini, R. (2025). When gender does not matter in the success of a female leader: the case of Giorgia Meloni and Fratelli d’Italia. European Journal of Politics and Gender, 1-27.
Mentesoglu Tardivo, Z. (2025) Immigrant political participation across Western Europe: the role of political rights, public attitudes, and discrimination. Acta Politica .
Bertero, A., & Franetovic, G. (2025). Consolidation and change: Exploring the impact of anger and network dynamics on inequality belief systems. Network Science, 13, e9.
Marolla, F., Miotto, M., Cassani, G., & Bailo, F. (2025). Affording Fragmented Audiences: Multi-Platform Deliberation within the Five Star Movement. Political Communication, 1-23.
Guglielmi, S., Riniolo, V., Maggini, N., Marta Visioli, N., & Sanarico, A. (2025). “The Girl Must Stay Quiet”: Marginalisation of Young Women in Political Spaces and the Impact of Gender Socialization and Ethnic Background. SocietàMutamentoPolitica, 16(31), 59-74.
Mentesoglu Tardivo (2025). Migrant Political Activism in Vienna and Brussels: How Voting Rights Shape Protest Behaviour. Social Science Quarterly
Ariane Bertogg, Giulia M. Dotti Sani, Marija Bashevska, Anna Zamberlan (2025). Housework and Psychological Distress During the COVID-19 Crisis: A Gender- and Context-Sensitive Relationship? Acta Sociologica
Giulia M. Dotti Sani, Ariane Bertogg, Janna Besamusca, Mara Yerkes, Anna Zamberlan (2025). To the Fifties and back again? A comparative analysis of changes in breadwinning arrangements during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in four European countries. Work, Employment and Society
Balazka, D. (2025). Religious Nones. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Religion, 1-24.
https://
doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780199340378.013.1213
Balazka, D. (2024). Semantic Network of Organized Non-Religious Discourses. Zenodo.
https://
zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.13737530
https://balazka.github.io/Semantic-Network-of-Organized-Nonreligious-Discourses/
van Tubergen, F., & Molteni, F. (2024). Does parental origin-country culture affect the gender gap in sport participation? A study of immigrant youth in Italy. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 50(16), 4002-4020.
Molteni, F. (2024). Rising Security and Religious Decline: Refining and Extending Insecurity Theory. Sociology of Religion, srae004.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/socrel/srae004
OPEN ACCESS SOON
Dotti Sani, G. M., & Molteni, F. (2024). Three times disadvantaged? Labor market participation among migrant mothers in Italy. Stato e mercato, 44(2), 197-224.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1425/114659
Piacentini, F., Molteni, F., & Maraffi, M. (2024). Religion, identity, and party preference: the role of Catholicism in the 2022 Italian national elections. Italian Political Science Review/Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica, 54(3), 209-222.
Bertero, A., Franetovic, G., & Mijs, J. J. (2024). Inequality Belief Systems: What They Look Like, How to Study Them, and Why They Matter. Social Indicators Research, 174(2), 445-472.
Moroni, M. & Dotti Sani, G.M. (2024). Do “environmental losers” pay the price? The role of individual and country vulnerabilities in the relationship between environmental concern and willingness to pay to protect the environment. International Journal of Sociology. 1–23.
Casiraghi, M.C.M., Curini, L., Maggini, N. & Nai, A. (2024). Who looks up to the Leviathan? Ideology, political trust, and support for restrictive state interventions in times of crisis. European Political Science Review.
Stolz, J., Gugushvili, A., Molteni, F., & Antonietti, J. P. (2023). A counterexample to secularization theory? Assessing the Georgian religious revival. The British Journal of Sociology, 74(4), 581-597.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-4446.13009
Ronchi, S., Natili, M., & Molteni, F. (2023). A European eco-social investment constituency? Unpacking public opinion towards EU green, social investment and social protection policies in 15 countries. Stato e mercato, 43(1), 105-136.
Franetovic, G., & Bertero, A. (2023). How do people understand inequality in Chile? A study through attitude network analysis. AWARI, 4.
Guglielmi, S., & Piacentini, A. (2023). Religion and National Identity in Central and Eastern European Countries: Persisting and Evolving Links. East European Politics and Societies, 0(0).
Maggini, N., & Vezzoni, C. (2023). The Italian space of electoral competition in pandemic times. Italian Political Science, 17(1), 34-54.
Ladini, R., & Biolcati, F. (2023). Ambiguity in the Item Wording, Ambiguity in the Respondents’ Comprehension? An Experiment on the ‘Immigrants/Foreign Workers’ Social Distance Item in Values Surveys. Survey Research Methods, 17(1), 63-74.
Chiaramonte, A., Emanuele, V., Maggini, N. & Paparo, A. (2023). Radical-Right Surge in a Deinstitutionalised Party System: The 2022 Italian General Election. South European Society and Politics.
Dotti Sani, G.M., Molteni, F. & Sarti, S. (2022). Boys Do Cry: Age and Gender Differences in Psycho-Physiological Distress during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Italy. Applied Research Quality Life.
Ladini, R., & Vezzoni, C. (2022). When Believing in Divine Immanence Explains Vaccine Hesitancy: A Matter of Conspiracy Beliefs? Politics and Governance, 10(4), 168-176.
Dotti Sani G.M. (2022). The Intrinsic Value of Childcare: Positive Returns of Childcare Time on Parents’ Well-Being and Life Satisfaction in Italy. Journal of Happiness Studies. 23, 1901–1921. DOI:10.1007/s10902-021-00477-z.
Maggini, N. (2022). New Challenges for Representative Democracy: The Changing Political Space in Western Europe. Italian Journal of Electoral Studies QOE – IJES, Just Accepted.
DOI: 10.36253/qoe-12629
Guglielmi, S. (2022). “Italians, first!” Unpacking the link between nationalism and immigrant discrimination, Quaderni di Sociologia [Online], 87- XLV, 2021, online dal 01 juillet 2022. DOI: 10.4000/qds.4754.
Molteni, F., & Biolcati, F. (2022). Religious Decline as a Population Dynamic: Generational Replacement and Religious Attendance in Europe. Social Forces, soac099.
Molteni, F., van Tubergen F. (2022). Immigrant generation and religiosity: a study of Christian immigrant groups in 33 European countries. European Societies. Online first, DOI: 10.1080/14616696.2022.2044067.
Dotti Sani GM and Quaranta M. (2022) Mapping Changes in Attitudes towards Gays and Lesbians in Europe: An Application of Diffusion Theory. European Sociological Review. 38 (1), 124–137. DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcab032.
Ladini, R., Maggini, N. (2022). The role of party preferences in explaining acceptance of freedom restrictions in a pandemic context: the Italian case. Quality & Quantity, Online first, DOI: 10.1007/s11135-022-01436-3.
Biolcati F., Rovati R. e Segatti P. (2021) “Preface” in Quaderni di Sociologia, n. 87, v. XLV, pp. 3-5, ISSN 0033-4952
Balazka, D., Houtman, D., & Lepri, B. (2021). How Can Big Data Shape the Field of Non-Religion
Studies? And Why Does It Matter? Patterns, 2(6): 1-12.
Biolcati F., Rovati G. e Segatti P. (a cura di) (2021), Changing values in a changing world? Italy in the European Values Study and World Values Survey (2018), sezione monografica, Quaderni di Sociologia, n. 87, v. XLV, pp. 3-186 ISSN 0033-4952.
Ladini, R. (2021). Tra convergenza e divergenza: Orientamento politico e fiducia degli italiani verso le istituzioni, Quaderni di Sociologia 87, pp. 65-88. DOI: 10.4000/qds.4755.
Balazka, D., & Rodighiero, D. (2021). Cartography of Nonreligion and Secularity Research
Network. Zenodo.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4495456
Cini, L., Colloca, P., Maggini, N., Tomassi, F., e Valbruzzi, M. (2021). Inchiesta su periferie urbane, disagio socioeconomico e voto. I casi di Bologna, Firenze e Roma. Quaderni di Scienza Politica, 28(2): 137-177. DOI: 10.48271/101829.
Ladini, R., Biolcati, F., Molteni, F., Pedrazzani, A., & Vezzoni, C. (2021). The multifaceted relationship between individual religiosity and attitudes toward immigration in contemporary Italy. International Journal of Sociology, 51(5), 390-411. DOI: 10.1080/00207659.2021.1937778.
Vezzoni, C., Dotti Sani, G.M., Ladini, R., Biolcati, F., Chiesi, A.M., Guglielmi, S., Maggini, N., Maraffi, M., Molteni, F., Pedrazzani, A., Segatti, P. (2021). Where does the Coronavirus come from? On the mechanisms underlying the endorsement of conspiracy theories on the origin of SARS-CoV-2. Italian Political Science Review, Online first. DOI: 10.1017/ipo.2021.19.
Pedrazzani, A., Maraffi, M., Guglielmi, S., Biolcati, F., Chiesi, A.M., Dotti Sani, G.M., Ladini, R., Molteni, F., Segatti, P., and Vezzoni, C. (2021). Is Democracy Effective Against Coronavirus? An Analysis of Citizens’ Opinions in Italy. Partecipazione e Conflitto, 14(1): 176-201. DOI: 10.1285/i20356609v14i1p176.
Biolcati, F., Vezzoni, C., Ladini, R., Chiesi, A.M., Dotti Sani, G.M., Guglielmi, S., Maggini, N., Maraffi, M., Molteni, F., Pedrazzani, A., Segatti, P. (2021), Come monitorare la risposta dell’opinione pubblica a eventi imprevisti? Il progetto ResPOnsE COVID-19, Polis, 35(1): 165-178. DOI: 10.1424/100292.
Vezzoni, C., Ladini, R., Molteni, F., Dotti Sani, G. M., Biolcati, F., Chiesi, A., Maraffi, M., Guglielmi, S., Pedrazzani, A., & Segatti, P. (2020). Investigating the social, economic and political consequences of Covid-19: A rolling cross-section approach. Survey Research Methods, 14(2), 187-194. DOI:10.18148/srm/2020.v14i2.7745
Guglielmi, S., Dotti Sani, G.M., Molteni, F., Biolcati, F., Chiesi, A.M., Ladini, R., Maraffi, M., Pedrazzani, A. and Vezzoni, C. (2020). Public acceptability of containment measures during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy: how institutional confidence and specific political support matter. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 40(9/10): 1069-1085. DOI: 10.1108/IJSSP-07-2020-0342
Molteni, F., Ladini, R., Biolcati, F., Chiesi, AM., Dotti Sani, G.M., Guglielmi, S., Maraffi, M., Pedrazzani, A., Segatti, P. & Vezzoni, C. (2020). Searching for comfort in religion: insecurity and religious behaviour during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy. European Societies. DOI: 10.1080/14616696.2020.1836383
Kulic, N., Dotti Sani, G.M., Strauss, S. & Bellani, L. (2020). Economic disturbances in the COVID-19 crisis and their gendered impact on unpaid activities in Germany and Italy. European Societies. DOI: 10.1080/14616696.2020.1828974
Balazka, D., & Rodighiero, D. (2020). Big Data and the Little Big Bang: An Epistemological
(R)evolution. Frontiers in Big Data, 3, 1-13.
Dotti Sani G.M. and Vezzoni, C. (2019) The European Social Survey: A telescope for the social sciences. Polis, 2019/02: 179-184. DOI: 10.1424/94244.
Capitoli di libro
Ladini, R., Maggini, N., Biolcati Rinaldi, F., Ferragina, E., Guglielmi, S., Turković, A., Zola, A. (2025). Political Support and Anti-Liberal Orientations in the Pandemic Period. In: Naumann, E., Biolcati Rinaldi, F., Nandi, A., Recchi, E. (eds) Social Life during COVID-19 in France, Germany, Italy and the UK. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.
Marzec, P., Dotti Sani, G., Maraffi, M., Moroni, M., Naumann, E., Pasqualini, M., Zola, A.(2025). Labour Markets and Work During the COVID-19 Pandemic—Who Could and Who Did Work From Home?. In: Naumann, E., Biolcati Rinaldi, F., Nandi, A., Recchi, E. (eds) Social Life during COVID-19 in France, Germany, Italy and the UK. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.
McMunn, A., Bashevska, M., Folgueras, M.D., Dotti Sani, G., Gagne, T., Konechni, B. (2025). Gender Inequality in Unpaid Care Work During the COVID-19 Pandemic. A Cross-Country Comparison of France, Germany, Italy, and the UK. In: Naumann, E., Biolcati Rinaldi, F., Nandi, A., Recchi, E. (eds) Social Life during COVID-19 in France, Germany, Italy and the UK. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.
Nandi, A., Naumann, E., McMunn, A., Recchi, E., Molteni, F., Dotti Sani, G., Sarti, S. (2025). Double Vulnerability? A Cross-Country Comparison of Inequalities in Health, Subjective Wellbeing, and Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic. In: Naumann, E., Biolcati Rinaldi, F., Nandi, A., Recchi, E. (eds) Social Life during COVID-19 in France, Germany, Italy and the UK. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-99349-7_4
Guglielmi, S., Marzec, P., Naumann, E., Zola, A. (2025). Survey Design and Data. In: Naumann, E., Biolcati Rinaldi, F., Nandi, A., Recchi, E. (eds) Social Life during COVID-19 in France, Germany, Italy and the UK. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.
Recchi, E., Biolcati Rinaldi, F., Nandi, A., Naumann, E. (2025). Introduction: Social Life During COVID-19 in France, Germany, Italy, and the UK. In: Naumann, E., Biolcati Rinaldi, F., Nandi, A., Recchi, E. (eds) Social Life during COVID-19 in France, Germany, Italy and the UK. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-99349-7_1
Fattorini, E., & Balazka, D. (2025). Is Religion Bad for You? Vaccine Hesitancy and Religiosity in
the Pandemic Context. In Giansoldati, M. (ed.), Pandemia e vaccinazioni: Aspetti economici,
sociali e politici. Edizioni Università di Trieste.
https://www.openstarts.units.it/handle/
10077/37041
Dotti Sani, G. M., e Guglielmi, S. (2022). Unpacking the link between gender and injunctive norms on corruption using survey data: a multilevel analysis of 30 European countries. In Merkle, O., & Kubbe, I (eds). Norms, Gender and Corruption: Understanding the Nexus. Edward Elgar Publishing, 78-98.
Colloca, P., Maggini, N., e Valbruzzi, M. (2021). Periferie urbane e disagio socio-economico: com’è cambiato il voto degli italiani tra il 2008 e il 2018, in M. Valbruzzi (a cura di), Come votano le periferie. Comportamento elettorale e disagio sociale nelle città italiane, Bologna, Il Mulino
Cini, L. e Maggini, N. (2021). Firenze, in M. Valbruzzi (a cura di), Come votano le periferie. Comportamento elettorale e disagio sociale nelle città italiane, Bologna, Il Mulino
Dotti Sani, G.M. (2021). L’emergenza sanitaria da COVID-19 e la divisione del lavoro domestico e di cura, in U. Ascoli e Ciccia R. (a cura di), Le donne in Italia durante la pandemia: politiche sociali e prospettive future, SOCIAL COHESION PAPER 2/2021. Download here.
Guglielmi S. (2020). Monolingualism and National Identity: Lessons from Europe, in Strani K. (eds) Multilingualism and Politics. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-40701-8_9
Dataset
Vezzoni, C., Chiesi, A.M., Biolcati, F., Dotti-Sani, G.M., Guglielmi, S., Ladini, R., Maggini, N., Maraffi, M., Molteni, F., Moroni, M., Pedrazzani, A., Piacentini, F., Sarti, S., Segatti, P. (2024), “ResPOnsE COVID-19. Cumulative file: Wave 1 to Wave 6 (English version)”, https://doi.org/10.13130/RD_UNIMI/IJDSVS, UNIMI Dataverse, V1.
Vezzoni, C., Chiesi, A.M., Biolcati, F., Dotti-Sani, G.M., Guglielmi, S., Ladini, R., Maggini, N., Maraffi, M., Molteni, F., Moroni, M., Pedrazzani, A., Piacentini, F., Sarti, S., Segatti, P. (2024), “ResPOnsE COVID-19. Cumulative file: Wave 1 to Wave 6 (Italian version)”. https://doi.org/10.13130/RD_UNIMI/NU3CXO, UNIMI Dataverse, V1.
Vezzoni, C., Chiesi, A.M., Biolcati, F., Dotti-Sani, G.M., Guglielmi, S., Ladini, R., Maggini, N., Maraffi, M., Molteni, F., Pedrazzani, A., Segatti, P., Moroni, M., Piacentini, F. (2023). “ResPOnsE COVID-19. Cumulative file: Wave 1 to Wave 4 (English version)”. https://doi.org/10.13130/RD_UNIMI/W3AFKS, UNIMI Dataverse, V1.
Vezzoni, C., Chiesi, A.M., Biolcati, F., Dotti-Sani, G.M., Guglielmi, S., Ladini, R., Maggini, N., Maraffi, M., Molteni, F., Pedrazzani, A., Segatti, P., Moroni, M., Piacentini, F. (2022). “ResPOnsE COVID-19. Cumulative file: Wave 1 to Wave 4 (Italian version)”. https://doi.org/10.13130/RD_UNIMI/FF0ABQ, UNIMI Dataverse, V1.
Tesi di dottorato
POLITICAL BELIEF SYSTEMS AS NETWORKS OF ATTITUDES: CONCEPTUALIZATIONS AND IMPLICATIONS / A. Bertero ; supervisor: C. Vezzoni, co-supervisor: R. Vacca ; co-authors (Chapter 3): G. Franetovic, J. J. B. Mijs Co-Authors (Chapter 5): M. J. Brandt ; coordinator: M. Jessoula. Dipartimento di Scienze Sociali e Politiche, 2025 May 23. 37. ciclo
BEYOND BELIEFS. FROM CLIMATE ATTITUDES TO CLIMATE ACTIONS / M. Moroni ; supervisor: G. M. Dotti Sani ; coordinatrice: P. A. Rebughini. – Network for the Advancement of Social and Political Studies, via pace 10 Milano. Dipartimento di Scienze Sociali e Politiche, 2025 May 21. 37. ciclo, Anno Accademico 2024/2025.
UNEQUAL EXPERIENCES: HOW SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTS SHAPE PEOPLE’S ATTITUDES TOWARDS INEQUALITY / G.j. Franetovic Yob ; tutor: R. Carriero, S. Guglielmi ; coordinatore: P. Rebughini. Dipartimento di Scienze Sociali e Politiche, 2025 Apr 07. 37. ciclo, Anno Accademico 2024/2025.
NON-RELIGIOUS DISCOURSES AND THE SECULARIZATION OF THE SECULAR: A COMPUTATIONAL STUDY OF ORGANIZED NON-RELIGION IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE UNITED KINGDOM (1881-2019) / D. Balazka ; supervisor: F. Biolcati Rinaldi, D. Houtman ; co-supervisor: A. Ferrara, G. Watts ; coordinatore: P. Rebughini. – Milano. Università degli Studi di Milano, 2025 Feb 03. 36. ciclo
RELIGION AS A CULTURAL CONTEXT OF INTOLERANCE: ASSESSING THE INFLUENCE OF CULTURAL(IZED) FORMS OF RELIGION ON ATTITUDES TOWARDS IMMIGRATION ACROSS EUROPEAN COUNTRIES / A. Turkovic ; tutor: F. Biolcati Rinaldi (University of Milan), C. Nardella (University of Milan) ; coordinator: P. A. Rebughini (University of Milan). – Dipartimento di Scienze Sociali e Politiche, 2024 Jun 04. 36. ciclo, Anno Accademico 2023/2024.