CV –Pietro Castelli Gattinara
Pietro Castelli Gattinara, Ph.D.
M.Sc., M.Res. Ph.D
Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities, Scuola Normale Superiore,
Palazzo Strozzi, Piazza Strozzi 1, 50123 Firenze(IT)
Place of birth:
Rome, Italy
Date of birth:
14/08/1985
Nationality:
Italian
Current position
2015-
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Political Science and Sociology, Scuola Normale
Superiore, Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities, Florence, Italy
Previous positions
2015-2016
Lecturer in Comparative European Studies, Monash University, Prato, Italy.
2014-2015
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies,
European University Institute, Florence, Italy.
2014-2015
Research Assistant, University of Leicester, UK.
2013-2014
Lecturer in Comparative and European Politics, Sciences-Po, Paris, France.
2012-2013
Research Assistant, Department of Political and Social Sciences, EUI: Project “UKAgendas” for the Comparative Agendas Project.
2013
Research Assistant, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, EUI. Project
“EUDO-Citizenship”.
2010
Research Assistant, European Research Centre on Migration and Ethnic Relations,
University of Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Main areas of specialization
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Political communication: Media and Politics; Electoral and parliamentary debates; Framing
Comparative politics: Political parties & systems in Europe; Far right politics; Euroscepticism
Migration politics: Public debates on migration; Islamophobia and discrimination
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Education and degrees
2010-2014:
PhD in Political and Social Sciences
European University Institute, Florence, Italy
Title of Dissertation: “Electoral debates on immigration and integration in Italian
local elections: Rome, Milan and Prato compared”. Supervisor: H.P. Kriesi (EUI).
Jury members: R. Baubock (EUI, President); L. Morales (University of Leicester); R.
Koopmans (WZB Berlin); H.P. Kriesi (EUI, Supervisor).
2010-2011:
Master of Research in Political and Social Sciences (M.Res.)
European University Institute, Florence, Italy
2008-2010:
Research Master in Migration, Ethnic Relations and Multiculturalism (M.Sc.,
with Distinction)
University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
Thesis: “The Political and Institutional Context of Ethnic Exclusionism: Integration
Policies, Political Climate and Reactions to Immigration in Europe”. Supervisors:
Marcel Coenders (Utrecht University) and Marcel Lubbers (Utrecht University).
Degree: Master of Science, with distinction
2004-2008:
B.S. in Political Science and International Relations - Corso di Laurea in Scienze
Politiche e Relazioni Internazionali (110/110).
University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy
Thesis: “Cultural Geography and Identity Conflict in Modern Turkey” Supervisors:
Edoardo Boria and Gianfranco Lizza (La Sapienza).
Research activities
2014-
Research Fellow
Robert Schuman Centre, European University Institute, and Institute of Social Sciences
and Humanities, Scuola Normale Superiore.
Project: The Charlie Hebdo Debate: Critical Junctures and Deliberation in the Public
Sphere. ERC Consolidation Grant Mobilizing for Democracy (FP6).
2014-2015
Research Assistant
University of Leicester
Project: ResponsiveGov “Democratic Responsiveness in Comparative Perspective:
How do Democratic Governments Respond to Different Expressions of Public
Opinion?” ERC Starting Grant (FP7).
Project: LocalMultiDem: “Multicultural Democracy and Immigrants Social Capital
in Europe: Participation, Organisational Networks, and Public Policies at the Local
Level”.
2012-2014
Co-principal investigator
European University Institute and University of Florence
Project: “Fascisti del Terzo Millennio? Far right mobilization in times of crisis”
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Teaching
PhD Seminars
- “The extreme right: violence and terrorism”, Seminar series “Social Movements, Political
Violence and the State”; Scuola Normale Superiore, Florence (2016).
- “Radical Right Movements and Parties”, Seminar series “Movement Parties in time and space”,
Scuola Normale Superiore, Florence (2016).
- “Theory and Methodology for the Study of Frames and Narratives”, Seminar series “Silences
and voices in social movement studies” Scuola Normale Superiore, Florence (2015).
- “The Far Right, Contentious Politics and Political Violence in a comparative perspective”,
London School of Economics, London (2015).
Graduate seminars (Master’s and M.Res. courses)
- “Interest Groups in European Politics”, University of Leicester (2015).
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“The Political System of the European Union”, Sciences-Po, Paris (2013 and 2014).
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“Political Psychology: Framing and Opinion Formation”, European University Institute (2013).
Undergraduate seminars (B.A. and B.S. courses)
- “Introduction to Comparative Politics” Sciences-Po, Paris (2013 and 2014)
- “European Identity and Culture”, Monash University, Prato (2015 and 2016).
- “Comparative Minority Politics in Europe”, Monash University, Prato (2015 and 2016).
- “The Politics of the Far Right in Europe”, Monash University, Prato (2015 and 2016).
Teaching assistant
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B.S. course “Geopolitics of Modern Turkey”, University of Rome, La Sapienza, Rome (2008).
B.S. course “European Contemporary History”, Middle East Technical University, Ankara,
Turkey (2007).
B.S. course “European Identity and Turkish Westernization”, Middle East Technical University,
Ankara, Turkey (2007).
List of Publications
Academic Publications and Conference Papers
Books and Book Chapters
1. Castelli Gattinara, P. (2016). The Politics of Migration in Italy: perspectives on local and party
competition. Abingdon and New York: Routledge.
2. Castelli Gattinara, P. and Morales, L. (2017) “The politicization and securitization of migration
in Europe: Public opinion, political parties and the immigration issue”, in P. Bourbeau (ed),
Handbook on Migration and Security, Edward Elgar Publishing.
3. Albanese, M., Bulli, G., Castelli Gattinara, P. and Froio, C. (2015) Fascisti di un altro millennio?
Crisi e partecipazione in CasaPound Italia. Roma/Acireale: Bonanno Editore, 2015.
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4. Castelli Gattinara, P. and Bulli, G. (2013) “Tra vecchie e nuove identità. L’estrema destra in
movimento”, in L. Altieri e L. Raffini (eds), La Nuova Politica. Movimenti, Mobilitazioni e
Conflitti in Italia, Napoli: EdiSes,.
Peer reviewed papers
5. Castelli Gattinara, P. and Froio, C. (2017) “Italy: European Journal of Political Research Political
Data Yearbook”, European Journal of Political Research, forthcoming.
6. Castelli Gattinara, P. and Froio, C. (2017) “Direct social actions and far right mobilization: the
relationship between ideas and action in the extreme right”, Participation and Conflict,
forthcoming (accepted for publication).
7. Castelli Gattinara, P. and Froio, C. (2017) “Comunicazione del terzo millennio? La politica
mediatizzata di CasaPound Italia”, Comunicazione Politica, forthcoming (accepted for
publication).
8. Froio, C. and Castelli Gattinara, P. (2015) “Neo-fascist mobilization in contemporary Italy
Ideology and repertoire of action of CasaPound Italia”. Journal for deradicalization, Vol. 2 (1),
pp. 86-118 (URL: http://journals.sfu.ca/jd/index.php/jd/article/view/12).
9. Castelli Gattinara, P. and Froio, C. (2014) “Identity Building and Action Repertoires in
CasaPound: Discourses, Symbols and Practices of Violence”. International Journal of Conflict
and Violence, 8 (1), pp. 154-170. (URL: http://ijcv.org/index.php/ijcv/article/viewArticle/339).
10. Castelli Gattinara, P. and Froio, C. (2014) “Opposition in the EU and Opposition to the EU: soft
and hard Euroscepticism in the time of austerity”. Research Paper: European Parliament (URL:
http:// www.iedonline.eu/download/2014/Rising-Populism-European-Elections-IED--2014.pdf).
11. Castelli Gattinara, P., Froio, C. and Albanese, M. (2013) “The appeal of Neo-Fascism in times of
crisis: the experience of CasaPound Italia”. Journal of Comparative Fascist Studies, Vol. 2 (2),
pp.
234–258,
(http://cadmus.eui.eu/bitstream/handle/1814/28683/CasaPound_2013
_PUBLISHED_VERSION.pdf?sequence=2).
Papers and chapters in the pipeline (submitted)
1. Castelli Gattinara, P. and Pirro, A.L.P. “Between Movement and Party: Enquiry Into the
Organisation and Strategies of the Far Right”, under review, European Journal of Political
Research.
2. Della Porta, D. Castelli Gattinara, P. and Felicetti, A. The Charlie Hebdo Debate: Critical
Junctures and Deliberation in the Public Sphere before and after the Paris attacks, under
review, Cambridge University Press.
3. Castelli Gattinara, P. “What We Talk About When We Talk About Immigration: The
Dimensional Nature of Public Debates on Migration in Europe”, under review Acta Politica.
4. Castelli Gattinara, P. and Froio, C. “Getting ‘right’ into the news: mobilization and media
coverage of non-established extreme right actors in Italy and France” (with Caterina Froio),
under review European Journal of Political Science.
5. Froio, C. and Castelli Gattinara, P. “La droite radicale à la une: stratégies de mobilisation et
visibilité médiatique de la droite radicale en France”, under review, Pole SUD - Revue
Internationale de Politique Comparèe.
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Publications without peer review process
1. Castelli Gattinara, P. and Pirro, A. “Extremist and far right narratives in Europe: a research
overview” EU's Radicalisation Awareness Network - Centre of Excellence, forthcoming
(2016).
2. Castelli Gattinara, P. Book review: “Ernesto Laclau, The Rhetorical Foundations of Society”,
in Lo Sguardo, Rivista di Filosofia, 2015.
3.
Castelli Gattinara, P. Book review: “Manuela Caiani and Linda Parenti, European and
American Extreme Right Groups and the Internet” in Partecipazione e Conflitto, 2013:2, pp.
165-166.
4. Castelli Gattinara, P. and Froio, C. “The technocratic challenge and the cartelization of
political agendas in Italy: What is left for Italian parties?” Arena Magazine, Jan-Feb. 2013.
5. Castelli Gattinara, P. Book review: “Lorenzo Cini: Società Civile e Democrazia Radicale” in
Lo Sguardo, Rivista di Filosofia N.11, Vol.1, pp. 479-482, 2013.
Reports
1. Deliverable 2.1. Religious movements’ mobilization on the Charlie Hebdo debate: country
report – Italy. Mobilizing for Democracy Project, January 2016.
2. Deliverable 2.2. Radical left and civil rights movements’ mobilization on the Charlie Hebdo
debate: country report – Italy. Mobilizing for Democracy Project, April 2016.
3. Deliverable 2.3. Extreme right mobilization on the Charlie Hebdo debate: country report –
Italy. Mobilizing for Democracy Project, July 2016.
4. Deliverable 1.1. Quantitative claims analysis of the Muhammad Cartoons debate 2010-2016
– Italy. Mobilizing for Democracy Project, July 2016.
5. Codebook for claims analysis – the Charlie Hebdo critical juncture. Mobilizing for Democracy
Project, June 2015.
6.
“Localmultidem and MDE: Political Opportunity Structures (WP1), Guidelines and list of
indicators”. Documentation report, 2015.
7. “Localmultidem and MDE: Discursive Political Opportunity Structures (WP1), Description
of study, released data and codebook”. Documentation report, 2015.
Work in progress: manuscripts, conference papers etc.
8. “Public Deliberation, Marginalization and the Charlie Hebdo Debate in the UK: Towards a
Minimax Assessment of Effective Engagement in Democratic Systems”, Paper presented at
the 2016 ECPR General Conference, Prague, Czech Republic.
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“The far right in the news: Mass media coverage or right wing mobilization in Italy and
France”, paper to be presented at the 2016 International Political Science Association
Conference, Istanbul, Turkey.
2. “The agenda-building practices of social movement organizations of the extreme right:
mobilization strategy, issue attention and news media coverage” paper presented at the 2015
Livewhat Summer School: Citizens’ resilience in times of crisis, 2015.
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3. “Much ado about nothing? The economic crisis and the extreme right from ballots to streets”,
ECPR General Conference, University of Glasgow, 2014.
Interviews in the media and Newspaper comment pieces (selection)
1. Interview on the refugee crisis and far right politics in Europe Pravda (Slovakia), 30/09/2015.
2. Interview on the terrorist attacks to Charlie Hebdo. Pravda (Slovakia), 12/01/2015.
3. “Svenskarnas parti bygger fascistnätverk” SvD Kultur, 11/08/2014.
4. “Elogio dell'Ideologia - il PD, la crisi, la sinistra”, Mondoperaio, 5/2013, pp. 32-35.
5. “L’onda lunga da Atene arriva a Roma: Elezioni, partiti e austerità. Rigore economico e
trasformazioni nel panorama partitico di Grecia, Irlanda e Spagna, con una nota sul caso
italiano”. L’Espresso 07/05/2012
6. “Se al potere c’è un tecnico”. L’Espresso 21/02/2012.
7. “Quand la presse italienne évite de parler d'austérité”. Le Monde 19/12/2011.
8. “Intervista con Pietro Castelli”, Rtv38, 16/11/2011.
9. “Macché ‘austerità’, sono ‘riforme’”. L’Espresso 06/12/2011.
Skills
Languages
⁻ Italian (native)
⁻ English (fluent)
⁻ French (fluent)
⁻ Spanish (intermediate)
⁻ Dutch (beginner)
⁻ German (beginner)
⁻ Turkish (beginner).
⁻ Working languages: English, French and Italian.
IT Skills
⁻ MS Office and Open office applications
⁻ Urklund
⁻ Linux applications
⁻ EndNote/Zotero
⁻ Stata
⁻ SPSS
⁻ R (in progress)
⁻ RTextTools
⁻ MLwiN
⁻ AMOS
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QGIS.
Research Methods and Methodology Literacy
⁻ Quantitative methods for the Social Sciences (dataset construction; descriptive statistics;
regression models and statistical Inference; multilevel and logistic regression models; time series
and time series cross-sectional models; structural equation modelling)
 In March 2017, I will attend the ECPR Winter School in Methods and Techniques,
University of Bamberg. Advanced data analysis course: time series analysis.
⁻ Quantitative content analysis of written material from paper and digital sources (quasi-sentences
approach, core-issue approach; protest-event approach)
⁻ Surveying strategies and methods (expert surveys, cross-sectional surveys)
⁻ Qualitative methods for the Social Sciences (semi-structured interviews, life-histories, process
tracing, ethnographic observation)
⁻ Experimental methods and techniques for the Social Sciences (causal models, laboratory
experiments, field experiments, internet-based experiments)
Other skills
Data and information collection, automated text coding; writing skills; public presentation skills;
team work; team management and coordination.
Additional Training
Teaching training
2013 Training seminar on “Academic presentation and seminar skills”, European University
Institute, Florence, Italy.
2014 Training seminar on “Public speaking and presentation skills”, European University Institute,
Florence, Italy.
Training in coding and data analysis
2015 Training module “influencing public policy”, University of Leicester, U.K.
2013 Training module on “Partisan policy agendas analysis”, European University Institute, Italy
2012 Training module in “Computer Programming for the Social Sciences”, European University
Institute, Italy.
2012 Training seminar in “Experimental Methods and Techniques in Political and Social Sciences”,
European University Institute, Italy.
2011 Training workshop “An introduction to multilevel models using STATA”, European
University Institute, Italy.
2010 Training seminar in “Elementary Data Analysis with STATA”, European University Institute,
Italy.
2010 Workshop on “Methodological Pluralism”, European University Institute, Italy.
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2009 Training module in “Introduction to Regression Analysis”, University of Utrecht, the
Netherlands
2009 Training module “Multilevel and Structural Equation Models”, University of Utrecht, the
Netherlands
2008 Summer School in “Applied Multivariate Analysis”, University of Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Other training
2015 Livewhat Summer School “Livewhat Summer School Citizens’ Resilience in Times of
Crises” Scuola Normale Superiore, Florence, Italy.
2009 Summer School in “European Studies: Borders and Identities in Europe” organized by the
Network of European Studies, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Awards and research grants
2010-2014
Awarded the Scholarship of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the completion
of a Ph.D. in Political Science at the European University Institute
2014
Awarded 2,000 by the European Parliament, for a research project on the “The Risks
of growing Populism and the European elections” (Research Fellowship for the
Institute of European Democrats).
2013
Awarded 1,050 euros by the Journal of Comparative Fascist Studies, for outstanding
quality paper “The Appeal of Neo-Fascism in Times of Crisis: the Experience of
CasaPound Italia” (2013) Vol. 2 (2), pp. 234–258.
2013
Awarded a research grant (3,000 euros) by the EUI and Prof. Hanspeter Kriesi (EUI)
for organizing the workshop “Political Psychology: Framing and Opinion Formation”.
2012
Awarded a research grant of 800 euros to take part to the workshop “Bridging micro
and macro: New developments in quantitative framing research”, University of
Aarhus, Denmark.
2010-2011
Researcher representative for the Department of Political and Social Sciences,
European University Institute, Florence, Italy.
2011
Awarded the second prize for the best article presented at the ECPR Summer School
on Political Parties, for the paper “Immigrants? 'Föra da i ball': The role of sub
dimensional issue salience in (building) LN’s electoral appeal” (with Caterina Froio,
EUI). Centre d'Etude de la Vie Politique, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.
2010
Winner of the award for the best student of the Migration, Ethnic Relations and
Multiculturalism Research Masters' programme, University of Utrecht, the
Netherlands.
2009-2010
Student representative in the Educational Committee of the Graduate School of Social
and Behavioural Sciences, University of Utrecht, the Netherlands.
2009-2010
Awarded the 1,000 euros monthly scholarship for most talented students, plus
coverage of tuition fees, by the Huygens Scholarship Programme for the purpose of
study and research in the Netherlands. Sponsor: Ministry of Education and Culture,
the Netherlands.
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2009
Granted the Aanmelden en studiefinanciering performance-related grant awarded to
working students from EEA countries residing and working in the Netherlands.
Sponsor: Minister of Education, Culture and Science
2006-2007
Awarded the Erasmus Scholarship; sponsor: European Commission
Workshops and conferences (organization)
2016
“The Charlie Hebdo Critical Juncture: European Public Spheres Before and After the
Paris Attacks” (conference promoter and organizer) 20-21/10/2016, Scuola Normale
Superiore, Florence, Italy.
2016
“Policing research: Surveillance, repression and the academia” (conference promoter
and organizer) 04/11/2016, Scuola Normale Superiore, Florence, Italy.
2016
“The Far Right as Social Movement: Theory, Practice and Empirical Evidence” (panel
promoter, organizer and discussant), 7-10/09/2016, ECPR General Conference,
Charles University in Prague.
2016
“Movement Parties and Party Movements: Insights into the European Far Right”
(panel promoter, organizer and discussant), 12-14/09/2016, Italian Political Science
Society Conference, University of Milan.
2015
“Mixing and matching, blurring and emulating? Theories and methodologies to
explore radical right politics beyond the electoral arena” (Panel organizer and
discussant) ECPR General Conference, University of Montréal, Canada.
2015
“Populist Parties in Europe: Revisiting Discourse and Electoral Potential” (discussant),
ECPR General Conference, University of Montréal, Canada.
2015
“Agenda Representation: How government agendas respond to public opinion and
pressures from social movements and interest groups” (discussant), ECPR General
Conference, University of Montréal, Canada.
2015
“Fascisti di un altro millennio?” Book presentation at Casa delle Culture. Rome,
16/06/2015.
2012
“Digital Populism in Europe”, European University Institute (with Caterina Froio) and
funded by DEMOS UK.
2011
“Immigrant Integration and Linguistic Pluralism, a presentation of MIPEX and LRE”
(discussant), organized by the EUI Migration Working Group and the Robert Schuman
Centre for Advanced Studies.
Other Services
Member:
European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR)
Council for European Studies (CES)
Quantitative Media Content Analysis Working Group, EUI.
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Reviewer:
Lo Sguardo, Rivista Italiana di Filosofia
Partecipazione e Conflitto
COST Action Programme
European Journal of Criminology
The International Spectator
References
Prof. Hanspeter Kriesi
Stein Rokkan Chair of Comparative Politics, Department of Social and
Political Science, European University Institute, Via dei Roccettini, 9
50014, Florence, Italy, [email protected]
Prof. Donatella della Porta
Professor of Political Science, Institute of Human and Social Sciences,
Scuola Normale Superiore, Palazzo Strozzi, Piazza degli Strozzi 1,
50123, Florence, Italy, [email protected]
Prof. Laura Morales
Professor of Politics, Department of Politics and International
Relations, University of Leicester, UK. [email protected]
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