My latest books: "Corruption, Ideology, and Populism. The Rise of Valence Political Campaigning" (Palgrave); "Politics and Big Data. Nowcasting and Forecasting Elections with Social Media" (Routledge); "L’arte di fare (e disfare) i governi: da De Gasperi a Renzi 70 anni di politica italiana" (Egea)
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My latest scientific articles: "Proximity between citizens and journalists as a determinant of trust in the media. An application to Italy" (Journalism Studies);  "The spatial determinants of the prevalence of antielite rhetoric across parties" (West European Politics); "Intra-party Politics and Interest Groups: Missing Links in Explaining Government Effectiveness" (Public Choice);  "The integrity of the 2016 US Presidential election: exploring the possible impact of ideology on experts" (Party Politics)
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My latest articles on press: "In difesa di Di Maio. La crisi del M5S viene da lontano" (Formiche); "It’s the ideology, stupid! Journalists, citizens, and the declining trust in the news" (IREF); "Quei figli non voluti della caduta del Muro di Berlino" (Italia Oggi); "Rivalutiamo il compromesso. E' una palestra di tolleranza" (La Lettura / Corriere della Sera)
Professor (Professore Ordinario) of Political Science, Università degli Studi di Milano, Department of social and political sciences ​
Via Conservatorio, 7 - 20122 Milan, Italy
Tel. +39 02 50321231  Fax. +39 02 50321240
Office hours: Wednesday 9:30-12:30, Room 319 
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Visiting Professor at Waseda University, School of political science and economics
10F, Building 3, 1-6-1 Nishi-Waseda, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8050 Japan