Professor 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 14:30-17:30, 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
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)

My latest op/eds on press:  "Politicamente corretto, populismo e puritanesimo: ovvero la manipolazione del cinghiale"(Formiche);" "I cioccolatini Moretti e la nuova caccia alle streghe" (Formiche);  "I due gradi di separazione di una America in crisi" (Italia Oggi); "La strategia di Trump è razionale. Ma sarà vincente?" (Formiche); "Alla fine ci sarà un Venezuela" (Italia Oggi); Tra Coronavirus, Minority Report e Woodstock" (Italia Oggi); "Uscire dalla sbornia statalista"(Italia Oggi); "Tanta passione fa male. Evviva la politica fredda" (La Lettura / Corriere della Sera); "The Riddle of Populism and Ideological Polarization: the Difficulty to Live Without Both"(IREF)