Donatella della Porta

Donatella della Porta is professor of political science, dean of the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences and Director of the PhD program in Political Science and Sociology at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Florence, where she also leads the Center on Social Movement Studies. Among the main topics of her research: social movements, political violence, terrorism, corruption, the police, and protest policing. She directs a major project "Mobilizing for Democracy" about civil society participation in democratization processes in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Latin America.

She is the author or editor of 90 books, 150 journal articles and 150 contributions in edited volumes. della Porta's publications include Legacies and Memories in Movements, Sessantotto. Passato e presente dell’anno ribelle, Late Neoliberalism and its Discontents, Spreading Protest, and Blackwell Encyclopedia on Social and Political Movement.

Della Porta has received various international prizes and recognitions such as the Forschungspreise of the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung, awarded in November 2021, for life achievements as a highly prominent international scholar.

She received a BA at the University of Catania, a Diplôme d'Etudes Approfondies at Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France and Ph.D. at European University Institute.