Event Details
Tue, June 09, 2026
18:00 – 19:30
LIMONAIA
Villa La Pietra
Via Bolognese, 120
50139 Florence, Italy
Conversation
Lorenzo De Sio (LUISS Univeristy, Rome)
Populists are not the disease; they are the symptom. Political scientist Lorenzo De Sio will present his new book Democrazia Addio (Laterza, 2026), which explores how Western democracies lost their ability to respond to citizens – and why the tools to fix them are still within reach. In conversation with Rogan Kersh, Academic Director, NYU Florence.
Featured Biographies
Lorenzo De Sio
PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, LUISS UNIVERSITY, ROME
Lorenzo De Sio is Full Professor of Political Science at Luiss Guido Carli University, Rome, where he directs the CISE (Centro Italiano Studi Elettorali) and co-directs the Master’s Programme in Government & Public Affairs and the Italian Political Science Review (Cambridge University Press, WOS Q2). Formerly Visiting Fellow at UC Irvine, the European University Institute, Stanford University, and SciencesPo Paris, his research focuses on quantitative analyses of public opinion, voting behavior, and party competition. He has led major comparative projects (ICCP, POSTGEN) and developed the DAX online data analysis platform (PNRR/FOSSR), serving also on the Board of MEDem (Monitoring Electoral Democracy). His work appears in the American Political Science Review, Comparative Political Studies, Electoral Studies, Party Politics, and West European Politics, among others. His most recent book, Democrazia Addio (Laterza, 2026), addresses the crisis of contemporary democracy for a broad public audience.