Mario Quaranta

Via Verdi, 26 - 38122 Trento
tel. 0461 281473
mario.quaranta[at]unitn [dot] it
Formazione

2013      Ph.D. in Political Science, Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane

2009      MA in Methodology and Empirical Research for the Social Sciences, Università di Firenze

2005      BA in Sociology, Università di Trento

Carriera accademica ed attività didattica

2019-              Assistant Professor of Political Science (tenure-track, RTD-B), Department of Sociology and Social Research - Università di Trento

2018-2019      Visiting Max Weber Fellow, Department of Political and Social Sciences - European University Institute

2017-2018      Max Weber Fellow, Department of Political and Social Sciences - European University Institute

2016-2017      Post-doctoral fellow, Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences - Scuola Normale Superiore

2013-2016      Post-doctoral fellow, Department of Political Science - LUISS "Guido Carli"

Interessi di ricerca

- Political participation

- Public opinion

- Attitudes towards democracy

- Voting behavior

- Political socialization

- Quantitative methods

Convegni e conferenze

Conference papers

- 'Attitudes towards the right to adopt of gay and lesbian couples: A cross-national comparison of 22 countries', with G. M. Dotti Sani, ECSR Conference, SciencePo, Paris, 29-31/10/2018
- 'Representative institutions and young people in Southern Europe', with I. Martin, J. Cancela and Y. Tsirbas, ECPR General Conference, University of Hamburg, 22-25/8/2018
- 'Electoral dealignment and age effect: political context and party system change during the crisis', with M. Lisi, J. Real-Dato, E. Tsatsanis, ECPR General Conference, University of Hamburg, 22-25/8/2018
- 'Attitudes towards the right to adopt of gay male and lesbian couples: A cross-national comparison of 22 countries', with G. Dotti Sani, 12th Max Weber June Conference: States, Societies and Crises across Time and Space, European University Institute, Fiesole, 13-15/6/2018
- 'Users' engagement with popularization and populism on Facebook. A study of 52 leaders in 18 western democracies', with D. Ceccobelli and A. Valeriani, 68th Annual ICA conference, Prague, 24-28/5/2018
 - 'Users' engagement with popularization and populism on Facebook. A study of 52 leaders in 18 western democracies', with D. Ceccobelli and A. Valeriani, ComPol 2017 Conference, Sapienza Universitàdi Roma - LUISS - 'Guido Carli', 14-16/12/2017
- 'A tale of bias: Longitudinal evidence of the effect of electoral defeat in referenda on economic evaluations', Political Behaviour Colloquium, European University Institute, 9/10/2017
- 'A tale of bias: Economic evaluations and the 2016 Italian Constitutional referendum', with M. Mancosu and S. Martini, XXXI Conference of the Italian Political Association, Universitàdi Urbino, 14-16/9/2017
- 'Let's all get emotional! Personalization of political campaigning on social media in comparative perspective', with D. Ceccobelli and A. Valeriani, ECPR General Conference, University of Oslo, 6-9/9/2017
- 'Digital and contentious? Exploring the determinants of movement parties' vote in Southern Europe', with L. Mosca, 13th Conference of the European Sociological Association, Athens, 29/8-1/9/2017
- 'Gender gaps in political participation over the life course in 30 European countries', with G. M. Dotti Sani, 5th European Conference on Politics and Gender, University of Lausanne, 8-10/8/2017
- 'Networked and contentious? Exploring the determinants of movement parties' vote in Southern Europe', with L. Mosca, - 'Southern Europe in Crisis: A Comparative Perspective' workshop, European University Institute, Fiesole, 29-30/5/2017
- 'Does economic and political performance bridge the winner-loser gap in political support? A cross-national and longitudinal analysis of thirty European countries between 2002 and 2015', with S. Martini, WAPOR regional conference - 'Political Trust in Contemporary Representative Democracies', Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, 24-25/11/2016
- 'A citizen-based evaluation of democracy in Europe', XXV Italian Political Science Association conference, Universitàdegli Studi di Milano, 15-17/9/2016
- 'Accountability through government alternation: The role of economic performance and political institutions', with A. Pellegata, XXV Italian Political Science Association conference, Universitàdegli Studi di Milano, 15-17/9/2016
- 'Attitudes towards gender roles among teenagers in comparative perspective', with G. M. Dotti Sani, ISA RC28 Summer Meeting, University of Bern, August 29-31
- 'Representational and extra-representational political participation at times of economic crisis. Changes across time and social groups in Europe', 3rd International European Social Survey Conference - 'Understanding key challenges for European societies in the 21st century', University of Lausanne, 13-15/7/2016
- 'Accountability through government alternation: The role of economic performance and the conditional effect of political institutions', with A. Pellegata, European Political Science Association conference, Brussels, 23-25/5/2016
- 'Comparing news diets, electoral choices and EU attitudes in Germany, Italy and the UK in the 2014 EP elections', with L. Mosca, - 'Euroscepticism, democracy and the media: Communicating Europe, contesting Europe' workshop, Scuola Normale Superiore, Firenze, 18/3/2016
 - 'What is the quality of democracy? A citizens' perspective from Europe', ISA-RC55 Mid-term conference, Universitàdegli Studi di Padova, 17-18/9/2015
- 'Comparing unconventional participation in 3 different communication ecologies', with L. Mosca, - 'Protest participation in communication ecologies' conference, Alghero, 24-26/8/2015
- 'Changing patterns of political participation in Italy. A hierarchical-age-cohort-period model', XXVIII Italian Political Science Association conference, Universitàdegli Studi di Perugia, 11-13/9/2014
- 'The relation between parents' and children's associational involvement: A cross-national analysis of 18 European countries' with G. Dotti Sani, XXVIII Italian Political Science Association conference, Universitàdegli Studi di Perugia, 11-13/9/2014
- 'The relation between parents' and children's associational involvement: A cross-national analysis of 18 European countries' with G. Dotti Sani, - 'Youth, Politics & Society' conference - KU Leuven, 9-10/9/2014
- 'Chips off the old blocks? Intergenerational transmission of political participation in Italy' with G. Dotti Sani, XXVII Italian Political Science Association conference, Universitàdegli Studi di Firenze, 10-12/9/2013
- 'Waves of political discontent. Explaining the dynamics of responsiveness in Italy: 1973-2012' with S. Martini, XXVII Italian Political Science Association conference, Universitàdegli Studi di Firenze, 10-12/9/2013
- 'The non-procedural determinants of responsiveness', with L. Morlino, - 'Responsive or responsible? Parties, democracy and global markets - A conference in honour of Peter Mair', European University Institute, 27-28/9/2012
- 'Assessing the cross-national equivalence of the - 'political protest' scale', 22nd International Political Science Association World Congress, Madrid, 8-12/8/2012
- 'Quality of democracy, dissatisfaction and political protest in Latin America. The role of freedoms, equality and responsiveness', with L. Morlino, - 'Protest and democratization' workshop, Liwerant Center, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 21-23/5/2012
- 'Inequalities, welfare states and political protest in Western Europe', - 'Democracy & Conflict' Lunch Series, University of California - Irvine, 7/2/2012
- 'Institutional decentralization and its consequences on political mobilization in Europe', European Consortium of Social Research 20th anniversary conference - 'European society or societies? A 20-year perspective', University College Dublin, 14-17/12/2011
- 'Social policy in comparative perspective: a mixed methods approach', with G. Dotti Sani, European Consortium of Social Research 20th anniversary conference - 'European society or societies? A 20-year perspective', University College Dublin, 14-17/12/2011
- 'Does decentralization influence political protest? Evidence from Europe', XXV Italian Political Science Association conference, Universitàdegli Studi di Palermo, 8-10/9/2011
- 'A mixed approach to the work-motherhood relation in OECD countries', with G. Dotti Sani, 6th European Consortium for Political Research general conference, University of Iceland, 24-27/8/2011
- 'Institutions and political participation: Assessing the micro-macro relationship', 3rd Italian Political Science Association graduate conference, Universitàdegli Studi di Torino, 23-25/6/2011
- 'Political participation and party systems: A multilevel analysis', 7th CEU conference in social sciences, Central European University, 27-29/5/2011
- 'Measures of freedom. A summary of some indices', with C. Wagemann, - 'Measuring Freedom' workshop, European studies centre, St. Anthony's college, University of Oxford, 7/12/2010
- 'Political protest and party systems. An institutional study of the European countries', XXIV Italian Political Science Association conference, Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia, 16-18/9/2010
- 'Towards fuzzy concepts? A proposal for concept formation', 3rd European Consortium for Political Research graduate conference, Dublin City University, 30/8-1/9/2010
- 'Understanding trust in public institutions in Europe. Using fsQCA to evaluate the determinants of political support', with S. Martini, IX International Society for Quality-of-life Studies conference - 'Quality of life studies: Measures and goals for the progress of societies', Istituto degli Innocenti - Firenze, 19-23/7/2009