Donatella Della Porta

political scientist

Donatella Della Porta is professor of political science, founding 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 (Cosmos). Among the main topics of her research: social movements, political violence, terrorism, corruption, the police and protest policing. Her most recent books include Student Movements in Late Neoliberalism. Forms of Organization, Alliances, and Outcomes (Springer, 2021); Social Movements: An introduction (Blackwell, 2020); and Can Social Movements Save Democracy? (Polity, 2020).