Pierluca Birindelli

Pierluca Birindelli

Pierluca Birindelli earned his Laurea in Sociology, his M.A. in Communication and Cultural Studies and his Ph.D. in Sociology of Culture at the University of Florence. He has been a Ph.D. Visiting Fellow at the University of Texas at Austin.  He taught Sociology and Psychology of Culture and Communication in the University of Florence, and is currently teaching Sociology of Culture and Cross Cultural Communication at Gonzaga University. He has been visiting professor at the University of Helsinki, where he currently teaches the course “Identity and Culture. Qualitative Methods” (International Research Master´s in Social Sciences).  He is a member of the research network "Biographical Perspective on European Societies" (European Sociological Association). Birindelli has published several articles, two books on the passage from youth to adulthood (Clicca su te stesso 2006; I giovani italiani tra famiglia e scuola 2010),  a monograph about self-identity in late modernity (Sé: concetti e pratiche 2008) and another about cultural influences upon politics (Il futuro del distretto 2010).  Professor Birindelli adopts a multidisciplinary approach (Sociology, Cultural Anthropology, Cultural Studies, Social Psychology, Human Development, Media and Communication, Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods, Biographical and Narrative approach) and his research interests focus on the following themes: Individual and Collective Identities; Education; Leadership Studies; Modernization, Cultural Globalization, Mediatization and Individualization; Cultural Values and Behavior; Youth and Adulthood in Italy, Europe and North America; Human Development in a Comparative Perspective (American, Northern European and Mediterranean Cultural Heritage): Attitudes, Values, Beliefs, Stereotypes and Lifestyles; Social, Cultural, Economic and Symbolic Capital.

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