Luigi Pellizzoni is full professor of Sociology of the environment and territory at the Department of Political Sciences, University of Pisa, and co-ordinator of the research group “Politics-Ontologies-Ecologies” (www.poeweb.eu).
He is currently vice-president of the European Sociological Association. His theoretical and empirical interests intersect three fields: risk, uncertainty, environmental change and sustainability; social and ecological impacts of techno-science; contentious politics, new mobilizations and the transformation of governance.
He has a long experience, also as PI, in national and international projects (PRIN, EC Framework Programs, Interreg etc.) and collaborations (WHO, EC-Joint Research Centre etc.). He authored over 140 scientific works, many of which published in leading international journals. Latest book is “Ontological Politics in a Disposable World: The New Mastery of Nature” (Routledge, 2016).