Damiano De Facci

Damiano De Facci is an Associate Researcher at LADYSS (Laboratoire Dynamiques Sociales et Recomposition des Espaces) and the Institute for Research on the Contemporary Maghreb (IRMC) in Tunis. He is currently a Visiting Scholar at New York University's Urban Democracy Lab (2024-2025) and maintains active research affiliations across French and Tunisian academic institutions.

His research centers on political sociology with emphasis on development trajectories, public action, and territorial dynamics. He investigates alternative economic networks, health democracy frameworks, and voluntary engagement systems, particularly within Maghreb contexts. His methodological approach integrates fieldwork on unemployment patterns, entrepreneurial initiatives, and associative structures to analyze socio-institutional transformations.

De Facci contributes to major collaborative projects including the ERC TARICA initiative on North African political change and ongoing research on Tunisian decentralization governance. His institutional engagements demonstrate sustained commitment to transnational sociological inquiry across Mediterranean contexts.

He serves as correspondent for Working Group 32 "Sociology of Volunteering" within the International Association of French-Speaking Sociology (AISLF) and holds office membership in Research Team 35 "Sociology of the associative world" of the French Association of Sociology (AFS), facilitating scholarly networks across Francophone academic communities.