Francesco Bagnardi

Francesco Bagnardi is a Research Fellow at Scuola Normale Superiore's Faculty of Political and Social Sciences. He holds a PhD in Social and Political Science from the European University Institute (Florence). His research bridges labor sociology, international political economy, and social movements. Notable areas include labor movements, economic geographies, and global production networks. Currently, he investigates intellectual property rights regimes and health-related mobilizations in the international political economy context.

His work spans climate action organizing practices, right-wing populism counter-mobilizations, and refugee solidarity activism. Recent studies include analyses of transnational protest inspiration (Turkey-Brazil comparison) and mutual aid networks during the pandemic.

Publications span monographs on digital labor conflicts and comparative protest dynamics, as well as journal articles on populism's cultural dimensions and emotional drivers in activism. Awards include recognition for research on organized crime infiltration in Italian ports.

His research projects engage with institutions like Cosmos (Centre on Social Movement Studies), focusing on contentious politics, global inequality, and labor rights. His interdisciplinary approach combines empirical fieldwork with theoretical frameworks from political economy and social movement studies.