Giovanni Di Franco

Giovanni Di Franco serves as Full Professor in the Department of Social and Economic Sciences at Sapienza University of Rome's Faculty of Political Science, Sociology and Communication. He directs the book series "La cassetta degli attrezzi" (Franco Angeli Milano) and holds affiliations with CIRES at Roma Tre University and Bonanno publishing house's scientific committee.

His research centers on Social Research Methodology, emphasizing data collection/analysis techniques, historical evolution of methods, qualitative-quantitative integration, and micro-macro data synthesis. Specialized in Electoral Sociology, he examines polling methodologies in digital contexts, while his work on Youth Attitudes explores values during economic crises. Additional expertise spans Europeanization Processes, Social Representations of eating disorders, and Social Cohesion frameworks.

Recent publications reveal methodological innovation through machine learning applications and critical analysis of intergenerational inequality, reflecting his commitment to advancing sociological research in contemporary digital landscapes.

Professor Di Franco has led significant projects including immigrant family-school interactions (2009-10), food education integration (2009), Campanian legality culture (2008), and European identity formation (2007-09), alongside European Commission-funded e-inclusion research. He supervises doctoral candidates through Sapienza's PhD program in Sociology and Applied Social Sciences.

He contributes to interdisciplinary research through LARFAD laboratory and CIRES center, developing methodological tools for social analysis while directing academic publications that shape methodological discourse in Italian sociology.