Giuliana Parotto

Giuliana Parotto is Full Professor of Political Philosophy at the Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Trieste, Italy. She serves on the Department’s Board and participates in several Boards of Studies covering Political and Administrative Sciences, Governmental Sciences and Public Policies, and European Policies for Digital, Ecological and Social Transitions.

Research Focus

Her scholarly work centers on political philosophy with a strong emphasis on the intersection of memory, identity, and violent conflict. She directs multidisciplinary projects that explore how societies remember war, manage cultural heritage amid insecurity, and respond to migration pressures. Recent initiatives extend these themes to contemporary Ukraine, linking security, migration, and heritage protection in a single analytical frame.

Research Projects

• Resilience and Preservation: Security, Migration and Cultural Heritage Protection in Ukraine (2025–2026, Principal Investigator, funded by the Executive Secretariat of the Central European Initiative)
• Remembering War: Memory’s Strategies in Front of Violent Conflict and Redefinitions of Collective Identity Referring to the Balkans War 1991–2000 (PRIN 2008–2012, Financial Actor)

Institutional Roles

• Member, Department’s Board, Department of Political and Social Sciences
• Member, Board of Studies – SP02 Political and Administrative Sciences
• Member, Board of Studies – SP51 Governmental Sciences and Public Policies
• Member, Board of Studies – SP55 European Policies for Digital, Ecological and Social Transitions