Jasmine Lorenzini

Jasmine Lorenzini is a post-doctoral researcher at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence, affiliated with the POLCON ERC Advanced Grant. She previously held positions as a visiting researcher at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center and a post-doctoral researcher on the LIVEWHAT project. Her primary affiliation is the Florence School of Transnational Governance within the Department of Political and Social Sciences.

Education: PhD in Political Science from the University of Geneva (2013), with a thesis focusing on 'Unemployment and Citizenship: Social and Political Participation of Unemployed Youth in Geneva.' She also holds teaching experience at the University of Geneva, where she instructed research methods.

Research focuses on political participation dynamics among marginalized groups, particularly youth unemployment's impact on citizenship and social inclusion. Key themes include labor market exclusion, protest behavior, welfare state interactions, and the interplay between emotions and political mobilization. Her work bridges quantitative and qualitative methodologies.

Notable contributions include co-authored works on austerity-driven protests in Spain and gender barriers in political consumerism. She has contributed to major projects like YOUNEX (EU-funded study on youth unemployment) and POLCON. Her research also examines political parties' responses to economic crises and civil society roles in addressing labor market precarity.

Lorenzini's work has been published in journals like Mobilization, International Journal of Comparative Sociology, and Swiss Political Science Review, with book contributions to Palgrave Macmillan and Berghahn Books. Her recent focus includes analyzing post-crisis European party systems and protest event mining methodologies.