Niccolò Bertuzzi

Niccolò Bertuzzi is an Assistant Professor in Political Sociology at the University of Parma, Italy, and a Visiting Researcher at the University of Barcelona, Spain. He contributes to research networks including ESH Lab, COSMOS, POLLEN, and POE, focusing on social movements and ecological challenges. His academic journey includes a PhD in Applied Sociology and Methodology of Social Research from University Milano-Bicocca and positions at Scuola Normale Superiore, University of Trento, and University of Barcelona.

Research Interests:

• Social movement studies
• Prefigurative politics
• Science-related conflicts
• Alternatives to capitalism
• Degrowth theory
• Political ecology

Teaching: Bertuzzi instructs courses on Political Sociology and Environmental Conflicts for the Second Cycle Degree in Journalism, Editorial Culture, Environmental and Multimedia Communication at the University of Parma.

Publications: His work appears in journals like American Behavioral Scientists and European Journal of Cultural and Political Sociology, with recent articles examining science-related populism, animal rights movements, and energy transitions in Mediterranean islands.