Sources and political consequences of European identity among mass publics

Abstract

On 21 May Prof. Paolo Bellucci from the University of Siena gave a public lecture on Sources and Political Consequences of European Identity among Mass Publics. Paolo Bellucci is a Professor of Comparative Political Behaviour at the University of Siena, where he is Head of the Department of Political Sciences and Director of the PhD Programme in Comparative Politics. He held visiting positions in a number of universities, including Essex, Montreal, Montpellier, and Oxford. He is a member of the Steering Committee of ITANES (Italian National Election Study), and is chairman of the standing group on Parties, Public Opinion and Elections (POPE) of the Italian Political Science Association. During the lecture, which was organised and moderated by Dr. Marcello Carammia, resident academic at the Institute, Prof. Bellucci presented the findings of a large comparative research, the FP6 project Intune, which involved 30 European universities and was coordinated by the University of Siena. The issues discussed during this event, which was hosted by the EDC, included the factors which sustain or hinder the development of a European identity among the citizens of EU member states.