Tuscia University and the International Sociological Association RC26 and WG01 Organize the

International Conference

RETHINKING POLITICS AND SOCIETY AFTER THE PANDEMIC

MAY 12 – 13, 2021 Link zoom: https://unitus.zoom.us/j/97652324372

Wednesday May 12, 2021

15:00 – 15:30 Registration of Attendees 15:30 – 16:00 Opening Remarks

16:00 – 19:00 Panel I: The Transformations of Democracy in Pandemic Times | Le trasformazioni della democrazia all’epoca della pandemia

Thursday May 13, 2021 09:00 – 09:30 Registration of Attendees

09:30 – 12:30 Round Table: Communicating the pandemic: data, science and society | Tavola Rotonda: Comunicare la pandemia tra dati, scienza e impatto sociale

14:00 – 16:00 Panel II: Leadership & Politics in Pandemic Times – 1 of 2 16:00 – 18:00 Panel III: Leadership & Politics in Pandemic Times – 2 of 2

Programme | Thursday May 12, 2021

All hours are expressed in UTC/GMT+2 (Rome Time Zone)

15:00 – 15:30 Registration of Attendees

15:30 – 16:00 Opening Remarks Prof. Tiziana Laureti, Head of Department DEIM (University of Tuscia) Prof. Flaminia Saccà (University of Tuscia; President of ISA RC26) Prof. Nataliya Velikaya (Institute of Socio-Political Research of the Federal Center of Theoretical & Applied Sociology of Russian Academy of Sciences; Russian State University for the Humanities; President of ISA WG01)

16:00 – 19:00 Panel I: The Transformations of Democracy in Pandemic Times / Le trasformazioni della democrazia all’epoca della pandemia Chair: Prof. Carlo Ruzza ()

1. Il governo della crisi pandemica in Italia tra rappresentanza democratica e ‘unità nazionale’ / The government of the pandemic crisis in between democratic representation and ‘national unity’, Prof. Lucio d’Alessandro, Prof. Sergio Marotta, Dr. Luigi Sica (University of Naples “Suor Orsola Benincasa”)

2. Populism and gender representations. An investigation between old stereotypes and new political practices, Prof. Antonella Cammarota, Prof. Milena Meo, Dr. Valentina Raffa ()

3. Leaders facing the pandemic: populists and non-populists representations of a crisis, Prof. Flaminia Saccà (University of Tuscia)

4. Populist leadership in times of Covid-19: How the emergency affects the relationship between populism and democracy, Prof. Lorenzo Viviani ()

5. Covid-19 and the Structural Crisis of Liberal Democracies: Determinants and Consequences of the Governance of Pandemic, Prof. Louisa Rosemary Parks (University of Trento), Prof. Tommaso Vitale (Science Po), Dr. Luca Raffini (Università di Genova)

6. Populists’ Framings of the COVID-19 Pandemic and their Opponents in the EU Parliament: Preliminary Results, Dr. Carlo Berti, Prof. Carlo Ruzza (University of Trento)

7. Associational democracy, EU-level Civil Society and the Covid-19 Crisis, Dr. Paolo Cossarini (Aalborg University), Prof. Carlo Ruzza (University of Trento) Programme | Thursday May 13, 2021

All hours are in UTC/GMT+2 (Rome Time Zone)

09:00 – 09:30 Registration of Attendees Tavola Rotonda: Comunicare la pandemia tra dati, scienza e impatto sociale 09:30 – 12:30 Round Table: Communicating the pandemic: data, science and society (in Italian)

Saluti d’apertura: Prof. Stefano Ubertini, Magnifico Rettore Università della Tuscia

Chair: Dr. Emanuele Perugini (30science.com - SPoSo LAB)

1. Governare la pandemia, On. Nicola Stumpo (Commissione Affari Sociali, Camera dei Deputati) 2. La pandemia e la gestione del territorio, Dr. Giovanni Arena, Sindaco di 3. Scienza e Società: la rappresentazione sociale della pandemia, Prof. Flaminia Saccà (Università della Tuscia - SPoSo LAB) 4. Gestire le crisi a partire dai dati, Prof. Antonio Scala (CNR - SPoSo LAB) 5. L’importanza degli Open Data, Prof. Flavia Marzano (Stati Generali dell’Innovazione) Discussant: Dr. Michele Negri (Università della Tuscia)

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 – 16:00 Panel II: Leadership & Politics in Pandemic Times – 1 of 2 Chair: Prof. Nataliya Velikaya (Russian State University for the Humanities)

1. Prof. Flaminia Saccà (University of Tuscia)

2. Prof. Virendra P. Singh (Centre for Development Studies; University of Allahabad)

3. Prof. Parvez Abbasi (Veer Narmad South Gurjat University), Dr. Preeti Tiwari (Centre for Development Studies, University of Allahabad)

4. Dr. Rosalba Belmonte (University of Tuscia)

5. Dr. Irina Poliakova (Institute of Socio-Political Research of the Federal Center of Theoretical & Applied Sociology of Russian Academy of Sciences), Dr. Nataliya Belova (Russian State University for the Humanities) 16:00 – 18:00 Panel III: Leadership & Politics in Pandemic Times – 2 of 2 Chair: Prof. Flaminia Saccà (University of Tuscia)

1. Prof. Nataliya Velikaya (Institute of Socio-Political Research of the Federal Center of Theoretical & Applied Sociology of Russian Academy of Sciences; Russian State University for the Humanities)

2. Dr. Anna Gnedash (Krasnodar State University)

3. Dr. Luca Massidda (University of Tuscia)

4. Dr. Elena Irsetskaya (Russian State University for the Humanities and VCOIM)

5. Dr. Donatella Selva (University of Tuscia)