Pasquale Colloca

Associate Professor at the University of Bologna since 2019, he carries out his research in the field of sociology. His main research interests include the study of political culture, civic and political participation, old and new political cleavages. Currently he focuses his research on civic and political consequences of the economic crisis, and on populist impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Education:

2008-2012: Post-doctoral research fellow, University of Bologna.

2008: PhD in Sociology and Social research, University of Trento.                  

2001: Degree in Sociology, score 110/110, University of Trento.

Academic positions:

2012-2019  Assistant Professor in Sociology, Department of Educational Sciences “Giovanni Maria Bertin”, University of Bologna

2008-2012 Post-doctoral Fellowship, Department of Educational Sciences “Giovanni Maria Bertin”, University of Bologna

2009-2012 Teaching Assistant in Statistics for Social Research, Department of Educational Sciences “Giovanni Maria Bertin”, University of Bologna

Teaching activities:

He has taught a variety of courses at University of Bologna for the School of Psychology and Educational Sciences. 

He is currently Professor of "Social Research Methodology" for the Second cycle degree programmes in Planning and managing of educational intervention in social distress and in Science Of Lifelong Educational Processes, and "Sociology of Welfare and Social Policies" for Second cycle degree programme in Planning and managing of educational intervention in social distress of the University of Bologna.

Selected recent publications

Cavazza, Nicoletta; Colloca, Pasquale; Roccato, Michele, Left and right in the age of populism: has the populist zeitgeist permeated citizens’ representation of ideological labels? [https://cris.unibo.it/handle/11585/830654], «CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN POLITICS», 2022, 14, pp. 68 - 86 [articolo]

Lorenzo Cini, Pasquale Colloca, Nicola Maggini, Federico Tomassi, Marco Valbruzzi, An inquiry into urban peripheries, socio-economic distress and vote. The cases of Bologna, Florence and Rome [https://cris.unibo.it/handle/11585/834491], «QUADERNI DI SCIENZA POLITICA», 2021, 2, pp. 137 - 177 [articolo]

Roccato M.; Colloca P.; Cavazza N.; Russo S., Coping with the COVID-19 pandemic through institutional trust: Rally effects, compensatory control, and emotions [https://cris.unibo.it/handle/11585/830656], «SOCIAL SCIENCE QUARTERLY», 2021, 102, pp. 2360 - 2367 [articolo]

Cavazza N.; Russo S.; Colloca P.; Roccato M., Household crowding can have political effects: An empirical study on support for anti-democratic political systems during the COVID-19 lockdown in Italy [https://cris.unibo.it/handle/11585/829562], «JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY», 2021, 76, Article number: 101628, pp. 1 - 5 [articolo]

Silvia Russo, Pasquale Colloca, Nicoletta Cavazza, Michele Roccato, Moving away from Populist Votes. The Role of Anxiety during the COVID-19 Pandemic [https://cris.unibo.it/handle/11585/819171], «POLIS», 2021, XXXVI, pp. 153 - 164 [articolo]

Roccato, Michele; Russo, Silvia; Colloca, Pasquale; Cavazza, Nicoletta, The Lasting Effects of the COVID‐19 Pandemic on Support for Anti‐Democratic Political Systems: A Six‐Month Longitudinal Study [https://cris.unibo.it/handle/11585/816366], «SOCIAL SCIENCE QUARTERLY», 2021, 102, pp. 2285 - 2295 [articolo]

Roccato, Michele; Cavazza, Nicoletta; Colloca, Pasquale; Russo, Silvia, A Democratic Emergency After a Health Emergency? Exposure to COVID‐19, Perceived Economic Threat and Support for Anti‐Democratic Political Systems, «SOCIAL SCIENCE QUARTERLY», in press, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ssqu.12865 [Scientific article] 

Cavazza, Nicoletta; Colloca, Pasquale; Corbetta, Piergiorgio; Mosso, Cristina O; Roccato, Michele, ‘Strangers in Their Own Land’: Development and Validation of a Balanced, Unidimensional Scale to Measure the Sense of Threat to Local Traditions, «INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC OPINION RESEARCH», 2020, 32, pp. 189 - 201 [Scientific article]

Roccato, Michele; Cavazza, Nicoletta; Colloca, Pasquale; Russo, Silvia, Three Roads to Populism? An Italian Field Study on the 2019 European Election, «SOCIAL SCIENCE QUARTERLY», 2020, 101, pp. 1222 - 1235 [Scientific article]

Roccato, Michele; Corbetta, Piergiorgio; Cavazza, Nicoletta; Colloca, Pasquale, Assessment of Citizens’ Populist Orientations: Development and Validation of the POPulist ORientation (POPOR) Scale, «SOCIAL SCIENCE QUARTERLY», 2019, 100, pp. 2148 - 2167 [articolo]

Biancalana, Cecilia; Colloca, Pasquale, The Dynamics of the Electoral Geography of the Five Star Movement: The Role of Territorial Area and Municipality Size, «JOURNAL OF MODERN ITALIAN STUDIES», 2019, 24, pp. 716 - 735 [articolo]

Cavazza, N.;Colloca, P.; Corbetta, P.; Mosso, C.; Roccato, M., ‘Strangers in Their Own Land’: Development and Validation of a Balanced, Unidimensional Scale to Measure the Sense of Threat to Local Traditions INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC OPINION RESEARCH, 2019, 10.1093/ijpor/edz009 [Scientific article]

Corbetta, P.; Colloca, P.; Cavazza, N.; Roccato, M., Lega and Five-star Movement voters: exploring the role of cultural, economic and political bewilderment, «CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN POLITICS», 2018, DOI: 10.1080/23248823.2018.1524678 [Scientific article]

Colloca, P., The impact of economic crisis on civic attitudes: the moderating role of expected social mobility. Evidence from some European countries, «THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY & SOCIAL POLICY», 2018, 38, pp. 378 - 393 [Scientific article]