Barbara Saracino

Barbara Saracino (PhD in Methodology and Social Research) is associate professor of Sociology at the Department of Political and Social Sciences of the University of Bologna. Her main research interests deal with Methodology and Sociology of Science. She is expert in investigation techniques and analysis of both quantitative and qualitative data. She is member of the steering committee of the research centre Observa Science in Society and also coordinator of Science in Society Monitor. She is co-editor of the journal Polis: Research and studies on society and politics (ed. Il Mulino), and member of the academic board of the PhD in Social and Political Change. She is the author of 87 publications, including 3 books and 25 journal papers.