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Elisa Piras

Elisa Piras

Elisa Piras

Senior Researcher
Center for Advanced Studies

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Elisa Piras is Senior Researcher at the Center for Advanced Studies of Eurac Research. She studied political science, international relations and political philosophy in Bologna, Florence and Pisa. After obtaining a PhD in Politics, Human Rights and Sustainability, she held research and teaching positions at the University of Bologna and at the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Pisa. Her research interests include:

  • issues of social and global justice
  • history of political thought and contemporary political philosophy
  • political liberalism, multiculturalism, identity theories
  • public opinion and disinformation
  • gender studies and affirmative policies
  • discriminatory and gender-based violence

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