Alberto Martinelli

Alberto Martinelli is a scholar of social sciences, former president of the International Sociological Association and professor of Political Science and Sociology at the University of Milan.

Career

After receiving his Bachelor of Arts B.A. in Economics from Bocconi University of Milan and his PhD in Sociology from the University of California, Berkeley, Martinelli started teaching at the University of Milan (Università degli Studi di Milano), where he became full professor of Economic Sociology in 1980 and of Political Science in 1987. Between 1987 and 1999 he was Dean of the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences of the University of Milan. He also taught Sociology at Bocconi University of Milan and Political Science and Sociology in various foreign universities, among which the University of California, Berkeley, Stanford University, New York University, University of Valencia, Ain Shams University in Cairo and the Saint Petersburg State University. In 1998-2002, he was elected President[1] of the International Sociological Association. He is President of the International Social Science Council. He is President of the AEM Foundation-A2A Group. He chairs the Evaluation Committee of the University of Padua. He is member of the Istituto Lombardo Accademia di Scienze e Lettere. He is a member of the Real Academia des Ciencias Morales y Politicas de Espana.

Research

Martinelli has coordinated and participated in major international research projects, like ‘Business Interests Associations’, ‘Comparative Charting of Social Change’, ‘Sustainability for the 21.st Century: Overcoming Limits to Creative Adaptation’, 'Knowledge for Integration Governance' (KING).

He is member of the Scientific Committee of Expo Milano 2015 . He is member of the Scientific Committee of ISMU-Eupolis (Regional Institute of Research of Lombardy). He has been member of Italy's National Council of Science and Technology for its whole duration. Between 2001 and 2006 he has been elected in the City Council of Milan. He is on the editorial board of several scientific journals and writes for newspapers and magazines, includingIl Corriere della Sera. In 40 years of scholarly work he has written books and essays on political and sociological theory, modernization and development studies, international relations and global politics, entrepreneurship and management, corporate social responsibility, complex organizations, interest groups and policy-making. His recent interests focus on sustainable development, European politics and society, comparative political and social systems, models and actors of global governance.

Books

Essays

References

  1. ↑ Jose I. Reguera (2007-07-09). "ISA - International Sociological Association". Isa-sociology.org. Retrieved 2012-08-03.

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