Laura Leonardi
University of Florence
Italy

Laura Leonardi (PhD in Political Sociology) teaches Comparative Social Analysis and Sociology of the European Integration at the School of Political Sciences “Cesare Alfieri”, University of Florence. From 2008 she holds the Jean Monnet Chair “Social Dimension and European Integration”. From 2001 to 2007 she was holder of a Jean Monnet Module. Among her most recent publications: Introduzione a Dahrendorf (Laterza, 2014), La società europea in costruzione. Trasformazioni sociali e integrazione europea (Florence University Press, 2012), “Disuguaglianze, redistribuzione ed equità nel modello sociale Europeo” (Quaderni di Sociologia, 59, 2012).

Gemma Scalise
University of Florence

Gemma Scalise is research fellow in the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the University of Florence. Her research interests focus on identity change in post-national Europe, social citizenship challenges in the EU, Europeanisation and local-global relations. Among her latest publications: “The narrative construction of the European identity. Meanings of Europe ‘from below’ (European Societies, 17(4), 2015), “Toscani, italiani e europei. Narrazioni e identità nell’Europa in costruzione” (Rapporto italiani nel mondo, Caritas-Migrantes, 2015); “What does the word “Europe” make you think of? Conceptualisations of Europe in a local context” (Redefining Community in Intercultural Context, 3(1), 2014); “European identity construction in the public sphere. A case-study on the narratives of Europe (International Journal of Cross-cultural Studies, 2(2), 2013); “Esplorando l'identità europea, tra approcci teorici e ricerca empirica. Riflessioni sul dibattito in corso” (CAMBIO. Rivista sulle trasformazioni sociali, 4, 2012).