Emanuele Leonardi
Centre for Social Studies (CES) - University of Coimbra
Portugal

Emanuele Leonardi is Post-Doc Researcher at the Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra (Portugal). His main research interests include: political ecology of climate change, André Gorz's eco-Marxism and the relationships between social movements and institutional transformations. He is now working on a project concerning the socio-environmental impacts of the ILVA steel plant in Taranto (Apulia, Italy), with a focus on the emergence of community resistance in the area. Amongst his latest publications: Financial Governmentality: the Wealth-Effect as a Practice of Social Control (co-authored with Stefano Lucarelli), in The Global Financial Crisis and Educational Restructuring, Eds. M. Peters, J. M. Paraskeva, and T. Besley (New York, Peter Lang; 91-120) [2015].

Michelangelo Secchi
Centre for Social Studies (CES) - University of Coimbra
Portugal

Michelangelo Secchi is Research Fellow at the Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra (Portugal).His research activity focuses on urban democracy, democratic innovations and collaborative technologies. In addition to his academic background, he has been working for more than ten years as public sector consultant on the design and management of citizen engagement processes and participatory governance strategies in Italy and abroad. He is currently Scientific Coordinator of the Project EMPATIA "Enabling Multichannel PArticipation Through ICT Adaptations" (empatia-project.eu) funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.