Adriano Cozzolino

I am a political scientist at the University of Messina, where I teach Political Science and Public Policy Analysis. My research explores how power, technocracy and capitalism reshape states and democracy, with a particular focus on the European Union; more recently, I am developing a research project on the contemporary forms of authoritarianism. I approach these questions mainly through a critical political economy perspective, combining qualitative and quantitative methods within a broader interdisciplinary outlook. 

Alongside academic research, I regularly engage with public institutions and professional communities on strategic foresight, anticipatory governance and long-term policy thinking, and I serve as Director of Research at the Italian Institute for the Future.