Massimo Pendenza
University of Salerno
Italy

Massimo Pendenza is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Salerno, Italy. His research interests cover Cosmopolitan Sociology, Classical Sociology and Sociology of Europe. He coordinates the Centre of European Studies. His recent publications include “Cosmopolitan nuances in classical sociology: Reshaping conceptual frameworks” (Journal of Classical Sociology, 15(4), 2015), “Radicare il cosmopolitismo. La nozione di 'cosmopolitismo sociale'” (Rassegna Italiana di Sociologia, 2, 2015), (with Inglis D., eds.) Durkheim cosmopolita, Morlacchi (2015) and Classical Sociology Beyond Methodological Nationalism (ed.), Brill (2014). He has also edited a Special Issue on “Cosmopolitan Sociology/Sociologia del cosmopolitismo” for Quaderni di Teoria Sociale (14, 2014).

Livia Garcìa Faroldi
University of Málaga
Spain

Livia García-Faroldi is Associate Professor at the department of Sociology of the University of Málaga. Her research interests are political identities, European integration and social network analysis. Some of her publications on these topics are: “Construyendo Europa” (Building Europe), “International experience and national context: measuring attitudes towards the EU in cross-national research” and the chapter ‘L’évolution du nationalisme andalou depuis la transition democrátique’ (in Les nationalismes dans l'Espagne contemporaine, directed by Fernández García and Petithomme).