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Istituto di Ricerche
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Istituto di Ricerche
sulla Popolazione
e le Politiche Sociali

Maria Grasso

Dirigente di Ricerca presso l’Istituto di Ricerca sulla Popolazione e le Politiche Sociali (IRPPS).

Rome

maria.grasso@cnr.it

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Informazioni

Dirigente di Ricerca presso questo Istituto. In precedenza, era Professore Ordinario di Scienze Politiche e Sociologia Politica al Dipartimento di Sociologia, Politica e Relazioni Internazionali, School of Society and Environment, Queen Mary University of London dal 2020. Prima di allora, era Professore di Politica e Metodi Quantitativi al Dipartimento di Politica (ora School of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations) all’Università di Sheffield, dove era entrata come Lecturer nel 2011, prima di essere promossa a Senior Lecturer e poi a Professore Ordinario nel 2017. Ha conseguito un Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Filosofia, Politica ed Economia (PPE) e un Master of Science in Sociologia with Distinction presso l’Università di Oxford (Lady Margaret Hall). Ha ottenuto il suo dottorato dall’Università di Oxford nel 2011 (Nuffield College). I suoi studi di master e dottorato sono stati finanziati dall’Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) da una borsa di studio “1+3”; è stata Stipendiary Lecturer in Politica al St Hugh’s College, Università di Oxford (2008-2011) e Research Fellow presso il Dipartimento di Politica e Relazioni Internazionali dell’Università di Southampton (2009-2011).

È  European Editor di Mobilization e fa parte dell’Advisory Board di Acta Politica. Ha recentemente completato il suo mandato quadriennale (2018-2023) nella Editorial Board dell’European Journal of Political Research e in precedenza è stata Associate Editor di European Societies (2018-2021). È autrice di Generations, Political Participation and Social Change in Western Europe (Routledge, 2016) e coautrice di Street Citizens: Protest Politics and Social Movement Activism in the Age of Globalization (Cambridge University Press, 2019) e Living with Hard Times: Europeans in the Great Recession (ECPR Press, 2021), The Transformation of Protest Politics (Cambridge University Press, 2025) e Protest: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2027).

È regolarmente invitata a livello internazionale a tenere keynotes e presentazioni sulla sua ricerca e sulle sue implicazioni, consulenze per vari enti di ricerca internazionali, case editrici, riviste, Advisory Boards, oltre a partecipare alle principali conferenze disciplinari. Ha inoltre curato diversi volumi e special issues di riviste e il suo lavoro è stato pubblicato in varie riviste specialistiche tra cui British Journal of Political Science, European Journal of Political Research, European Political Science Review, International Political Science Review, Electoral Studies, Journal of Elections, Public Opinion, and Parties, Journal of European Social Policy, Political Studies, Acta Politica, American Behavioral Scientist, Work, Employment, and Society, Mobilization, Research in Social Movements, Conflict and Change e altre.

La sua ricerca si concentra sulla sociologia politica, sul cambiamento sociale, sulla politica e sulla società, disuguaglianze sociali e politiche, generazioni politiche, movimenti sociali, politica giovanile, divari di genere e il passaggio dai mezzi tradizionali di partecipazione politica legati ai partiti, alla politica elettorale e al conflitto sinistra-destra, a forme di coinvolgimento più diffuse e irregolari come manifestazioni, boicottaggi dei consumatori e partecipazione digitale. I suoi principali interessi di ricerca ruotano attorno alla comprensione del legame tra disuguaglianze economiche, sociali e politiche, osservando la partecipazione politica e gli atteggiamenti politici di diversi gruppi in termini di generazione/età, genere, classe, privazione relativa, ecc., e le loro intersezioni, così come i modi in cui le crisi influenzano diversi gruppi di cittadini riguardo alle loro condizioni economiche e percezioni, al capitale sociale e alle loro (re)azioni politiche. Il suo lavoro accademico si occupa principalmente di ricerca quantitativa e analisi statistica di indagini cross-nazionali sugli atteggiamenti e comportamenti politici.

Ha ricevuto finora oltre c. 2,4 milioni di euro (totale dei finanziamenti come PI/Co-I) in fondi per la ricerca, più recentemente come “Coordinatrice Scientifica” nel progetto DEMETRA finanziato da Horizon Europe/UKRI/SERI “Governance Democratica, Sfide Ambientali e Climatiche e Trasformazione Sociale: Deliberazione, Inclusività e Empowerment dei Cittadini per Sistemi Alimentari Sostenibili”  iniziato a maggio 2024. Nell’aprile 2024 ha completato un progetto ESRC sull’impatto dell’umorismo politico sugli atteggiamenti e comportamenti politici. In precedenza, ha diretto ricerche e collaborato con altri ricercatori su vari altri importanti finanziamenti europei e del Regno Unito, incluso come Principal Investigator per il work-package sul sondaggio paneuropeo del progetto collaborativo EU nel programma Horizon 2020: EURYKA, 2017-2020, sulla partecipazione dei giovani e le disuguaglianze (Twitter), Principal Investigator per il work-package sul sondaggio transnazionale nel progetto collaborativo dell’UE nel programma Horizon 2020, TransSOL, 2015-2018, sulla solidarietà transnazionale in tempi di crisi (Twitter), il progetto collaborativo dell’UE nel 7° Programma Quadro, LIVEWHAT, 2013-2016, sulla resilienza sociale in tempi di crisi (Twitter), e come co-investigatrice nel progetto finanziato da Max Batley “Protesta come pratica democratica: movimenti per la pace nel sud Europa, 1975-1990”. È stata ricercatrice, 2009-2011, nel progetto collaborativo dell’European Science Foundation sull’indagine europea sulla protesta Caught in the Act of Protest: Contextualizing Contestation.

Viene regolarmente invitata per commenti sui media su vari trend globali e le sue ricerche sono apparse su The Times, The Financial Times, The Economist, The Independent, The Guardian, The Telegraph tra gli altri. Ha redatto rapporti commissionati per The Government Office for Science e la Committee on Standards in Public Life ed è stata invitata a scrivere articoli di commento per il blog LSE British Politics and Policy e per il Democratic Audit.

Ha supervisionato e seguito molti assistenti di ricerca e post-docs nel corso degli anni lavorando ai suoi progetti di ricerca finanziati e ha supervisionato fino ad oggi 12 studenti di dottorato fino al completamento (8 come Supervisore Principale).

At Queen Mary University of London:  

  • The influence of competing identities on political information processing: An empirical analysis, Dr Yara Sleiman (HSS Scholarship), 2026 (First Supervisor).
  • Understanding European far right party-movement relations in the anti-Islamic turn, Dr Ziyi Huang, 2026 (Second Supervisor with Stijn van Kessel).

At the University of Sheffield:

  • Conceptualising Party Political Ideology: An Exploration of Party Modernisation in Britain, Dr Katharine Dommett, 2012 (Second Supervisor since Sept 2011, with Colin Hay).  
  • The generational and social class bases of pro-democratic culture in Turkey: a quantitative analysis with WVS data, Dr Murat Inan, 2016 (First Supervisor).
  • Disaggregating authoritarianism: The effects of territorial dispute involvement on regime survival and democratisation in four types of autocracies, Dr Barbara Yoxon (née Buraczynska), 2017 (First Supervisor). *** Winner of the BISA Prize for Best PhD Thesis 2018 and Andrew Gamble Prize for an Outstanding Thesis 2017 ***
  • The Dynamics of Youth Political Participation in Southeast Asia: The Case of Malaysia,Dr Norhafiza Mohd Hed, 2017 (First Supervisor).
  • Understanding the Emergence, Development and Trajectories of New Social Movements (NSMs) in Non-Post-Materialist Societies: The Case of the Animal Protection Movement (APM) in Malaysia, Dr Suzianah Ismail, 2017 (Second Supervisor with Alasdair Cochrane).  
  • How Has the Phenomenon of Revolutionary Groups Been Resilient in Greece? A Relational Study of Two Contentious Episodes (1965 – 2002), Dr Sotirios Karampampas, 2018 (First Supervisor).
  • Youth on the Margins and Girls on the Edge: A study of youth-derived and gender-derived inequalities in political organisational participation in the UK, Dr Katherine Smith, 2020 (First Supervisor). 
  • Variations in European populist anti-establishment parties, Dr Andrew Arnott, 2021 (Second Supervisor with Nasos Roussias)
  • The far-right movement in Great Britain, 2009-2019, Dr Andreas Dafnos, 2021 (First Supervisor) 
  • Social Capital in the South Caucasus: A comparative analysis of Azerbaijani and Georgian societies, Dr Adila Aliyeva, 2022 (First Supervisor). 

Principali Pubblicazioni

Monographs

Edited Volumes

Journal Special Issues

the welfare state: sources, processes, and consequences. Special Issue of Journal of

European Public Policy.

Journal Articles 

  • Grasso, M. and Shorrocks, R. (2026) “Are new generations of women more left-wing than men? Generations and gender gaps in attitudes to inequality and social services” Journal of European Public Policyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2025.2490811

 

  • Grasso, M. and Giugni, M. (2025) “Intersectionality and Inequalities in Political Participation in Europe: How Do Gender, Class and Age Relate to Political

Exclusion?” Comparative European Politics https://doi.org/10.1057/s41295-025-00423

  • Grasso, M. and Giugni, M. (2025) “Differential Protest Participation Among Fridays for Future Climate Protesters: Relational Versus Objective and SubjectiveDeterminants” American Behavioral Scientist  https://doi.org/10.1177/00027642251357686
  • Serra, L., Grasso, M. (2025) “Political Socialisation in the UK: Describing

Generational Changes of Values. International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society .

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10767-025-09549-x

  • Nemcok, M. Im, Z. J, Grasso, and Bonomi Bezzo, F. (2025) “Public opinion and the welfare state: sources, processes, and consequences (Introduction to the Special Issue)”. Journal of European Public Policy https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2025.2572362
  • Grasso, M. and Giugni, M. (2025) “Editorial. Special Issue: New Perspectives on Gender and Political Mobilization” European Journal of Politics and Gender https://doi.org/10.1332/25151088Y2025D000000087
  • Giugni, M. and Grasso, M. (2025) “United in Diversity: Building Bridges in the Study of Political Participation” Government and Opposition https://doi.org/10.1017/gov.2025.13
  • Giugni, M. and Grasso, M. (2025) “Words Are Stones: How Elite Discourse Deters the Political Participation of Young People”. Journal of Youth Studies https://doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2025.2465521
  • Grasso, M. and M. Giugni (2024) “Gendered opportunities across modes of political participation: A macro-micro analysis of the gender gap” European Journal of Politics and Gender https://doi.org/10.1332/25151088Y2024D000000055
  • Giugni, M. and Grasso, M. (2024)  “Taming Through Support? Youth Organisations and the Impact of Public Funding on Their Political Activities”. Political Studieshttps://doi.org/10.1177/00323217241247674
  • Vlase, I. and M. Grasso (2023) “Support for prostitution legalization in Romania: individual, household, and socio-cultural determinants”. The Journal of Sex Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2021.1968334
  • Grasso, M. and K. Smith (2022) “Gender inequalities in political participation and political engagement amongst young people in Europe: Are young women less politically engaged than young men?” Politicshttps://doi.org/10.1177/02633957211028813 
  • Grasso, M. and M. Giugni (2022) “Intra-generational inequalities in young people’s political participation in Europe: The impact of social class on youth political engagement” Politics https://doi.org/10.1177/02633957211031742
  • Grasso, M. and M. Giugni (2022) ” Youth doing politics in times of increasing inequalities” (Special Issue Introduction) Politics https://doi.org/10.1177/02633957211042738
  • Grasso, M., Klicperová-Baker, M., Koos, S., Kosyakova, Y.  Petrillo, A. and I. Vlase (2021) “The impact of the coronavirus crisis on European societies. What have we learnt and where do we go from here? – Introduction to the COVID volume” European Societieshttps://doi.org/10.1080/14616696.2020.1869283
  • Giugni, M. and Grasso, M. (2020) “Talking about youth: The depoliticization of young people in the public domain” American Behavioral Scientisthttps://doi.org/10.1177/0002764219885429
  • Shorrocks, R. and Grasso, M. (2020) “The attitudinal gender gap across generations: support for redistribution and government spending in contexts of high and low welfare provision” European Political Science Review https://doi.org/10.1017/S1755773920000120
  • Bessant, J. and Grasso, M. (2019) “Security and the liberal-democratic state: criminalizing young people’s politics” Revista Internacional de Sociología77 (4) https://doi.org/10.3989/ris.2019.77.4.19.003
  • Mohd Hed, N. and Grasso, M. (2019)”Age Group Differences in Political Activism in Malaysia” Journal of Youth Studieshttps://doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2019.1636948 
  • Giugni, M. and Grasso, M. (2019)”Trust, Identity, Skills, or Recruitment? Assessing Four Explanations of the Relationship Between Associational Involvement and the Political Participation of Migrants,” International Migration Reviewhttps://doi.org/10.1177/0197918319856362 
  • Karampampas, S., Temple, L. and Grasso, M. (2019), “Violent political action during the European economic crisis: An empirical investigation of four theoretical paradigms from social movement research.” Comparative European Politicshttps://doi.org/10.1057/s41295-019-00191-4
  • Giugni, M. and Grasso, M. (2019) “Citizen Politics in Times of Crisis” (Special Issue Editorial) Acta Politicahttps://doi.org/10.1057/s41269-019-00136-5
  • Grasso, M. and Giugni, M. (2019) “European Citizens in Times of Crisis” (Special Issue Introduction) European Societieshttps://doi.org/10.1080/14616696.2019.1584325
  • Grasso, M., Karampampas, S., Temple, L., Yoxon, B. (2019) “Deprivation, Class and Crisis in Europe: A Comparative Analysis” European Societieshttps://doi.org/10.1080/14616696.2019.1584324
  • Yoxon, B., Grasso, M., Karampampas, S., Temple, L., (2019) “Prejudice and Relative Deprivation: The Effects of Self-Referenced Relative Deprivation on Generalized Prejudice in European Democracies” European Societieshttps://doi.org/10.1080/14616696.2019.1583356
  • Giugni, M. and Grasso, M. (2019) “Party membership and social movement activism: A macro–micro analysis” Party Politicshttps://doi.org/10.1177/1354068818823446
  • Grasso, M. and Lahusen, C. (2019) “European Solidarity at a Crossroads? Citizens’ Attitudes and Political Behaviors in Europe” (Special Issue Introduction) American Behavioral Scientisthttps://doi.org/10.1177/0002764218823846
  • Giugni, M. and Grasso, M. (2019) ” Do Unto Others? Individual-Level Mechanisms of Political Altruism” American Behavioral Scientisthttps://doi.org/10.1177/0002764218823851
  • Grasso, M., and Giugni, M. (2018) “Political values and extra-institutional political participation: The impact of economic redistributive and social libertarian preferences on protest behaviour” International Political Science Reviewhttps://doi.org/10.1177/0192512118780425
  • Gray, E., Grasso, M., Farrall, S., Hay, C., and W. Jennings (2018) “Political socialisation, worry about crime and antisocial behaviour: An analysis of age, period and cohort effects” British Journal of Criminology(Open Access) https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azy024
  • Giugni, M. and Grasso, M. (2018) “Mechanisms of responsiveness: What MPs think of interest organizations and how they deal with them” Political Studies(Open Access) https://doi.org/10.1177/0032321718784156
  • Grasso, M., Farrall, S., Gray, E., Hay, C., and W. Jennings (2018) “Socialisation and generational political trajectories: An age, period and cohort analysis of political participation in Britain” Journal of Elections, Public Opinion, and Parties(Open Access) https://doi.org/10.1080/17457289.2018.1476359 
  • Saunders, C., Grasso, M. and C. Hedges (2018) “Attention to Climate Change in British Newspapers in Three Attention Cycles (1997-2017)” Geoforumhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2018.05.024
  • Giugni, M. and M.Grasso (2018) “Alternative Action Organizations: Social Solidarity or Political Advocacy?” American Behavioral Scientist(Open Access) https://doi.org/10.1177/0002764218768855
  • Grasso, M., Yoxon (née Buraczynska), B., Karampampas, S. and L. Temple, (2017) “Relative deprivation and inequalities in social and political activism” Acta Politica(Open Access) https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057%2Fs41269-017-0072-y
  • Giugni, M. and Grasso, M. (2017) “Blame and contention: How perceptions of the government’s role in the economic crisis shape patterns of political action” Acta Politica(Open Access) https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057%2Fs41269-017-0073-x
  • Grasso, M., Farrall, S., Gray, E., Hay, C., and W. Jennings (2017) “Thatcher’s Children, Blair’s Babies, political socialisation and trickle-down value-change: An age, period and cohort analysis” British Journal of Political Science(Open Access). https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007123416000375
  • Inan, M. & M. Grasso (2017) A participatory generation? The generational and social class bases of political activism in Turkey Turkish Studies18(1):10-31 http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/aCWJSKgUdqF8rXqfXEHu/full
  • Grasso, M. and M. Giugni (2016) “Protest participation and economic crisis: The conditioning role of political opportunities” European Journal of Political Research. (Open Access). https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1475-6765.12153
  • Grasso, M. and M. Giugni (2016) “Do Issues Matter? Anti-Austerity Protests’ Composition, Values, and Action Repertoires Compared” Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change39: 31-58. http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/S0163-786X20160000039002
  • Giugni, M. and M. Grasso (2016) “How Civil Society Actors Responded to the Economic Crisis: The Interaction of Material Deprivation and Perceptions of Political Opportunity Structures” Politics & Policy44(3): 447–472. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/polp.12157/abstract
  • Temple, L., Grasso, M., Buraczynska, B., Karampampas, S., and P. English (2016) “Neoliberal Narrative in Times of Economic Crisis: A Political Claims Analysis of the UK Press, 2007-2014” Politics & Policy44(3): 553–576. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/polp.12161/abstract
  • English, P., Grasso, M., Buraczynska, B., Karampampas, S. and L. Temple (2016) “Convergence on Crisis? Comparing Labour and Conservative Party Framing of the Economic Crisis in Britain, 2008-2014” Politics & Policy44(3): 577–603. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/polp.12160/abstract
  • Giugni, M. and M. Grasso (2015) “Environmental Movements: Heterogeneity, Transformation, and Institutionalization.” Annual Review of Environment and Resourcesdx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-102014-021327  
  • Dunn, A., Grasso, M., and Saunders, C. (2014) “Unemployment and Attitudes to Work: asking the ‘right’ question.” Work, Employment, and Society28(6): 904-925. http://wes.sagepub.com/content/28/6/904
  • Grasso, M. (2014) “Age, Period and Cohort Analysis in a Comparative Context: Political Generations and Political Participation Repertoires in Western Europe.” Electoral Studies33: 63-76. 1016/j.electstud.2013.06.003 
  • Grasso, M. (2013) “The Differential Impact of Education on Young People’s Political Activism: Comparing Italy and the United Kingdom.” Comparative Sociology12: 1-30. 1163/15691330-12341252 
  • Saunders, C., Grasso, M., et al. (2012) “Explaining Differential Protest Participation: Novices, Returners, Repeaters and Stalwarts.” Mobilization17(3): 263-280. org/doi/pdf/10.17813/maiq.17.3.bqm553573058t478 

Book Chapters

  • Serra, L. and Grasso, M. (2027) “Data Challenges in Political Socializaton Research.” In De Gruyter Handbook of Political Socialization, Greenlee, J. and Oxley, Z. (eds.) Berlin: De Gruyter (forthcoming)
  • Grasso M. and Giugni, M. (2025) “Protest” In Open Access Encyclopedia of Political Science. Gagnon, A., Stockemer, D., Sawyer, S. (eds). New York City: Springer. (Forthcoming)
  • Giugni, M. and Grasso, M. (2025). “The Youth Paradox: Young People’s Political Activism in Europe.” In De Gruyter Handbook of Youth Activism, Erdal, C., & Kennelly, J. (eds.), Berlin: De Gruyter. (Forthcoming)
  • Smith, K. And Grasso, M. (2025) “Generations, Crises, Inequalities and Solidarities.” In Deconstructing the Role of Generations in Social Movements: Time, Events, and Legacies, Turner, M., Ludvigsen, J. and Grasso, M. (eds). London: Routledge.
  • Turner, M., Ludvigsen, J. and Grasso, M. (2025) “Introduction: Deconstructing the role of generations in social movements.” In Deconstructing the Role of Generations in Social Movements: Time, Events, and Legacies, Turner, M., Ludvigsen, J. and Grasso, M. (eds). London: Routledge. 
  • Grasso M. and  Gubernat R. (2025) “Socio-Economic Development, Class, and Protest” In Protest and Power in Central and Eastern Europe. Craciun, C. and Rammelt, H. (Eds.) Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology: London.
  • Giugni, M. and Grasso M. (2024) “Social Movements” In Handbook of Comparative Political Institutions. Vatter, A. and Freiburghaus, R. (eds) Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
  • Giugni, M. and Grasso, M. (2022). “The Study of Political Participation Across Research Traditions”, In The Oxford Handbook of Political Participation, Giugni, M. and Grasso, M. (eds) Oxford : Oxford University Press.
  • Giugni, M. and Grasso, M. (2022). “Protest Participation”, In The Oxford Handbook of Political Participation, Giugni, M. and Grasso, M. (eds) Oxford : Oxford University Press.
  • Grasso, M. and Giugni, M. (2022) “Environmental Movements Worldwide”. In Routledge Handbook of Environmental Movements, Giugni, M. and Grasso, M. (eds) London: Routledge.
  • Giugni, M. and Grasso, M. (2021) “Protest Participation.” In Oxford Bibliographies in Political Science. Maisel, S. (ed) Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Giugni, M. and Grasso, M. (2021). “Citizenship and Migration: Mapping the Terrain” In Handbook of Citizenship and Migration, Giugni, M. and Grasso, M. (eds) Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
  • Giugni, M. and Grasso, M. (2021). “Youth and Politics in Times of Increasing Inequalities” In Youth and Politics in Times of Increasing Inequalities, Giugni, M. and Grasso, M. (eds) Houndmills: Palgrave.
  • Giugni M., Grasso M. (2020) “Social Movements” InThe Palgrave Encyclopedia of Interest Groups, Lobbying and Public Affairs. Harris P., Bitonti A., Fleisher C., Skorkjær Binderkrantz A. (eds)  London: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13895-0_98-1 
  • Gray, E., Grasso, M.T. and Farrall, S. (2020) “The Political Socialisation of Thatcher’s Children: Identifying the Long Reach of Thatcherite Social and Economic Values and Perceptions of Crime” In Thatcherism in the 21st Century: The Social and Cultural Legacy, eds. A. Mullen, S. Farrall and D. Jeffery. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Montgomery, T. and M.T. Grasso (2020) “Political activism and agency under austerity and Brexit” In Contested Britain: Brexit, Austerity, and Agency, eds. M. Guderjan, H. Mackay, and G. Stedman. Bristol: Bristol University Press.
  • Giugni, M., and M. T. Grasso (2020) “Nothing Is Lost, Nothing Is Created, Everything Is Transformed: From Labor Movements to Anti-Austerity Protests” In The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Social Movements, ed. Flesher Fominaya and R. Feenstra. London: Routledge.
  • Giugni, M., and M. T. Grasso (2018) “Economic Outcomes of Social Movements” in The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Social Movements, ed. D. A. Snow, S. A. Soule, H. Kriesi and H. McCammon. Oxford: Blackwell.
  • Grasso, M. T. (2018) “Young people’s political participation in times of crisis” in S. Pickard and J. Bessant (eds) Young people regenerating politics in times of crisis, (eds) London: Palgrave Macmillan
  • Bessant, J. and M. T. Grasso (2018) “Governing Youth Politics in the Age of Surveillance” in Grasso, M.T. and Bessant, J. (eds) Governing Youth Politics in the Age of Surveillance. London: Routledge
  • Lahusen, C. and Grasso, M.T. (2018) “Solidarity in Europe – European solidarity” in Lahusen, C. and Grasso, M.T. (eds) Solidarity in Europe. Citizens’ Responses in Times of Crisis. London: Palgrave Macmillan
  • Trenz, H. and Grasso, M.T. (2018) “Towards a new conditionality of welfare? Reconsidering solidarity in the Danish welfare state” in Lahusen, C. and Grasso, M.T. (eds) Solidarity in Europe. Citizens’ Responses in Times of Crisis. London: Palgrave Macmillan
  • Montgomery, T., Baglioni, S., Biosca, O. and Grasso, M. T. (2018) “Pulling together or pulling apart? Solidarity in the post-crisis United Kingdom” in Lahusen, C. and Grasso, M.T. (eds) Solidarity in Europe. Citizens’ Responses in Times of Crisis. London: Palgrave Macmillan
  • Lahusen, C. and Grasso, M.T. (2018) “European Solidarity: a comparative assessment and discussion” in Lahusen, C. and Grasso, M.T. (eds) Solidarity in Europe. Citizens’ Responses in Times of Crisis. London: Palgrave Macmillan
  • Giugni, M. and Grasso, M.T. (2018) “Citizens and the Crisis: Perceptions, Experiences, and Responses to the Great Recession in Nine Democracies” in Giugni, M. and Grasso, M.T. (eds) Citizens and the Crisis: Perceptions, Experiences, and Responses to the Great Recession in Europe.London: Palgrave Macmillan
  • Temple, L. and Grasso, M.T. (2018) “Austerity, Politics and Partisanship in the UK ” in Giugni, M. and Grasso, M.T. (eds) Citizens and the Crisis: Perceptions, Experiences, and Responses to the Great Recession in Europe.London: Palgrave Macmillan
  • Giugni, M. and Grasso, M.T. (2018) “Citizens and the Crisis: The Great Recession as Constraint and Opportunity” in Giugni, M. and Grasso, M.T. (eds) Citizens and the Crisis: Perceptions, Experiences, and Responses to the Great Recession in Europe.London: Palgrave Macmillan
  • Grasso, M. T. (2016) “Political Participation.” In Heffernan, R., Cowley, P. & Hay, C. (eds) Developments in British Politics 10. Basingstoke, Palgrave MacMillan.
  • Giugni, M. and Grasso, M.T. (2016) “The Biographical Impact of Participation in Social Movement Activities: Beyond Highly Committed New Left Activism?” in Bosi, L., Giugni, M. and K. Uba (eds) The Consequences of Social Movements. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Giugni, M. and Grasso, M.T. (2015) “Austerity and Protest: Debates and Challenges ” in M. Giugni, and M.T. Grasso (eds) Austerity and Protest: Popular Contention in Times of Economic Crisis. London: Routledge.
  • Grasso, M.T. and Giugni, M. (2015) “Are Anti-Austerity Movements ‘Old’ or ‘New’?” in M. Giugni, and M.T. Grasso (eds) Austerity and Protest: Popular Contention in Times of Economic Crisis. London: Routledge.
  • Giugni, M. and Grasso, M.T. (2015) “Austerity and Protest: Lessons and Future Research” in M. Giugni, and M.T. Grasso (eds) (forthcoming) Austerity and Protest: Popular Contention in Times of Economic Crisis. London: Routledge.
  • Dunn, A., Grasso, M. T. and Saunders, C. (2014) “Who agrees that “having almost any job is better than being unemployed”?” in A. Dunn, Rethinking Unemployment and the Work Ethic, London: Palgrave Macmillan.

Book Reviews

  • Grasso, M. T. (2018) Book Review: Bessant, J., Farthing, R. and Watts, R. The Precarious Generation: A Political Economy of Young People (Routledge, 2017), British Journal of Sociologyhttps://doi.org/10.1111/1468-4446.12379
  • Grasso, M. T. (2018) Book Review: Jon Gunnar Bernburg, Economic Crisis and Mass Protest: The Pots and Pans Revolution in Iceland (Routledge, 2016) & Donatella Della Porta, Joseba Fernandez, Hara Kouki, Lorenzo Mosca, Movement Parties Against Austerity (Polity, 2017), Acta Sociologicahttps://doi.org/10.1177/0001699318769178 

Research Reports

  • Grasso, M. T. (2013) What are the distinguishing generational, life course, and historical drivers of changing identities? Future Identities: Changing identities in the UK – the next 10 years. Foresight: The Future of Identity in the UK. London, The Government Office for Science. Download (PDF, 0.3 MB)
  • Grasso, M. T. (2011) [with the assistance of J. Rose and the Committee’s Research Advisory Board] Survey of Public Attitudes Towards Conduct in Public Life 2010. Surveys of Public Attitudes Towards Conduct in Public Life. London, Committee on Standards in Public Life. Download (PDF, 1.3 MB)