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Maria Grasso

Research Director at the Institute for Research on Population and Social Policies (IRPPS).

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maria.grasso@cnr.it

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She is Research Director at this Institute. Previously, she was Full Professor of Political Science and Political Sociology at the Department of Sociology, Politics and International Relations, School of Society and Environment, Queen Mary University of London since 2020. Before that, she was Full Professor of Politics and Quantitative Methods at the Department of Politics (now, the School of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations) at the University of Sheffield which she had joined as a Lecturer in 2011 before being promoted to Senior Lecturer and then to Full Professor in 2017.

Maria holds a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) and a Master of Science in Sociology with Distinction from the University of Oxford (Lady Margaret Hall). She received her doctorate from the University of Oxford in 2011 (Nuffield College). Her masters and doctoral studies at Oxford were funded by an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) “1+3” Studentship; she was a Stipendiary Lecturer in Politics at St Hugh’s College, University of Oxford (2008-2011) and Research Fellow at the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Southampton (2009-2011).

She is European Editor of Mobilization and sits on the Advisory Board of Acta Politica. She completed her four-year term (2018-2023) on the Editorial Board of European Journal of Political Research in 2023 and previously was an Associate Editor of European Societies (2018-2021). She is the author of Generations, Political Participation and Social Change in Western Europe (Routledge, 2016) and co-author of Street Citizens: Protest Politics and Social Movement Activism in the Age of Globalization (Cambridge University Press, 2019), Living with Hard Times: Europeans in the Great Recession (ECPR Press, 2021), The Transformation of Protest Politics (Cambridge University Press, 2025), and Protest: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2027). 

Maria is regularly invited internationally to give keynotes and provide talks on her research and implications, review/advise for a wide variety of international funding bodies, publishing companies, journals, Advisory Boards as well as participating in main disciplinary conferences. She has further edited a number of volumes and journal special issues and her work has been published in a variety of specialist journals including 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, European Journal of Politics and Gender,  Government and Opposition, International Migration Review, Journal of European Public Policy, Politics, Party Politics, Journal of Youth Studies, Political Studies, Acta Politica, American Behavioral Scientist, Work, Employment, and Society, Mobilization, Research in Social Movements, Conflict and Change and others.

Maria’s research focuses on political sociology, social change, social and political inequalities, political generations, social movements, youth politics, gender gaps and the shift from traditional means of political participation relating to parties, electoral politics and left-right conflict, to more diffuse and irregular forms of involvement such as demonstrations, consumer boycotts and issue campaigns. Her key research interests revolve around understanding the link between economic, social and political inequalities by looking at the political participation and political attitudes of different groups in terms of generation/age, gender, class, relative deprivation, etc. and their intersections as well as the ways in which crises impact on different groups of citizens with respect to their economic conditions and perceptions, social capital, and their political (re)actions. Her academic work deals primarily with quantitative research and statistical analysis of cross-national surveys on political attitudes and behaviour and she has also supervised and directed several mixed-methods research projects.

Maria has been awarded over c. €2.4 million (total grant income PI/Co-I) in research funding to date, most recently as “Scientific Coordinator” and work-package Principal Investigator on the Horizon Europe/UKRI/SERI-funded project DEMETRA “Democratic Governance, Environmental and Climate Challenges, and Societal Transformation: Deliberation, Inclusiveness, and Citizen Empowerment for Sustainable Food Systems” (c. €750,000 Queen Mary University of London part with Maria as PI; c. €2.4 mil. total for EU-funded consortium; c. €4 mil. total including UKRI/SERI funding) which begun in May 2024.  In April 2024 she completed an ESRC project on the impact of political humour on political attitudes and behaviours as Principal Investigator (1, 2). Previously, she directed research and collaborated with other researchers on a number of other major European and UK grants including as Principal Investigator for the cross-national panel survey work-package on the collaborative EU project in the Horizon 2020 scheme: EURYKA, 2017-2020, on young people’s participation and inequalities (Twitter), Principal Investigator for the cross-national survey work-package on the collaborative EU project in the Horizon 2020 scheme, TransSOL, 2015-2018, on transnational solidarity in times of crisis (Twitter), the collaborative EU project in the 7th Framework Programme, LIVEWHAT, 2013-2016, on social resilience in times of crisis (Twitter), and as Co-I on the Max Batley-funded project “Protest as democratic practice: peace movements in southern Europe, 1975-1990”. She was Research Fellow, 2009-2011, on the European Science Foundation collaborative European protest survey project Caught in the Act of Protest: Contextualizing Contestation.

Maria is regularly invited for media commentary on various global trends and her research has appeared in The Times, The Financial Times, The Economist, The Independent, The Guardian, The Telegraph among others. She has authored commissioned reports for The Government Office for Science and the Committee on Standards in Public Life and has been invited to write comment pieces for the LSE British Politics and Policy Blog and the Democratic Audit.

Maria has supervised and mentored many research assistants and post-doctoral fellows through the years working on her funded research projects and she has supervised 12 PhD students to completion to date (8 as First Supervisor).

At Queen Mary University of London:

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

At the University of Sheffield:

  • Conceptualising Party Political Ideology: An Exploration of Party Modernisation in Britain, Dr Katharine Dommett, Awarded 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, Awarded 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), Awarded 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, Awarded 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, Awarded 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, Awarded 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, Awarded 2020 (First Supervisor). 
  • Variations in European populist anti-establishment parties, Dr Andrew Arnott, Awarded 2021 (Second Supervisor with Nasos Roussias)
  • The far-right movement in Great Britain, 2009-2019, Dr Andreas Dafnos, Awarded 2021 (First Supervisor) 
  • Social Capital in the South Caucasus: A comparative analysis of Azerbaijani and Georgian societies, Dr Adila Aliyeva, Awarded 2022 (First Supervisor).

Main Publications

Monographs

Edited Volumes

Journal Special Issues

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 Policy http://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-w 
  • Grasso, M. and Giugni, M. (2025) “Differential Protest Participation Among Fridays for Future Climate Protesters: Relational Versus Objective and Subjective Determinants” 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 Studies https://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?” Politics https://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 Societies https://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 Scientist https://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 Studies https://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 Review https://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 Politics https://doi.org/10.1057/s41295-019-00191-4
  • Giugni, M. and Grasso, M. (2019) “Citizen Politics in Times of Crisis” (Special Issue Editorial) Acta Politica https://doi.org/10.1057/s41269-019-00136-5
  • Grasso, M. and Giugni, M. (2019) “European Citizens in Times of Crisis” (Special Issue Introduction) European Societies https://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 Societies https://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 Societies https://doi.org/10.1080/14616696.2019.1583356
  • Giugni, M. and Grasso, M. (2019) “Party membership and social movement activism: A macro–micro analysis” Party Politics https://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 Scientist https://doi.org/10.1177/0002764218823846
  • Giugni, M. and Grasso, M. (2019) ” Do Unto Others? Individual-Level Mechanisms of Political Altruism” American Behavioral Scientist https://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 Review https://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)” Geoforum https://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 Resources dx.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 Sociology https://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 Sociologica https://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)