department of sociology, University of Padova

The Department of Sociology at the University of Padova, Italy, is a vibrant, outward looking department that combines intensive research activity with a strong commitment to high quality undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate teaching. With 32 full-time members and 10 joint members, the department is the largest of its kind among public universities in Italy. The administrative board consist of 12 members. The Department provides a computer room, multi-media laboratory, library (located in the Faculty of Political Sciences), Lecture hall (300 seats), and 5 class rooms (25-30 seats). Concerning Mass communication, the Department has recently acquired an innovating system for digital multichannel recording, archiving and monitoring all national TV programs. The departmental research profile has been expanding quickly since 1990. The Department offers an excellent range of BA, MA and PhD programme. It provides concentrations in the fields of Sociology of Religions, Migration studies, Cultural Sociology and Social Theory. However, research in the Department cuts across sub-disciplinary and disciplinary boundaries. Since 1990 the Department of Sociology established a research unit on Migration, Identity and Diversity in Europe. The research unit runs many investigations on Religion and Migration and has achieved an excellent reputation both in academic terms and the public domain. Prof. Enzo Pace is the chair of the Department. Former president of the International Society for the Sociology of Religion and a leading international scholar of sociology of Religion, he is the author of numerous books and articles.