Tommaso Vitale

Tommaso Vitale is a Full Professor of Sociology at Sciences Po (Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics) and currently serves as Dean of the Sciences Po Urban School.
He teaches courses such as Global Sociological Debates, Comparative Urban Sociology, Local Welfare Systems & Anti-Poverty Strategies, and Urban Policy Analysis, and is the scientific director of the permanent research seminar Cities Are Back in Town.

Tommaso holds an MA in Political Science (1999, University of Milan), a Ph.D. in Sociology (2003, University of Milan), a Certificate of Advanced Study in Comparative Institutional Analysis and Design (2004, Indiana University, Bloomington), and a Habilitation (HDR) in Sociology (2023, Sciences Po).

His empirical research focuses on the governance of public space, local welfare systems, droughts and infrastructural change, racism and structural obstacles to Roma upward social mobility, and desegregation. He uses a theoretical framework that explores how structural opportunities at multiple scales shape the interplay between social and spatial factors, with particular attention to long term processes and micro-meso-macro linkages.

Currently, his research is organised around three key themes:

1. Change and Innovation in Housing Policies (energy transition, decommodification, temporary housing, programs against housing discrimination)

2. Drought and environmental discrimination against ethnic minorities in cities.

3. The political sociology of associations and community-based organisations repertoires of action.

4. The evolution of metropolitan social and spatial structures and their implications for anti-poverty policies and governance.

His articles, policy briefs, books and full cv may be downloaded at https://tommasovitale.academia.edu

ongoing project

ReHousIn - Reducing housing inequalities in the green and digital transition (Horizon Europe, 2024-2027)

To know more

• CV with publications (PDF, 1,5 Mo)
• tommaso.vitale@sciencespo.fr