Methods and Instruments in the Study of Meaning-Making / Culture in Policy Making: The Symbolic Universes of Social Action (PDF)

Sergio Salvatore is Professor of Dynamic Psychology at the Department of Human and Social Sciences, University of Salento (Italy)....... His scientific interests are in psychodynamic and semiotic theorization of psychological and social phenomena and the methodology of socio-cultural and mental processes as field dynamics. He also takes an interest in the theory and analysis of psychological intervention in socio-political, community, scholastic, organizational, and clinical fields. He has designed and managed various scientific projects on these issues and published about 250 works as books, chapters, and journal articles. He is co-editor of the Springer book series: Culture in Policy Making: The Symbolic Universes of Social Action, co-editor of the journal Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science (Springer), and Member of the Editorial/Advisor Board of several scientific journals. He worked as scientific Coordinator of the Re.Cri.Re Project (2015-2018), granted by the EU in the Horizon 2020 framework. He is Member of the Board on Educational Affairs of the European Federation of Psychologists' Associations (2016-2019), President of the Board of the Professors and Researchers of Dynamic Psychology of the Italian University (2016-), and Vice President of the Associazione Italiana di Psicologia (AIP; Italian Association of Psychology; 2018-).
Giuseppe Alessandro Veltri has a BA in Psychology of Communication from the University of Siena, an MSc in Social Research Methods (Statistics) from the Methodology Institute of the London School of Economics (LSE), and a PhD in Social Psychology from the LSE. He is Associate Professor of Research Methodology and Cognitive Sociology at the Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of Trento. He was Senior Lecturer at University of Leicester and has been a senior scientific fellow at the European Commission JRC Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS) in the unit of Social Innovation and ICT.