Antonio Floridia graduated in Philosophy in Florence and has worked for a long time in an institute of economic and social research, dealing with public policy analysis, political sociology and electoral studies. Since 2005 he's directed the Sector 'Policies for Citizen Participation' and the Electoral Observatory of Tuscany. He has had teaching assignments at the Faculty of Political Science, University of Florence; and is President of the Italian Society of Electoral Studies (2014-2017). He has published numerous essays and books in the field of policy analysis, electoral studies, participatory and deliberative democracy. Among his most recent publications, see the volume La democrazia deliberativa: teorie, processi e sistemi (Rome, 2012)