Pierangelo IserniaPierangelo Isernia is Jean Monnet professor of Culture in International Relations and of Political Science at the University of Siena, Italy. He is presently the director of the Survey Laboratory of Political and Social Analysis (LAPS). Over the last15 years he has coordinated several European Projects under the 6th, 7th and Horizon2020 Framework. He has been advisor of the Transatlantic Trend Survey of the German Marshall Fund of the United States over the period 2002-2014. His main research interests are in the field of public opinion and foreign policy, European integration, Transatlantic relations and anti-Americanism. He has published several contributions on these topics in academic journals. He is currently working on the issues related to populism and the effects of media on political attitudes, and on the role of deliberative democracy in fostering support for European integration and political participation in European elections. Read More Read Less