BIOGRAPHY

Paolo Volonté, born 1962, PhD in Sociology (Milan 2003) and in Philosophy (Freiburg i.Br. 1997), is an associate professor of Sociology of cultural processes at the Politecnico of Milan, Faculty of Design, where he teaches Sociology, Sociology of Innovation, and Communication Theory. He is also on the International Advisory Board of the “Centro per lo studio della moda e della produzione culturale” (Centre for the study of fashion and cultural production) of the Catholic University of Milan. In 2005 he was a founder of STS Italia (the Italian society for the study of science and technology). His main research topics are in the fields of the philosophy of knowledge (with a special interest in phenomenology), sociology of knowledge (special interest in the sociology of scientific knowledge), and sociology of culture (special interest in fashion studies). His publications include the books:  Il campo sociale della fisica particellare in Italia. Uno studio sociologico  (with E. Bellotti e L. Beltrame, Bolzano, 2008);   Vita da stilista : Il ruolo sociale del fashion designer   (Milano 2008);   Sociologia: Concetti, metodi, temi di scienze sociali   (with C. Lunghi, M. Magatti and E. Mora, Milano 2007);   La fabbrica dei significati solidi. Indagine sulla cultura della scienza (Milano 2003);   Razionalità e responsabilità (Soveria Mannelli 2001);  Husserls Phänomenologie der Imagination (Freiburg/München 1997). He is the editor of the book La creatività diffusa. Culture e mestieri della moda oggi (Milano 2008) and has translated into Italian works by Max Weber, Edmund Husserl, Erich Przywara and Heinrich Popitz. He is also on the editorial board of the Enciclopedia Filosofica Bompiani, having directed the Sociology panel.

Curriculum Vitae (in Italian)