Paolo Parra Saiani
Biographic Data
| ID | 272742 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paolo Parra Saiani |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paolo Parra |
| FAMILY NAME | Saiani |
| SIGNATURE | SAIANI P P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Genoa |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0227-4411 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
European citizens and attitudes towards science and technology
In times of global challenges and transformations, such as emerging technologies, many researchers have strived to improve the laypeople-experts relationship to address them. Much research has been done on the attitudes that people have towards science and technology. However, the results are often contrasting: scientific knowledge can either have a positive or no role in more positive attitudes. In addition, more recent studies have begun to won…
Everybody hurts
The impacts of the pandemic were multiple: health, social, economic, political, on quality of life and well-being. The aim of this project is to attempt to study the mental health status, the problems of which are constantly increasing, of Italian academic social scientists experiencing difficulties during the pandemic period, as they play a relevant role within society, trying to construct an index identifying their level of malaise using explor…
Public Communication about Science in 68 Countries
This 68-country survey ( n = 71,922) examines science information diets and communication behavior, identifies cross-country differences, and tests how such differences are associated with sociopolitical and economic conditions. We find that social media are the most used sources of science information in most countries, except those with democratic-corporatist media systems where news media tend to be used more widely. People in collectivist soc…
Trust in scientists and their role in society across 68 countries
Science is crucial for evidence-based decision-making. Public trust in scientists can help decision makers act on the basis of the best available evidence, especially during crises. However, in recent years the epistemic authority of science has been challenged, causing concerns about low public trust in scientists. We interrogated these concerns with a preregistered 68-country survey of 71,922 respondents and found that in most countries, most p…
Sulle spalle di giganti di sabbia
Credibility in the production and circulation of scientific knowledge is not absolutely guaranteed, but pursued through the adoption of practices that are considered right and good, as emphasised by Merton. Knowledge production has been extensively analysed in terms of various aspects such as replicability, transparency of procedures and methodological correctness. However, less attention has been paid to the circulation of knowledge and the role…
Torniamo alle fondamenta
The essay deals – through the analysis of two recently published volumes – with some of the most important phases of social research: the specification of concepts, the clarification of definitions and the rationale behind the choice of research objects themselves. Phases that are often neglected, to the detriment of transparency, itself the foundation of all scientific activity
Broken Trust. Confidence Gaps and Distrust in Latin America
Latin American societies show lower levels of political trust when compared to other regions of the world. The lack of trust in institutions can led to ineffective management of public affairs, social crises, lack of transparency, economic problems and even difficulties in countering pandemics. The objective of this work is to build an index (LADI) that provides a measure of the level of perceived distrust in the institutions of the different Lat…
Towards a new canon? Rewriting the history (and the future) of sociology
In the U.S., over the three past decades, there has been a huge interest in W.E.B. Du Bois and in Black scholars; only recently we are witnessing the proliferation of works on their role as founders of U.S. sociology. While there are differences between them, they all converge in seeing W.E.B. Du Bois as a pioneer of scientific sociology in the United States and a pioneer of public sociology, combining sociology and activism, relevant for contemp…
Health and Deprivation
Doing Sociology in the Age of ‘Evidence-Based Research’
Los gatekeepers y los recursos de la investigación. Viejos desafíos y nuevas perspectivas en el tiempo de los big data
Los recortes en la investigación, en particular en la social, generan cada tanto peticiones y advertencias de las principales asociaciones científicas internacionales. Al respecto, surgen lassiguientes preguntas: ¿Cuáles son las consecuencias y los desafíos que plantea la reducción de los recursos disponibles para fines de investigación? ¿Los grandes volúmenes de datos (big data) pueden ser una respuesta, una solución, una forma de acceder a la i…
Prefazione
Le risorse e il controllo. I big data oltre il mito
I tagli alla ricerca e in particolare alla ricerca sociale sono ormai sempre più frequenti; petizioni e allarmi sono periodicamente lanciati dalle principali associazioni scientifiche per limitare i tagli apportati ai finanziamenti o per denunciare la soppressione di interi programmi di ricerca. Quali sono le conseguenze e le sfide poste dalla riduzione delle risorse a disposizione della ricerca? I big data possono essere una risposta, una soluzi…
Gli indicatori sociali
Trust in scientists and their role in society across 68 countries
Science is crucial for evidence-based decision-making. Public trust in scientists can help decision makers act on the basis of the best available evidence, especially during crises. However, in recent years the epistemic authority of science has been challenged, causing concerns about low public trust in scientists. We interrogated these concerns with a preregistered 68-country survey of 71,922 respondents and found that in most countries, most p…
Broken Trust. Confidence Gaps and Distrust in Latin America
Latin American societies show lower levels of political trust when compared to other regions of the world. The lack of trust in institutions can led to ineffective management of public affairs, social crises, lack of transparency, economic problems and even difficulties in countering pandemics. The objective of this work is to build an index (LADI) that provides a measure of the level of perceived distrust in the institutions of the different Lat…
Health and Deprivation
Doing Sociology in the Age of ‘Evidence-Based Research’
Gli indicatori sociali
Los gatekeepers y los recursos de la investigación. Viejos desafíos y nuevas perspectivas en el tiempo de los big data
Los recortes en la investigación, en particular en la social, generan cada tanto peticiones y advertencias de las principales asociaciones científicas internacionales. Al respecto, surgen lassiguientes preguntas: ¿Cuáles son las consecuencias y los desafíos que plantea la reducción de los recursos disponibles para fines de investigación? ¿Los grandes volúmenes de datos (big data) pueden ser una respuesta, una solución, una forma de acceder a la i…
Prefazione
Le risorse e il controllo. I big data oltre il mito
I tagli alla ricerca e in particolare alla ricerca sociale sono ormai sempre più frequenti; petizioni e allarmi sono periodicamente lanciati dalle principali associazioni scientifiche per limitare i tagli apportati ai finanziamenti o per denunciare la soppressione di interi programmi di ricerca. Quali sono le conseguenze e le sfide poste dalla riduzione delle risorse a disposizione della ricerca? I big data possono essere una risposta, una soluzi…
Doing Sociology in the Age of ‘Evidence-Based Research’
Towards a new canon? Rewriting the history (and the future) of sociology
In the U.S., over the three past decades, there has been a huge interest in W.E.B. Du Bois and in Black scholars; only recently we are witnessing the proliferation of works on their role as founders of U.S. sociology. While there are differences between them, they all converge in seeing W.E.B. Du Bois as a pioneer of scientific sociology in the United States and a pioneer of public sociology, combining sociology and activism, relevant for contemp…
Health and Deprivation
Sulle spalle di giganti di sabbia
Credibility in the production and circulation of scientific knowledge is not absolutely guaranteed, but pursued through the adoption of practices that are considered right and good, as emphasised by Merton. Knowledge production has been extensively analysed in terms of various aspects such as replicability, transparency of procedures and methodological correctness. However, less attention has been paid to the circulation of knowledge and the role…
Torniamo alle fondamenta
The essay deals – through the analysis of two recently published volumes – with some of the most important phases of social research: the specification of concepts, the clarification of definitions and the rationale behind the choice of research objects themselves. Phases that are often neglected, to the detriment of transparency, itself the foundation of all scientific activity
Broken Trust. Confidence Gaps and Distrust in Latin America
Latin American societies show lower levels of political trust when compared to other regions of the world. The lack of trust in institutions can led to ineffective management of public affairs, social crises, lack of transparency, economic problems and even difficulties in countering pandemics. The objective of this work is to build an index (LADI) that provides a measure of the level of perceived distrust in the institutions of the different Lat…
European citizens and attitudes towards science and technology
In times of global challenges and transformations, such as emerging technologies, many researchers have strived to improve the laypeople-experts relationship to address them. Much research has been done on the attitudes that people have towards science and technology. However, the results are often contrasting: scientific knowledge can either have a positive or no role in more positive attitudes. In addition, more recent studies have begun to won…
Everybody hurts
The impacts of the pandemic were multiple: health, social, economic, political, on quality of life and well-being. The aim of this project is to attempt to study the mental health status, the problems of which are constantly increasing, of Italian academic social scientists experiencing difficulties during the pandemic period, as they play a relevant role within society, trying to construct an index identifying their level of malaise using explor…
Public Communication about Science in 68 Countries
This 68-country survey ( n = 71,922) examines science information diets and communication behavior, identifies cross-country differences, and tests how such differences are associated with sociopolitical and economic conditions. We find that social media are the most used sources of science information in most countries, except those with democratic-corporatist media systems where news media tend to be used more widely. People in collectivist soc…
Trust in scientists and their role in society across 68 countries
Science is crucial for evidence-based decision-making. Public trust in scientists can help decision makers act on the basis of the best available evidence, especially during crises. However, in recent years the epistemic authority of science has been challenged, causing concerns about low public trust in scientists. We interrogated these concerns with a preregistered 68-country survey of 71,922 respondents and found that in most countries, most p…
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