Ilvo Diamanti is professor of Political Science at the University of Urbino Carlo Bo where he founded and directs the Laboratory of Political and Social studies (LaPolis) and acts as Vice Chancellor for International and Territorial Relations. He is President of the Demos & Pi Institute, where he also acts as Scientific Director. He is a columnist for the la Repubblica newspaper where he draws “Maps” of Italian politics and society on a weekly basis and he also collaborates with Le Monde. His most recent publications include: Mappe dell’Italia politica (2009); Gramsci, Manzoni e mia suocera (2012) for the publisher il Mulino; Sillabario dei tempi tristi (2011); Password. Renzi, la Juve e altre questioni italiane (2016) for the publisher Feltrinelli; Un salto nel voto. Ritratto politico dell’Italia di oggi (with Fabio Bordignon and Luigi Ceccarini, 2013); Democrazia ibrida (2014); and Popolocrazia. La metamorfosi delle nostre democrazie (with Marc Lazar, 2018) published by Laterza.