Lorenzo directs the Centro Italiano Studi Elettorali (CISE) and co-directs the Master's Programme in Government & Public Affairs at Luiss Guido Carli University.
He co-edits the Italian Political Science Review.
Formerly a Visiting Fellow at UC Irvine, the European University Institute, Stanford University, and SciencesPo Paris, his research focuses on quantitative analyses of public opinion, voting behaviour, and party competition.
Lorenzo has led major comparative projects (ICCP, POSTGEN) and developed the DAX online data analysis platform (PNRR/FOSSR).
He has also served on the Board of MEDem (Monitoring Electoral Democracy).
His work has appeared (or is forthcoming) in the American Political Science Review, Comparative Political Studies, Electoral Studies, Party Politics, Political Psychology, PS: Political Science and Politics, and West European Politics, among others.
His most recent book, Democrazia Addio, addresses the crisis of contemporary democracy for a broad public audience.
Democrazia Addio
Editori Laterza, 2026
