Maria Bombardieri is a PhD in Social Sciences and a lecturer of the “Immaginari dell’Alterità” course in the Postgraduation Course of “Culture, Education and Global Society” at the University of Padua.

She has conducted researches on Muslim communities in Italy, deepening the theme of conflicts around the mosques under construction, the relationships between the State and Islamic associations, and the dialogue between Islamic institutions and the Catholic Church (2008-Today). Furthermore, Bombardieri has carried out a study on radicalisation processes of Western Muslims, who supported ISIS and moved to Syria and Iraq until 2017. Especially, she focused her attention on both ISIS communication phenomenon, analyzed with branding theories, and Italian women’ radicalisation processes(2014-Today).

In 2017, she’s got a Ph.D. in "Social Sciences: interactions, communication, cultural constructions" at the University of Padua.

In 2009, she’s got a Postgraduation degree in "Sciences of Religions", Islamistics course, at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice and the University of Padua (110/110 cum laude).

In 2005, she’s got a Degree in "Sciences of Communication", Intercultural course, at the University of Milan-Bicocca.

RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Sociology of Religion
- Sociology of Consumption
- Sociology of Gender
- Branding / Religious Marketing
- Terrorism
- Migrations

PUBLICATIONS (a selection)

Forthcoming publications
Le militanti italiane dell’ISIS tra jihad e radicalizzazione, Analysis Ispi, Ispi, Milano 2018
“Uomini, donne e radicalizzazione: esiste una specificità di genere?”, in Capire l’islam. Tra mito e realtà, eds. M. Bombardieri, MC. Giorda, S. Hejazi, Morcelliana, Brescia 2019
“La questione delle immagini nell’islam”, in Incontro e dialogo tra Chiesa e islam in Italia, eds. A. Angelucci, M. Bombardieri, A. Cuciniello, D. Tacchini, EDB, Bologna 2019

Monographs
Donne italiane dell’ISIS. Jihad, amore e potere, Guida Editori, Napoli 2018.
Moschee d’Italia. Il diritto al luogo di culto. Il dibattito sociale e politico, EMI, Bologna 2011.

Contributions in collective books
“Italy” in Yearbook of Muslims in Europe, eds. O. Scharbrodt, S. Akgönül, A. Alibašić, J.S. Nielsen, E. Račius, Vol. 9, Brill, Leiden-Boston 2018, pp. 362-392.
“La radicalizzazione delle muhajirat italiane: attori, processi, luoghi” in I musulmani nel contesto europeo. Sociologia dell’islam contemporaneo, eds. S. Allievi, R. Guolo, K. M. Rhazzali, Guerini, Milano 2017, pp. 127-158.
“Italy” in Yearbook of Muslims in Europe, eds. O. Scharbrodt, S. Akgönül, A. Alibašić, J.S. Nielsen, E. Račius, Vol. 8, Brill, Leiden-Boston 2016, pp. 380-402.
“Mappatura dell’associazionismo islamico in Italia” in Islam e Integrazione in Italia”, eds. M. Bombardieri con A. Angelucci e D. Tacchini Marsilio, Venezia 2014, pp. 11-34.
“Le moschee d’Italia” in Islam e Integrazione in Italia, eds. M. Bombardieri con A. Angelucci e D. Tacchini, Marsilio, Venezia 2014, pp. 53-70.
“Why Italian mosques are inflaming the social and political debate” in Mosques in Europe. Why a solution is become a problem, ed. Stefano Allievi, Alliance Publishing Trust, London 2010.

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