AZIANI ALBERTO

Role
Associate professor  
Academic disciplines
Sociology of Law and Deviance (GSPS-07/B)
Scientific-Disciplinary Group:
SOCIOLOGY OF POLITICS, LAW AND DEVIANCE (14/GSPS-07)

Publications

  • Aziani, A., Calderoni, F. (2026). Governance and trade: Mafias’ multifunctional violence in Italian drug markets. THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL ON DRUG POLICY, 150(April 2026) [10.1016/j.drugpo.2026.105183]. Detail

  • Aziani, A. (2026). On Reuter’s contribution to the drug policy debate. GLOBAL CRIME, 1-27 [10.1080/17440572.2026.2642310]. Detail

  • Catino, M., Aziani, A., Rocchi, S. (2026). Marrying for power: Gendered alliances in mafias. PLOS ONE, 21(5 May) [10.1371/journal.pone.0345859]. Detail

  • Aziani, A. (2025). Cocaine trafficking in Europe. In S.A. Cutrona, J.D. Rosen (a cura di), Cocaine: The Global Reach of the World’s Most Lucrative Illicit Drug (pp. 255-280). Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press. Detail

  • Screen, P., Aziani, A. (2025). Transnational cocaine trafficking: multiple data sources for network construction. GLOBAL CRIME, 1-27 [10.1080/17440572.2025.2545822]. Detail

Awards

Awards

  • High Quality Publication Award 2025 - Università Cattolica, Academic Senate and Executive Committee of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2025
  • High Quality Publication Awards 2024 - Political and social sciences, Academic Senate and Executive Committee of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2024
  • High Quality Publication Awards 2022 - Political and social sciences, Academic Senate and Executive Committee of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2022
  • High Quality Publication Awards 2021 - Political and social sciences, Academic Senate and Executive Committee of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2021
  • High Quality Publication Awards 2020 - Political and social sciences, Academic Senate and Executive Committee of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2020

Editorial boards

  • Associate Editor di rivista o collana editoriale - FRONTIERS IN SOCIOLOGY, 2025
  • Membro del Comitato Editoriale - JUSTICIA, 2023
  • Membro del Comitato Editoriale - HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES COMMUNICATIONS, 2023
  • Membro del Comitato Editoriale - GLOBAL CRIME, 2021
  • Associate Editor di rivista o collana editoriale - EUROPEAN JOURNAL ON CRIMINAL POLICY AND RESEARCH, 2021 - 2024
  • Altro tipo di attività editoriale - EUROPEAN JOURNAL ON CRIMINAL POLICY AND RESEARCH, 2021 - 2023
  • Membro del Comitato Editoriale - CRIME LAW AND SOCIAL CHANGE, 2020
  • Membro del Comitato Editoriale - TRENDS IN ORGANIZED CRIME, 2018

Research and teaching assignments

  • Attivita' didattica - Université de Lausanne, 2020 - 2021
  • Attivita' didattica - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2025
  • Attivita' didattica - Università degli Studi di BERGAMO, 2026
  • Ricercatore/Ricercatrice universitario a t.d. - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2024
  • Ricercatore/Ricercatrice universitario a t.d. - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2019 - 2024
  • Visiting Researcher - Visiting Scholar, Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University, New York - New York University, 2015 - 2016

Congresses/Conferences

  • Program committee - 19th annual International Society for the Study of Drug Policy (ISSDP) Conference - 2026(Australia), 2026
  • Partecipazione al comitato organizzativo - Illicit Flows in the Mediterranean: Vulner- abilities, Asymmetries and the Limits of Criminal Justice Responses, 2025
  • Program committee - 18th annual International Society for the Study of Drug Policy (ISSDP) Conference - 2025(Regno Unito), 2025
  • Program chair - 3rd GLITSS Annual Conference: The Causes of Illicit Trade, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy, 2025(Italia), 2025
  • Program committee - 17th annual International Society for the Study of Drug Policy (ISSDP) Conference - 2024(Canada), 2024
  • Partecipazione al comitato organizzativo - Addressing Smuggling and Trafficking in North Africa: Policy implications(Egitto), 2021
  • Program committee - 5th International Conference on Governance, Crime and Justice Statistics: Global Challenges and Experiences(Messico), 2021