Renato Mannheimer
Italian pollster and sociologist
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Renato Mannheimer (born July 27, 1947) is an Italian pollster, sociologist, and academic. He has been a professor of sociology at the University of Milano-Bicocca and is a member of the advisory board at the research institute Eumetra.[1]
Education and academic career
Mannheimer was born in Milan. He graduated in Business Economics from Bocconi University in 1971.[2] He has held teaching positions at the University of Genoa, the University of Naples Federico II, and the University of Salerno.[3]
His research involves electoral behavior and public trust in political institutions. He contributed sociological entries to the Treccani Encyclopedia regarding the methodology of opinion polling.[4]
Media and professional activities
Mannheimer is a frequent commentator on Italian television, appearing on RAI programs such as Porta a Porta and the La7 program Piazzapulita.[3] He has served as a political analyst for Corriere della Sera and contributes to Il Giornale and Italia Oggi.[1]
Until February 2014, he chaired the Agency for the Control and Quality of Public Services in Rome. He resigned following an investigation into tax evasion.[5] In 2015, the proceedings concluded with a plea bargain and the full restitution of the contested tax amounts to the authorities.[6]
Selected works
- Il mercato elettorale. Identikit dell'elettore italiano (with G. Sani, Il Mulino, 1987). ISBN 978-8815014690.
- I sondaggi (with M. Barisione, Il Mulino, 1999). ISBN 978-8815072210.
- Occidenti. La nuova società (with G. Pacifici, Jaca Book, 2023). ISBN 978-8816418182.
- Gli italiani e il voto. Come e perché sono cambiate le scelte elettorali (with P. Pasquino, Baldini + Castoldi, 2025). ISBN 979-1254941951.