Massimo Livi Bacci

Massimo Livi Bacci is Emeritus Professor of Demography at the University of Florence, where he began his career in 1966 after studying at the same university and furthering his training at Brown University with a Fulbright grant. He has carried out research and teaching in several countries across Europe and the Americas, including the United States, Mexico, and Brazil. His research has focused on both contemporary and historical demography, with an interdisciplinary approach that integrates history and social policy. He has served as Secretary General and President of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP), of which he is now Honorary President. In 2007, he co-founded the journal Neodemos.info, and has combined his academic career with political activity as a senator for the Democratic Party in Italy.