La Sapienza University - Department of Communication and social research

It was founded in 2010 by the merger of the Departments of Social Research and Sociological Methodology (RISMES) and of Sociology and Communication (DISC). The Department promotes and coordinates teaching and research activities in the areas of sociology, humanities and media studies. The department is composed of 78 tenured professors and 22 units of administrative and technical staff. Since 2010 the Department is part of the Faculty of Political Sciences, Sociology, Communication of Sapienza University of Rome.