Federico Varese

Author and Professor of Criminology at Oxford University

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I am a professor of criminology at the University of Oxford and Director of Exlegi. My main research interests are the study of organised crime, corruption, Soviet criminal history, and the dynamics of altruistic behaviour. My first book, The Russian Mafia (Oxford University Press 2001), won the Ed Hewitt Prize of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies in 2002 and has appeared in Dutch and Polish. My new book, Mafias on the Move, has appeared in 2011 in English and Italian (Princeton UP and Einaudi). I am also the deputy editor of the journal Global Crime and write (occasionally) for The Times Literary Supplement, The London review of Books, La Stampa, Lo Straniero. This blog will update you on my publications and public activties. I will also post links to interesting events and material. Although I will mainly write about organized crime, I have a keen interest in cinema and literature ...
January 19, 2023 federicovarese

“Not the end of the story”: Professor Federico Varese speaks on capture of mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro

October 31, 2022October 31, 2022 federicovarese

Capire la Russia attraverso i suoi criminali. L’Espresso, 24.10.2022

September 19, 2022September 19, 2022 federicovarese

Il fascismo eterno di Putin in un saggio di Umberto Eco. Repubblica, 25.08.2022

September 11, 2022September 19, 2022 federicovarese

‘A compassionate spy’, a Venezia le spie gentili che cambiarono la Storia. Repubblica, 06.09.2022

July 14, 2022September 19, 2022 federicovarese

La guerra in Ucraina fa la gioia degli hacker e della mafia russa (che Putin si vantava di aver estirpato), l’Espresso, 09.05.2022

July 14, 2022 federicovarese

Cannabis, una scelta giusta, Repubblica, 07 Luglio, 2022 

July 1, 2022July 1, 2022 federicovarese

Federico Varese, ‘Rigorous ethnography’, Handbook of Sociological Science, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 215-231, 2022.

June 27, 2022July 1, 2022 federicovarese

L’editto della mafia russa: “Sulla guerra in Ucraina siamo neutrali”, Repubblica, 27.06.2022

June 27, 2022July 1, 2022 federicovarese

“Mia amata America io ti condanno,” John Grisham in conversazione con Federico Varese, Robinson-Repubblica, 25.06.2022

April 24, 2022September 19, 2022 federicovarese

Terrore e dittatura. È la paura dei russi l’unica arma di Putin, Repubblica, 18/04/2022

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