Gianmarco Navarini is Full Professor of Cultural Sociology at the Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of Milano - Bicocca, where he teaches Sociology of Language, Ethnography and Discourse Analysis, and Sociology of Wine. He also teaches Writing for Social Science in the Urbeur – Urban Studies PhD Program. He has published widely on political rituals, liminality, social exclusion, youth, sports practices, and wine culture. He is the editor of Conspiracy Theories in Contemporary Italy: Cultural Production and Political Uses (Routledge, 2024, in press).