Political theory
History of political thought
Contemporary political thought
Constitutional thought
This line of research covers the main lines, traditions, works and authors of modern and contemporary political thought, comprising research on history of political ideas, contemporary political theory and constitutional thought. Research on history of Italian, Brazilian and Latin-American political thought is also outstanding. In addition to the study of classical authors’ works, this line of research also includes investigations on theoretical lines, ideologies and political discourses in a wider sense, such as: liberalism, conservatism, republicanism, Marxism, nationalism, populism or fascism.