Luigi Sturzo Institute was founded in 1951 by

Luigi Sturzo Luigi Sturzo (; 26 November 1871 – 8 August 1959) was an Italian Catholic priest and prominent politician. He was known in his lifetime as a "clerical socialist" and is considered one of the fathers of the Christian democratic platform. He w ...

of the Partito Popolare (Italian Popular Party). The mission of The Luigi Sturzo Institute is to endorse research in the historical sciences,

sociology Sociology is a social science that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. It uses various methods of empirical investigation an ...

, political and economical fields by providing vast documentation in the archive library, facilitate canvassers, issue publications and maintain various alliances with other national and international institutes. Located in

Palazzo Baldassini Palazzo Baldassini is a palace in Rome, Italy, designed by the Renaissance architect Antonio da Sangallo the Younger in about 1516–1519. It was designed for the papal jurist from Naples, Melchiorre Baldassini. The ground floor was used for sho ...

, the institute’s remarkable building was constructed by architect Antonio da Sangallo il Giovane in 1515. The interior walls are decorated with frescos from various artists including several who attended La Scuola di Raffaelo. Within the edifice, the institute organizes and preserves archives containing documentation specified around the validation of the

Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy * Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD * Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a let ...

Movement. In the library, other documentation is assembled, more specifically around the

social science Social science is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among individuals within those societies. The term was formerly used to refer to the field of sociology, the original "science of so ...

s as well as modern and contemporary

history History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...

. Ongoing research in the institute extends to the fields of

psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries between ...

politics Politics (from , ) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that stud ...

, history,

jurisprudence Jurisprudence, or legal theory, is the theoretical study of the propriety of law. Scholars of jurisprudence seek to explain the nature of law in its most general form and they also seek to achieve a deeper understanding of legal reasoning a ...

and

economics Economics () is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics analyzes ...

. The conducted research is integrated with seminars organized by the institute to share the new information and provide information in areas of interest. The formation sector provides courses for graduates that teach the work specifics of several jobs in the cultural organization career based on the common

Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a subcontinent of Eurasia and it is located entirel ...

an model. The diffusion and verifications of scientific results are dispersed predominantly by our publications, one of which is our journal, ''Sociologia'',Fondazione Sturzo
published every four months, which discusses historical and social sciences. The institute develops numerous of its activities in collaboration with other national and international institutes.

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