Giuseppe Pellegrini, (Ph.D. Sociology) teaches methodology of social research at the University of Padova, Italy. He has been a visiting researcher at the University of Lancaster, UK. His current research focuses on social policy, citizenship rights and public participation with specific regard to biotechnology issues. He is the coordinator of the research area “Science and Citizens” at Observa – Science in Society. He is a member of the EASST (European Association for the Study of Science and Technology) and of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4s). His last book “Biotecnologie e cittadinanza” (Biotechnology and citizenship) is published by Libreria Gregoriana Edizioni, 2005.