Dominic teaches the sociology of management and journalism at the University of Iowa’s site in Italy (CIMBA), near Venice. His principal research interest is environmentalism. He has published chapters in books in the UK and Italy about Venice’s environmental problems. In 2012, his book Venice in Environmental Peril? Myth and Reality will be published by the University Press of America. Dominic’s research has also explored the impact of environmental movements on nuclear power in Italy. He presented his research on how debates about climate warming have influenced this topic during ‘The Politics of Climate Policy 1’ panel at the European Consortium for Political Research General Conference in Potsdam, Germany (September 2009). His findings were also recently published in ‘Nuclear Power and Environmentalism in Italy’, Energy and Environment, Vol. 20, No.6, 2009.

Dominic has written in numerous journals, magazines, newspapers and for websites. Specifically, he wrote a column for the Italy Daily section of the International Herald Tribune for two years and frequent news analysis articles for the Italian news agency, ANSA. In addition, Dominic has appeared on radio and television programmes.

Dominic is British and lives near Venice, Italy, with his Italian wife, Laura, and two sons, Riccardo and Steffan.

Dominic’s website and weekly blog about Venice’s problems, challenges and improvements can be found at: http://www.dominicstandish.com/