Augusto Venanzi

Augusto De Venanzi earned his BA in Sociology from the University of Kent (UK) and his PhD from the University of Surrey (UK). De Venanzi taught at Central University of Venezuela where he reached the Full professor position. He was also Director of the Doctoral Program in Social Science and Director of the Sociology School. De Venanzi’s publications revolve around issues of social development, social policy, marginalization and social exclusion.

In 2005 De Venanzi accepted a position at Purdue University Fort Wayne where he keeps working on issues of comparative social policy. De Venanzi has been the recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship and other prestigious awards and has been an invited scholar at the London School of Economics, King Juan Carlos University in Madrid, at the Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala, India, and at the School of Social Science University of Hyderabad, India

Areas of Specialization

Social theory; Social and Economic Development; Social Exclusion; Comparative social Policy.