Riccardo Petrella, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Riccardo Petrella

Italian sociologist and human rights activist

Date of Birth: 05-Aug-1941

Place of Birth: La Spezia, Liguria, Italy

Profession: economist, political scientist, university teacher

Nationality: Italy

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Riccardo Petrella, born on 5 August 1941 in La Spezia (Liguria), is an Italian political scientist and economist; he has a doctoral in Political Sciences from the University of Florence (Italy).
A lecturer at the University of Louvain, he participates in a tradition that unites Christianity, personalism and solidarity principles.
In 1991, he founded the Lisbon Group, which was composed of 21 academic, business, media and cultural decision-makers, so as to enhance the critical analyses of the current globalization.
He is also a member of the World Social Forum and the Porto Alegre Manifesto.