Carlo Trigilia (born 18 June 1951) is an Italian academic and politician, who served as minister for territorial cohesion from 28 April 2013 to February 2014.

[5][6] He was De Bosis Professor in history of Italian civilization, Center for European Studies and Department of Sociology at Harvard University in 1995.

[7] He is a member of the Academia Nazionale dei Lincei, chair of the RES Research Foundation and editor of an academic journal entitled Stato e Mercato.

He was also a commentator for several newspapers such as Il Sole 24 Ore.[8] Trigilia developed a landmark European synthesis and definition of economic sociology.

Bologna, Il Mulino, 2020 (eds) [English translation, Routledge 2022]; Sociologia Economica: Stati, Mercato e Società nel Capitalismo Moderno (Il Mulino, 1978, new edition, 2002 and 2009; English translation: Economic Sociology: State, Market, and Society in Modern Capitalism Balckwell 2002; French translation: Sociologie économique, Paris, Armand Colin, 2002);[9] Local Production Systems in Europe: Rise or Demise ?