ECASS project Multiplier Event: “Quale Scuola? La scelta delle famiglie e la rete scolastica”

On 21 June 2022, at 17 pm, at the Polo Civico Manzoni in Milan, the Multiplier Event of the ECASS (European Cities Against School Segregation) project “Which School? The choice of families and the school network” will be held. The event is an opportunity for dissemination and discussion of some of the reflections and evidence […]
Open access publication of Lara Maestripieri’s work on Part-time employment and its effects on gender equality in Italy and Spain

It is finally out the book “Dualisation of Part-Time Work. The development of labour market insiders and outsiders”, edited by Heidi Nicolaisen, Hanne C. Kavli and Ragnhild S. Jensen. The book is edited by Policy Press and it is also available in digital formats. In this book you will find a chapter titled “So close, so […]
Lara Maestripieri on Intersections of Economic Insecurity, Non-Standard Employment and Gender in Southern Europe

Lara Maestripieri co-edited along with Christiana Ierodiakonou a special issue on Frontiers in Sociology about The Intersections of Economic Insecurity, Non-Standard Employment and Gender in Southern Europe The issue includes contributions by Lara Maestripieri (on The Covid-19 Pandemics: why Intersectionality Matters), Anna Bracci, Egidio Riva, Irina Gewinner and Stefania Salvino. The articles are downloadable at the following […]
COHSMO Summer School – Territorial Cohesion and Social Investment: what challenges for the European Social Model?

Within the Horizon 2020 project COHSMO, a summer school aimed at PhD students will be held on Territorial Cohesion and Social Investment: what challenges for the European Social Model? The summer school will be held in Aalborg (Denmark) from 24 to 27 August 2021. The Summer School aims at addressing theoretical and methodological issues related […]
Giuliana Costa’s latest article: Even more in the pandemic and social emergency: for an individual welfare beyond the family and the community

The latest issue of Community, Work & Family includes the newest article by Laura Cataldi (University of Turin), Francesca Tomatis (University of Turin) and Giuliana Costa on Even more in the pandemic and social emergency: for an individual welfare beyond the family and the community In many welfare regimes, families and communities are often considered as […]
New course by Lara Maestripieri on qualitative methods and tools: the art of asking questions

During the II semester Lara Maestripieri will teach the following course THE ART OF ASKING QUESTIONS: TOOLS AND METHODS It will be taught in English langague during march and april 2021 (for 15 hours) and it is worth 2 credits. The aim of this course is for the students to be familiar with qualitative methods; in particular, the […]
“COVID-19 and elderly care facilities: lessons from Europe” webinar (17 November)

Costanzo Ranci will participate to the webinar COVID-19 and elderly care facilities: lessons from Europe The webinar, chaired by Margarita Estévez-Abe (Syracuse University), will take place on 17 November from 18 alle 20 (Italian time). We now know that COVID-19 becomes life-threatening for people with comorbidities. Residents of nursing homes are particularly vulnerable. In advanced democracies, many […]
Call for papers: Mastering youth transitions – Italy as a case for the contemporary complexities

We would like to report the publication of the call for papers for the thematic issue of Italian Journal of Sociology of Education on Mastering youth transitions: Italy as a case for the contemporary complexities The special issue is edited by Martina Visentin, Alan France, Orazio Giancola and Lara Maestripieri. Below is the complete text […]
Espanet Ph.D. Seminar Stream 26 “Social Investment and inequality: exploring redistributive dilemmas” (4 September)

Next Friday, September 4th 12-14, Lara Maestripieri and Margarita Leon will chair the Espanet Ph.D. Seminar Stream 26 “Social Investment and inequality: exploring redistributive dilemmas”. The seminar is open to the public and we kindly invite you to participate via Teams following this link. The program is the following: Jacob Didia Jensen, Dept. of Sociology […]
COHSMO online consortium meeting

On April 28 the teams working on the COHSMO project met to discuss the situation on research activities. Specifically, the meeting focused on the progress made, also in light of the limits imposed by the Covid crisis, on the work relating to Work Package 5 dedicated to Social Investment. The Austrian team presented the response […]