New article by Costanzo Ranci on Covid-19 and nursery homes
We are delight to announce the publication on Social Policy & Society of a new article written by Costanzo Ranci with Margarita Leon, Marco Arlotti and David Palomera Trapped in a Blind Spot: The Covid-19 Crisis in Nursing Homes in Italy and Spain This article investigates the delay in implementation and inadequacy of specific policy actions […]
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 […]
New LPS Working Paper published: Local narratives and spatial configurations of territorial cohesion: some evidences from COHSMO Project
It is a pleasure to announce that the latest Working Paper of the DAStU-LPS series has been published: Local narratives and spatial configurations of territorial cohesion: some evidences from COHSMO Project Written by Luca Lazzarini and Carolina Pacchi, the article is based on evidences and materials produced during the Horizon 2020 COHSMO project. The working […]
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 […]
Handbook with key lessons from COHSMO project published
It is a pleasure to announce that the final handbook summarising the main findings of the COHSMO project has been published online. COHSMO has examined the rising inequality across Europe and the social and economic divides between countries, regions, and cities and rural areas. In response to this inequality, the regional policy of the European […]
Special section on IJSE co-edited by Lara Maestripieri on Mastering youth transitions.
We are delight to announce that the issue number 13/2 of Italian Journal of Sociology of Education has been published. The issue includes a special section edited by Alan France, Orazio Giancola, Lara Maestripieri and Martina Visentin about Mastering youth transitions: Italy as a case for the contemporary complexities The special issue includes the following contributions: Alan […]
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 […]
New article on economic insecurity and middle class
The new article by Costanzo Ranci, Jason Backfield, Laura Bernardi and Andrea Parma has been published by Social Indicators Research: New Measures of Economic Insecurity Reveal its Expansion Into EU Middle Classes and Welfare State Economic instability, social changes, and new social policies place economic insecurity high on the scholarly and political agenda. We contribute to […]
COHSMO final conference to be held on 9th June 2021
The final conference of Horizon 2020 COHSMO project will be held on 9 June 2021. COHSMO investigates the relationship between socio-economic structures of inequality, urbanization and territorial cohesion, and how territorial cohesion at different European scales can influence economic growth, spatial justice and democratic capacities. The consortium includes 7 countries: Italy, Denmark, Austria, Poland, Lithuania, Greece and […]
Special Issue co-edited by Lara Maestripieri on Professions and Professionalism about Heterogeneity Among Professions and Professionals
Professions and Professionalism has published by special issue co-edited by Lara Maestripieri on Heterogeneity Among Professions and Professionals The issue is opened by an editorial on Heterogeneity Among Professions and Professionals writen by Karolina Parding, Andrea Bellini & Lara Maestripieri. The contributions also include: Carolina Pacchi & Ilaria Mariotti: Shared Spaces or Shelters for Precarious Workers? Coworking Spaces […]