Associate Professor in Economic Sociology
Department of Political Science – Int. Centre Sciences for Peace
Research Labs: Opss! Lab – Cirsec – Remarc – Detect – Ciress
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NEW: Horizon 2020 research project “Planet4B” approved and funded. Info here.
Special ISSUE: Labor transformations in the ecological transition. Sociologia del lavoro, n. 165 (1) 2023. Call for Papers Italiano qui; English here. Deadline: 15 September 2022.
SISEC – Società Italiana di Sociologia Economica Conference 2022, Bologna, 8-11 June. Session 12: Labor transformation and ecological transition: Info HERE
ESEE – European Society for Ecological Economics 2022 Pisa Conference, 14-17 June here. Special Session: Which labor for the ecological transition? Info HERE
Special issue: Towards a sustainable welfare system? Social Policy n. 1/2023 here.
Sustainability Talks: Complessità e conflitti nella transizione ecologica tra aspetti sociali, economici, ambientali, 3 giugno, Locandina qui; Ciclo qui; Presentazione qui
Next/Past seminars / initiatives on Ecological Transitions and Sustinable Welfare. Info & Materials here – qui
Ecological transitions and the welfare state. A pragmatist-systemic approach in eco-social policy research and design. Paper
Hard pathways towards autonomy and adulthood. Understanding youth transition patterns […] Article
Crisi ecologica e nuovi rischi sociali: verso una ricerca integrata in materia di politica sociale e sostenibilità: Saggio
Il mio cambiamento climatico è quasi uguale al tuo. Materiali
Social Policies and Social Work for Social and Environmental Justice. Materials.
National responsibility for ecological breakdown. The Lancet here
Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. IPCC Report: here
Glasgow’s 2030 credibility gap: net zero’s lip service to climate action here
Regioni e neutralità climatica: primo Ranking regionale sul clima qui
IPCC 6th assesment report on Climate Change… widespread, rapid, intensifying here
The nexus of climate change and welfare: a new concept of the welfare state: here
Greenness of Stimulus Index post Covid-19: Not very green indeed…. See Reports
The Inequality Virus: Bringing together a world torn apart: See Reports. Stampa.
Count Down. How Our Modern World Is Threatening Sperm Counts, Imperiling the Future of the Human Race: See Reports
Oil firms knew decades ago fossil fuels posed grave health risks: See Reports
Climate justice, Covid-19 recovery here
Global Biodiversity Outlook here – Ecosystem collapse as biodiversity declines here
La resilienza dei giganti del websoft alla pandemia (2015-2020) qui
Privacy, piattaforme digitali, open source e Corte di Giustizia EU: qui e qui
Associate Professor in Economic Sociology, Sociology of Organization and Comparative Welfare Systems. Research topics concern the ecological sustainability of welfare systems, the comparative analysis of social and labor policies and socio-economic exclusion processes, as well as organizational and participation studies. Research approaches integrate pragmatism and cybernetics, in particular through action-research methods, which are implemented also for teaching, as well as training and consulting with groups, nonprofit and public organizations.
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Lack of systemic wisdom is always punished. […]. But the systems are nonetheless punishing of any species unwise enough to quarrel with its ecology (Gregory Bateson, 1972)
















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