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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)

Associate Professor in Economic Sociology, he teaches Sociology of Organization, Comparative Welfare Systems and Ecology of Socio-Economic 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 systemic 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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NEW (pubblicazione): Villa M. (2023), Cambiare o traccheggiare? Politica e lavoro eco-sociale, transizione ecologica e la sfida della complessità: note di campo. Info qui; abstract qui.

Presentazione Il doppio vincolo della crisi ecologica e il contributo dell’economia della flessibilità, VII Convegno Nazionale SISEC, 8-11.02.2023 info qui

Seminario Tra eco-social policy e eco-social work. Storie e idee della transizione secondo un approccio di complessità, IUSVE, 17-18.02.2023. Info qui. Locandina qui.

Seminario La sfida ecologica. Una transizione permanente? 26.01.2023, Università di Bologna. Info qui

Coesione sociale nella transizione ecologica: Corso di Alta Formazione, II Edizione. Inizio 2 dicembre 2022 – Programma qui; Info e iscrizioni qui

Horizon 2020 research project “Planet4B” on Social change and biodiversity started November the 1st. Info here

PRA-Unipi Research Project “Wellbeing In a Dematerialized Economy” starts October the 24th. Info qui

Riconoscere le differenze, combattere le diseguaglianze, Lucca 15.01.2023 ore 16. Info qui

Seminario Strategie di sostenibilità nella gestione delle risore umane, 1 CFU, 30 novembre 2022. Info qui

Seminario Economie alternative: esperienze e riflessioni teoriche, 2-3 Novembre, Università di Salerno. info qui. Link per seguirlo online: https://bit.ly/3SuPv5W

Seminario Crisis, ecological transition, and new social risks: towards a sustainable welfare system? 25 October 2022 ore 11:00, University of Bologna. 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.

Special issue: Towards a sustainable welfare system? Social Policy n. 1/2023 here.

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

Topic and Debate

NEW: COP15 UN 2030 Biodiversity Agreement (Dec. 2022) here

State of Greenhouse Gases in the Atmosphere, Global Observations 2021 here

Closing the Emissions Gap: Climate Action Roadmap for Limiting Warming to 1.5°C here

Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2021 here

Consumo di suolo, dinamiche territoriali e servizi ecosistemici. Edizione 2022 qui

Oil sector’s ‘staggering’ $3bn-a-day profits for last 50 years here

The ‘carbon bombs’ set to trigger catastrophic climate breakdown here

Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. IPCC Report: here

National responsibility for ecological breakdown. The Lancet 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

Global Biodiversity Outlook here – Ecosystem collapse as biodiversity declines here


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Associate Professor in Economic Sociology, he teaches Sociology of Organization, Comparative Welfare Systems and Ecology of Socio-Economic 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 systemic 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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