I am Associate Professor in Sociology (SPS/07) at the Department of Political Science of University of Pisa where I currently teach Sociology, Organization of Social Services and Sociology of Third Sector. I got my BA/MA in Political Sciences and PhD in Sociology at University of Pisa.
My research interests are about: Social Participation (Voluntary Action; Sustainable Community Movement Organizations) and Welfare and Social Work (Austerity, Social Work & Policy Practice in Europe; Non-profit/Public Partnerships). About these topics I have published monographs and edited books, articles, and book chapters.
I was invited to give lectures at the National Technical University of Athens (Greece), Complutense University of Madrid (Spain) and Vidzeme University (Latvia). I chaired Sessions, presented and discussed Papers at ISTR, ISA, ESPANET Europe and Italy, ECPR, IPA, SISP, AIS Conferences and participated to two inter-Universities national research projects (Prin-Miur).
From 2009 to 2014 I was Scientific Director and Senior Researcher of Volunteering and Participation Foundation (Italy).
Full CV: here.