Research

Current research projects:

1. Mobilizing Social Professions. The Collective Action of European Social Workers’ through Professional Networks
   (within PRA n.2017_56 “Le reti della conoscenza nella società globale”, Coord.: Prof. Gabriele Tomei). Research activities include systematic literature review, document analysis, in-depth interviews. Some activities are developed in collaboration with Complutense University of Madrid.
2. Transformations of Associative Participation and Volunteering in Italy
   The project is based on quantitative and qualitative research activities, mainly devoted to understand the emergent organizational field of episodic volunteering and the relevance of socio-economic and socio-cultural transformations on associative participation in Italy. Some activities are developed in collaboration with ISTAT, CSVnet, Ciessevi Milan, SPES Rome.
3. Alternative Forms of Resilience and Sustainable Community Movement Organizations.
   The project is based on online surveys, in-depth interviews, participant observation in the field of Italian Solidarity Purchase Groups and food co-production experiences (with Prof. Massimiliano Andretta).