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is currently researcher at the European Social Observatory and the Centro di Ricerca e Documentazione Luigi Einaudi. She was post-doctoral research fellow at the universities of Rome (200809), Bologna (201112) and Milan (2013). Her work mostly deals with the comparative analysis of social and education policy and European social governance in the same field.
is associate professor of sociology at the University of Bologna. He has been visiting and invited professor at the Universidad Pompeu Fabra (Spain) and junior researcher at the Center for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences of the Juan March Institute. In 2011 and 2012 he was visiting scholar and Sunstrat guest researcher at the Swedish Institute for Social Research of Stockholm University. He is member of the board of directors of the Research Committee on Social Stratification and Mobility of the International Sociological Association. Albertinis current research interests lie in the study of intergenerational relations, the consequences of separation and divorce, inequality and stratification, long-term care policies and ageing. He has recently published in Ageing & Society , Acta Sociologica , European Sociological Review and Research in Social Stratification and Mobility .
is full professor of economic sociology and social policy at the Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona. He has published many articles and books on migration issues, the relationship between family and the labour market in a peripheral economy, the Italian welfare state, the comparative analysis of non-profit organisations in industrialised countries and the privatisation process in the Italian welfare system. His research interests include welfare policies, voluntary organisations, the relationships between government and third sector in social policy, the role of voluntary action in the society.
is associate professor of public economics in the Marco Biagi Department of Economics at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. His main research interests are poverty, inequality and the impact of tax-benefit and welfare systems on the economy.
is full professor of economic sociology in the University of Milan, where he teaches sociology of education and economic sociology. His main research topic is the relation between educational systems and the economy, both at the micro and the macro level. He has published extensively, both in Italian and English, on inequality of educational opportunities by social class, gender and ethnicity; vocational training and the labour market; occupational returns to education; and the institutional changes of educational systems. He is a member of SASE and ISA-RC28.
is full professor of public finance at the Marco Biagi Economics Department, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. Her research fields are the design and reform of tax systems, welfare policies and fiscal federalism. At present she is senator of the Italian Republic (Democratic Party). She has previously held government posts as deputy minister of labour and social policies (May 2013 to February 2014); deputy minister for equal opportunities (July 2013 to February 2014) and undersecretary at the Ministry of Labour and Social Policies (November 2011 to April 2013).
is a professor of international urban sociology and compared welfare systems at the University of Vienna (Austria). Previously he taught at the University of Urbino (Italy). His fields of interest are urban governance, urban poverty and social policies in comparative perspective. He has undertaken comparative research at the European level in many projects (URBEX, GOETE, IMPROVE, ISPIRES, DIVERCITIES, SEFIRA). His publications include Cities of Europe. Changing contexts, local arrangements and the challenge to social cohesion (ed.) (2005, Blackwell); Rescaling social policies towards multilevel governance in Europe (2010, Ashgate); Il welfare frammentato (ed. with E. Barberis, 2013, Carocci).
is assistant professor in economic sociology at the University of Genoa where he teaches social policy and economic sociology. He conducts research on the specificity of the south European welfare state and the work condition of young people, and the transformation of the family-work system, highlighting the gender asymmetries inside family. He has published articles and essays on social inequalities and the relationship between family structure and work condition.
is associate professor at the University of Bologna. He is also teaching professor on the PhD programme in political science and sociology at the Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa and senior researcher at the European Social Observatory of Brussels. He is chair of the European Network for Social Policy Analysis (ESPANET) (Italian section). His work deals with the comparative analysis of social protection reforms across Europe, and on the role of the European Union in the field. He has recently published in West European Politics and South European Society an Politics .
is associate professor of economic sociology and social policy at the University of Macerata. His research focuses on health care policies, social care policies and the transformation of the Italian welfare state in a comparative perspective. Among his recent books there are Public health care systems between restructuring and retrenchment (ed. with A.M. Guillen, 2013, Palgrave) and Reforms in long-term care policies in Europe (ed. with C. Ranci) (2012, Springer).
is professor of economic sociology at the Polytechnic University of Milan. He has extensively published on social inequalities, new social risks and European welfare policies, mainly in a comparative perspective. Among his most recent publications are Social vulnerability in European cities in times of crisis (ed. with S. Sabatinelli and T. Brandsen, 2014, Palgrave Macmillan) and Reforms in long-term care policies in Europe (ed. with E. Pavolini, 2013, Springer).
