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The data is cast – The CNR-IRPPS podcast is online

“The data is cast – Society in numbers and voices” is the podcast of the CNR Institute for Research on Population and Social Policies (CNR-IRPPS).

Each episode starts from a number to shed light on fundamental aspects of contemporary society, from gender issues to sustainability, from health to welfare, bringing together those who study these fields with those who work in them.
The goal is to share the lenses of social research to read the complexity of the present and discuss the resulting public, social, and political perspectives.

“The data is cast – Society in numbers and voices” is an initiative of the CNR-IRPPS Communication Office; the editorial team consists of Monia Torre, author and host, Azzurra Malgieri and Angela Toffanin, and each episode is produced in collaboration with the Institute’s research staff.

The voice that accompanies the dialogue between researchers and experts in each episode is that of Monia Torre; music by Dario Germani.

To follow, listen, and share:
(But you can also find it on Deezer, Audible, etc.)

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Migration and Subjective Well-Being in Italy and Europe. Final Conference of the WELL-MIG Project

  • Tuesday, September 16, 2025, at 09:30-16:30
  • Sala Misiti – CNR-IRPPS, via Palestro 32, Rome
  • Teams link

The conference “Migration and Subjective Well-Being in Italy and Europe. Final Conference of the WELL-MIG Project: Indicators, Narratives, and Policy Perspectives” aims to present the main results of the project “The subjective well-being of immigrants and natives: Italy in the European context (WELL-MIG)” and to suggest possible future developments for research and public policy.

The event includes three sessions and invited lectures by Prof. Claudia Finotelli (Complutense University of Madrid) and Prof. Paolo Boccagni (University of Trento).

Download the program in PDF.

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Book presentation: Vite ferme. Storie di migranti in attesa

  • Wednesday, September 17, 2025, at 11:30-13:00
  • Sala Misiti – CNR-IRPPS, Via Palestro 32, Rome
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As part of the PRIN 2022 project “The subjective well-being of immigrants and natives: Italy in the European context (WELL-MIG)“, Paolo Boccagni (University of Trento) will present the book Vite ferme. Storie di migranti in attesa (Il Mulino).

The meeting will be moderated by Angela Paparusso (CNR-IRPPS), with contributions from Stefano degli Uberti (CNR-IRPPS) and Aurora Massa (University of Perugia).

Based on patient ethnographic work at a reception center, the book tells the daily lives of migrants in their own words—of desires and frustrations, dreams and nightmares, presence and absence. Most are young men in their twenties, Black, African, asylum seekers, survivors of so-called “journeys of despair,” still waiting to know if they will be granted permission to live in the country where they have already spent years.

Download the poster in PDF.

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IRPPS Call for Working Papers

The 2025 call is now open for contributions to the IRPPS Working Papers series, on the theme Inequality and social policies: reflections and perspectives.

Theoretical, methodological, and empirical contributions will be evaluated. These may cover, for example, access to services, employment, energy, and housing; inequalities and climate change; innovation processes; urban organization; demographic evolution; education; artificial intelligence; social networking platforms; migration; and gender issues.

The IRPPS Working Papers series remains open to the submission of independent contributions, including those not related to the specific theme of the call.

Proposals in the form of an abstract (500-1,000 words) may be submitted by October 30, 2025, to the email address editoria@irpps.cnr.it.

The objective of the Institute’s Working Papers, available in digital and open-access formats, is to create a permanent space for reflection, exchange, and in-depth study, capable of hosting original, interdisciplinary, and innovative contributions, as well as providing an opportunity to promote collaboration between researchers within and outside CNR-IRPPS.

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Call for Papers – Welfare and Digital: Opportunities, Challenges, and Innovations – WeE 1/2026

The call for papers “Welfare and Digital: Opportunities, Challenges, and Innovations“, edited by Giuseppe Luca De Luca Picione, Gabriella Punziano, and Domenico Trezza, is now open.

Selected contributions will be published in issue no. 1/2026 of the Welfare e Ergonomia journal, published by FrancoAngeli and recognized as Class A by Anvur.

The digital revolution is radically transforming welfare, redesigning tools, processes, and governance models. Digital platforms, social media, artificial intelligence, and big data are opening new possibilities for access, participation, and innovation, but they also pose crucial challenges in terms of transparency, privacy, and equity. This call aims to stimulate theoretical and empirical contributions, as well as case studies, that address these themes from interdisciplinary and comparative perspectives.

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Deadlines

  • Abstract (max 3,000 characters, including spaces): submission by September 25, 2025 to the address: welfarergonomia.rel@irpps.cnr.it.
    In case of acceptance, the full article (maximum 25,000 characters including spaces) must be submitted by January 20, 2026.

Topics of Interest

Proposed topics include:

  • Impacts of digitalization on social and socio-health policies
  • Digital data governance in welfare services
  • The role of social media in the transformation of welfare
  • Digital exclusion and new inequalities
  • Technologies and participatory co-design
  • Socio-technical and ethical risks in the use of digital data
  • Digital data quality and future scenarios.

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