The new call for papers from the journal Welfare & Ergonomia, edited by Alberto Pesce and Veronica Valenti, is dedicated to “Investing in the care of social reintegration for incarcerated individuals: trends and new perspectives of Italian welfare.”

Proposals may be submitted by March 29, 2024, by sending an abstract of approximately 3,000 characters (including spaces).

All information is available in the call.

Welfare & Ergonomia is a Class A journal (Anvur), published by Franco Angeli, based on an editorial project and direction by IRPPS (thanks to researcher Antonella Ciocia).

By way of example, contributions for this edition may cover:

• social and health aspects resulting from overcrowding at both collective and individual levels;
• the importance of maintaining emotional and family ties in prison to gather suggestions for reform perspectives;
• the mutual relationship between forms of restorative justice and social reintegration;
• the importance of educational paths and professional training in prison;
• the analysis of Italian or European best practices aimed at promoting training, placement, and employment;
• the analysis of traditional welfare models and their implementation regarding persons deprived of liberty, with attention also to new models or policies concerning inmates or former inmates;
• the analysis of legislation and jurisprudence regarding the social and professional reintegration of inmates;
• a critical analysis of the role of local authorities, social private organizations, and the private sector in ensuring training, placement, and employment;
• the analysis of local best practices or those piloted in individual penal institutions;
• the analysis of factors leading to recidivism:
• the analysis of state and regional spending aimed at promoting social and professional integration paths;
• the treatment of inmates nearing release at the end of their sentence;
• the impact of new technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence or neuroscience, on the social and professional reintegration of incarcerated individuals.

The journal Welfare&Ergonomia (Class A, Anvur, published by Franco Angeli) has opened the call for papers No. 1, 2024, “Labor exploitation, rights and health in contemporary society,” edited by Marco Omizzolo.

This issue of W&E will investigate the organization, dissemination, and evolution of the labor exploitation system and its effects on psycho-physical health and the welfare system in Italy. Proposals may be either theoretical or empirical.

For submission, an abstract of approximately 3,000 characters (including spaces) must be sent by October 13, 2023, to omizzolomarco@gmail.com; welfarergonomia.rel@irpps.cnr.it.

Call for abstracts (pdf)
Call for abstracts EN (pdf)

The journal Welfare&Ergonomia has opened the call for papers n.2, 2023 “Youth Beyond Stereotypes”.

The changes that have characterized Western societies in recent decades have contributed to creating a world in continuous and rapid evolution in which generations incessantly modify living conditions, needs, and motivations. In particular, it has been the youth population above all that has shown the most visible evolutionary trends compared to the past from a demographic, economic, social, and cultural point of view. In the first three areas, many studies have highlighted the impact on new generations; in the fourth, namely that concerning cultural aspects, analyses have instead often stopped at the description of phenomena, but attempts at critical reflection on youth culture, as an effect of structural or social transformations, are rather lacking, and it is to these latter aspects that the call intends to respond.

Potential authors for this issue of Welfare e Ergonomia are invited to submit an abstract of approximately 3,000 characters by April 12, 2023.

For more information:

Welfare e Ergonomia – Italian call; English call.

One year after receiving scientific recognition for Area 14, we are pleased to announce that the journal Welfare&Ergonomia has been promoted to Class A by ANVUR. The journal, published by Franco Angeli, examines the challenges and opportunities of welfare in a historical moment characterized by uncertainty. Through its monographic issues, it proposes the study of citizens’ well-being and safety issues, combining established knowledge in the field of social policies with the multidisciplinary approach of ergonomics.

The aim is to explore topics revolving around people and their well-being. Welfare in its various forms constitutes the body of social policies aimed at affirming citizenship rights, although in recent decades certain modifications have altered its original framework, calling into question equity between generations and genders, between those who have and do not have employment, and among professional categories. Ergonomics as a method is linked to technological development, although over the years it has broadened its areas of interest and has consistently applied a participatory design methodology, addressing culture, inclusion, integration, and professional awareness, while remaining an operational tool for health and safety in the workplace.

The integration of the two disciplines allows social issues to be examined from different interpretive perspectives, combining, among other things, practice and theory: welfare through the introduction of laws on mandatory insurance against risks arising from work performed; ergonomics through the design of spaces, tools, and production processes based on workers’ specific capabilities.