Closing conference of the PRIN Well-Mig project

The conference “Migration and Subjective Well-Being in Italy and Europe. Final Conference of the WELL-MIG Project: Indicators, Narratives, and Policy Perspectives” took place on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, in the Sala Misiti of the CNR-IRPPS in Rome.

The study day, marking the conclusion of the PRIN project The subjective well-being of immigrants and natives: Italy in the European context (WELL-MIG), coordinated by IRPPS-CNR and carried out with the Department of Methods and Models for Economics, Territory and Finance (MEMOTEF) of Sapienza University of Rome, was dedicated to the links between migration, integration, and subjective well-being.

The first session, moderated by Corrado Bonifazi, featured a presentation by Angela Paparusso (CNR-IRPPS), who presented the main results of the WELL-MIG project and future perspectives, followed by a keynote speech by Claudia Finotelli (Complutense University of Madrid) on citizenship, integration, and well-being in Italy and Spain.

In the second session, coordinated by Frank Heins, traditional and innovative indicators of subjective well-being were discussed with contributions from Alberto Arcagni, Martina Bodo, and Daniela Foresta, who addressed mental health, transitions to adulthood, and the well-being of adolescents, both natives and migrants, respectively.

The afternoon was dedicated to subjective well-being and migration narratives, moderated by Mattia Vitiello. Following the keynote lecture by Paolo Boccagni (University of Trento) on the temporal, spatial, and relational dimensions of well-being in migration, Stefano degli Uberti and Cecilia Fortunato gave their presentations.

The day concluded with a discussion and final reflections by Giorgio Alleva and Elena Ambrosetti (Sapienza University of Rome).

Angela Paparusso was the scientific and organizational lead for the initiative.