Pietro Demurtas
Sociologist and PhD in Methodology of Social Sciences.
Rome
pietro.demurtas@irpps.cnr.it
pietro.demurtas@cnr.it
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Sociologist and holds a PhD in Methodology of the Social Sciences. His research focuses on social inequalities and on social protection and public intervention systems targeting vulnerable groups, with particular attention to the role of public policies and local services in managing social risks and preventing different forms of social exclusion.
Adopting a mixed-methods approach, he combines quantitative analyses based on official statistics and administrative data with qualitative research on policy implementation processes and the functioning of service networks. His work lies at the intersection of gender studies, social policy analysis, and the study of welfare governance, with a focus on the social mechanisms underlying the production and reproduction of inequalities.
A significant part of his research is devoted to policies and interventions aimed at preventing and addressing gender-based violence, with particular attention to specialised services and to the coordination mechanisms among institutional actors within local protection systems.
In parallel, he has conducted studies on the organisation and functioning of social services and welfare policies targeting different population groups, carrying out monitoring, analysis and evaluation of intervention systems at the territorial level.
His research has also addressed various contexts of vulnerability related to international migration, with a focus on unaccompanied minors, refugees, and migrant women who have experienced female genital mutilation.
He is co-editor of the scientific journal Welfare e Ergonomia (FrancoAngeli).
Main publications
- Demurtas P., Vitiello M. (2022 – forthcoming), “Unaccompanied Foreign Minors in Italy: Recent Developments”, in Studi Emigrazione, year LIX, no. 225.
- Demurtas P., Misiti M. and Toffanin A.M. (eds.) (2021- forthcoming), Combating Violence Against Women: Between International Guiding Principles, National Programming, and Situated Practices. La rivista delle Politiche Sociali.
- Demurtas P., Peroni C. (2021) “Emergency Within an Emergency or Structural Problem? Gender-Based Violence in the Time of Covid-19” in AG-About Gender. International Journal of Gender Studies, Doing Masculinity Online: Defining and Investigating the Manosphere, vol. 10, no. 19, pp. 295-323.
- Demurtas P., Misiti M. (eds.) (2021), VIVA. Violence Against Women in Italy. Guidelines and Best Practices, Guerini Scientifica, Milan, ISBN: 9788881074457.
- Demurtas P., Peroni C., Sampaoli G. (2021), “What Kind of Violence? Notes on the Definitions of Violence, Gender, and Patriarchy in Programs for Perpetrators of Violence” in Rinaldi C. (ed.), Quaderni del laboratorio di ricerca su Corpi, Diritti, Conflitti, 99-122, PM Edizioni. ISBN: 978-88-31222-78-5.
- Demurtas P. (2020), “So Close, So Far. Specialized Support Services for Women Victims of Violence and Programs for Perpetrators” in La Rivista delle Politiche Sociali, 2, pp. 193-212. ISBN: 978-88-230-2299-7.
- Accorinti M., Demurtas P., Vitiello M. (2019), “Unaccompanied Minors in Italy and Arrivals by Sea. Migration Data, Patterns, and Pathways” in Mediterranean Mobilities. Europe’s Changing Relationships, Springer International Publishing AG, Berlin. ISBN 9783319896311.
- Arima S., Demurtas P., De Rose A., La Valle M.H., Menniti A., Sebastiani M.R. (2018), “The gender gap at home and in the labour market: the case of Italy” in Blöss T. (ed.) , Ageing, Lifestyles and Economic Crises: The New People of the Mediterranean, Routledge. ISBN: 978 1 138 04026 7.
- Demurtas P., Vitiello M., Accorinti M., Skoda A., Perillo C. (2018), “In search of Protection: Unaccompanied Minors in Italy” in International Migration Policy Report – Perspectives on the Content and Implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration. New York. Scalabrini Migration Study Centers. http://doi.org/10.14240/internationalmigrationrpt2018.
- Misiti M, Demurtas P (2018). FGM/C, “Harmful practices and Recent Migration Flows”, in: Mangone E, Masullo G, Gallego M (eds.), Gender and Sexuality in the Migration Trajectories, Information Age Publishing, Incorporated, p. 27-46, ISBN: 9781641131292.
- Demurtas P. (2018). “Being There to Represent Oneself”, in: Buffoni Laura (ed.) We Want Cinema, Marsilio editori. ISBN 88-317-0846-5.
- Bonifazi C., Demurtas P. (2017), “Unaccompanied Foreign Minors: Dimensions and Characteristics in the European and Italian Scenario” in Minorigiustizia (3), Rome, Franco Angeli, pp. 33-44. ISSN 1121-2845.
- Demurtas P. (2017), “Unaccompanied Foreign Minors: The Dimensions of the Phenomenon” in Bonifazi C. (ed.), Migration and Integration in Today’s Italy, Rome, CNR-IRPPS e-Publishing. ISBN: 978-88-98822-12-6.
- Accorinti M., Crescenzi A., Demurtas P., Nasso S., Policies and Practices for the Socio-Labor Integration of Beneficiaries of International/Humanitarian Protection in Italy – Integration of beneficiaries of International/humanitarian protection into the labour market: policies and good practices in Italy, Rome, CNR edizioni. ISBN 9788880802327.
- Demurtas P., Menniti A, Cerbara L. (2016), “Gender Models and Domestic Activities: Parents and Children Compared”, in Sociologia e Ricerca Sociale, Rome, Franco Angeli, no. 110, pp. 84-114. ISSN 1121-1148.
- Pietro Demurtas (2015), “Daily Life in the Family: Between Reproduction and Overcoming of Gender Differences” in Welfare e Ergonomia, no. 2, pp. 175-187. ISSN 2421-3691.
A complete list of publications can be consulted in the CV