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Researcher at IRPPS-CNR since 1994. His main fields of study are the welfare state and social policy. Within these broader sociological themes, he has carried out various specific research activities in the following fields:
• Poverty, marginality, and social assistance;
• Labor market and policies;
• Immigration, Roma people, and integration policies;
• Population aging and active aging;
• Family and social services;
• Health and healthcare.
Main publications
• Immigrazione e cittadinanza: il caso italiano in prospettiva europea. In: Rapporto Irpps-Cnr sullo Stato sociale in Italia 2012. Welfare e politiche per l’immigrazione (editor: Ponzini G.), pp. 69-102. Naples: Liguori, 2012 Naples, 2012, ISBN: 978-88-207-5668-0
• Anzianità attiva e salute: il progetto ActivAge (with Calza Bini P.). In: «Argomenti», vol. 25, pp. 59-96. Milan: Franco Angeli, 2009, ISSN: 1125-9116
• La famiglia sud-europea tra mutamento sociale, vecchio e nuovo welfare. In: Lo Stato sociale in Italia: un sistema di welfare mediterraneo. Rapporto IRPPS-CNR 2007-2008 (editors: Ponzini G. – Pugliese E.), pp. 53-97. Rome: Donzelli Editore, 2008, ISBN: 978-88-6036-283-4
• Reddito minimo di inserimento. Che fare? (editors: Calza Bini P., Nicolaus O., Turcio S.). Rome: Donzelli Editore, 2003, ISBN: 88-7989-896-5
Main appointments
Scientific coordinator of the European project “ROMunicare”, co-funded by the DG Justice and Consumers for the REC (Rights, Equality and Citizenship) Program: Action grants to support national or transnational projects on non-discrimination and Roma integration, in partnership with the Department of Social Policies, Subsidiarity and Health (DPSSS) of Roma Capitale, Ares 2.0 s.r.l., and Popíca Onlus (G.A. 9369).
Scientific coordinator of the “Magdalene” project, POR Campania 2000-2006, AXIS III: Objective 3: Human resources development, Measure 3.14: Project proposals for the promotion of female participation in the labor market. Granting act of the Regional Government of Campania – Organization and Method sector of October 1, 2004 (office code 130)
Coordinator of IRPPS-CNR research groups in the following European projects of the 5th Framework Programme for the action “Improving the Human Research Potential and the Socio-Economic Knowledge Base”:
• Public Participation and the Pension Policy Process: The Citizen and Pension Reform (Pen-Ref), HPSE-CT-1999-00023
• Overcoming the Barriers and Seizing the Opportunities for Active Ageing Policies in Europe (ActivAge), HPSE-CT-2002-00102
• Private Pension and Social Inclusion in Europe. A Study of Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland and the United Kingdom (Private Pensions), HPSE-CT-2002-00151