Education
PhD Catholic University of Milano (philosophy)
Research Interests
Family arrangements and family change; gender and intergenerational relations; welfare states and social policies; poverty and social exclusion
Affiliations
Until 2008 Professor of sociology of family at the University of Torino, until June 2011 Research professor at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung.
At present:
Visiting researcher at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung
Member of the "Carlo F. Dondena" Centre for Research on Social Dynamics
Selected Works
- The Impact of Different Social-Policy Frameworks on Social Inequalities among Women in the European Union: The Labour-Market Participation of Mothers, Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society, 2013, On line first, May 2013, with Keck W.
- Does Cohabitation Lead to Weaker Intergenerational Bonds Than Marriage? A Comparison Between Italy and the United Kingdom, European Sociological Review, 3, 29, 2013, pp. 549-564, with Nazio T.
- Social inequalities in facing old-age dependency: a bi-generational perspective, Journal of European Social Policy, 20, 1, 2010, pp. 1-13.
visit a new data base on family and intergenerational policies:
http://multilinks-database.wzb.eu/info/project-info
