Giulio Centamore

Current Position: Associate Professor of Labour Law at the Department of Legal Studies (DSG) – University of Bologna.

Languages: Italian (mother tongue); English; French.

Ph.D.: September 14, 2015, University of Bologna (Cycle XVII, “Institutions and Markets, Rights and Protections”, Labour Law curriculum). Supervisor: Prof. Carlo Zoli.

Awards and Recognitions

• Mention within the “Massimo D'Antona” Award, established by AIDLASS (Italian Association of Labour Law and Social Security) for the best first work in Labour Law, 2021 edition. Awarded on October 29, 2021, for the monograph: “Contrattazione collettiva e pluralità di categorie”.
• “Francesco Santoro Passarelli” Award, established by AIDLASS for the best doctoral thesis in Labour Law, 2016 edition. Awarded on June 17, 2016.
• “Giorgio Ghezzi” Award, established by the School of Law at the University of Bologna for the best master’s thesis in Labour Law defended between September 1, 2009, and July 31, 2010. Awarded on March 15, 2011.

Participation in Editorial Boards: Since 2021, a member of the editorial staff of the journal Lavoro e diritto, published by Il Mulino.

Participation in Competitive Research Projects Funded by National or International Institutions

• Local Research Unit Member (University of Bologna). Project: PRIN 2017 “Working Poor N.E.E.D.S. NEw Equity Decent work and Skills” concerning working poverty. Funder: Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR). Duration: June 23, 2020, to March 1, 2024. Coordinator: University of Udine, P.I. Prof.ssa Marina Brollo.
• Research Team Leader and Scientific Project Manager. Project: European Project “Meat-up Ffire Fairness, Freedom and Industrial Relations across Europe – up and down the meat value chain” concerning industrial relations in the meat sector. Funder: European Commission, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion. Duration: November 1, 2018, to October 31, 2019. Coordinator: University of Urbino “Carlo Bo” P.I. Prof.ssa Piera Campanella.

Teaching

• Maritime and Port Labour Law, University of Bologna, Ravenna Campus.
• Labour Law, New Technologies, and Sustainable Development, University of Bologna, Ravenna Campus.
• Legal Clinic “Victims, Discrimination and Law”, Labour law group, University of Bologna, Bologna Campus.

Institutional Activities (Most Relevant)

• Vice-Coordinator of the Single-Cycle Master's Degree in Law, Ravenna Campus.
• Member of the Bar Exam Commission (Session 2024) at the Court of Appeal of Bologna.

Public Engagement

• collaboration with the University of Bologna Legal Clinic project "Victims, Discrimination and Law," directed by Prof.ssa Stefania Pellegrini (see also under Teaching).

Publications (See the dedicated page on the website)

Presentations and Speeches at Seminars and Conferences (selection)

• June 5, 2025: “Il lavoro nella città della transizione ecologica”, 5th World Congress CIELO LABORAL 2025, University of Bordeaux (France).
• April 23, 2025: “Progressive cities: urban minimum wage in the Italian context,” 43rd International Labour Process Conference, Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Santiago de Chile (Chile) (online).
• March 27, 2025: “IA, contrattazione collettiva e diritti di informazione e consultazione”, Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Labour and Trade Union (European Project TransFormWork II), CGIL Bologna.
• February 3, 2025: Presentation on the topic of wage, Consulta giuridica della Cgil di Milano (Italy).
• November 15, 2024: Organiser and Speaker of the Panel on “Il lavoro negli spazi urbani: teorie, proposte e attori per una regolazione giuridica del lavoro nelle città”, LLC – Labour Law Community Conference, University of Bari (Italy).
• November 9, 2023: Invited Specific Presentation on “La contrattazione collettiva in Italia: criticità e prospettive”, XL Jornadas Universitarias Andaluzas De Derecho Del Trabajo Y Relaciones Laborales “40 años de propuestas jurídicas sobre empleo, negociación colectiva y solución de conflictos laborales en Andalucía.”. Granada (Spain).
• November 7, 2023: Presentation on Minimum Wage and Collective Bargaining, seminar organised by the Monza Bar Foundation (Italy).
• May 19, 2023: “The involvement of social partners in the design and implementation of the Recovery plan,” seminar on Issues of EU Collective Labour Law, University of Bologna.
• December 9, 2022: “Il (diritto del) lavoro nella crisi climatica”, XII Giornate di studio della Società italiana di studi geografici, University of Insubria (Italy).
• December 2, 2022: Participant in the Round Table at the conference “Una rete territoriale contro lo sfruttamento lavorativo”, Ravenna.
• July 6, 2022: Presentation at the conference “La contrattazione di prossimità: siamo all’epilogo?”, organized by SDL Hub (Online).
• June 23, 2022: Presentation on “Libertà sindacale, categorie contrattuali e contrasto agli accordi pirata”, PRIN "WORKING POOR N.E.E.D.S.” conference (Online).
• December 17, 2021: Presentation on a Labour Law case at the conference “Le cliniche legali come esperienza lavorativa professionalizzante e progetto di giustizia sociale”, University of Bologna (Online).
• June 18, 2021: Presentation on “Il problema della selezione giurisprudenziale del contratto collettivo”, PRIN "WORKING POOR N.E.E.D.S.” conference (Online).
• May 27, 2021: Presentation on “Congedi e astensioni dal lavoro per ragioni familiari”, University of Siena conference (Online).
• January 23, 2020: Presentation on “Industrial relations in the pork industry in five EU countries,” Final Conference of the European project Meat-up Ffire, University of Bologna.
• December 17, 2018: Presentation on “Industrial relations in the pork sector in Europe,” workshop “Assemblages and Dis-assemblages,” University of Padua.
• September 10, 2018: Conference paper: “With or without the state? The contested border province of law and collective bargaining,” Industrial Relations in Europe Conference, KU Leuven (BE).
• September 5, 2018: Conference paper: “With or without the state: towards a new order in that contested border province of law and collective bargaining?”, XXII ISLSSL World Congress, ITCILO Campus Torino.
• March 22, 2018: Presentation on Precarious Forms of Work at the conference “Working Poverty,” CGIL Bologna.
• October 24, 2017: Lecture: “Improving the Health of the Organization: Conversation on Italian and American Employment Law,” Johns Hopkins University, Bologna Campus.
• October 12, 2017: [with L. Ratti] Conference paper on anti-discrimination law and on demand workers. Conference at the University of Brescia.
• March 19, 2013: Conference paper: “Labour law into the great recession: what about the consistency of the rigidity argument?”, Young Scholars Workshop in Labour Relations, Eleventh International Conference in Commemoration of Prof. Marco Biagi.
• November 30, 2012: Conference paper: “The path of labour law from the global market to the global crisis: the consistency of a flexicurity model into the great recession,” Symposium on the Social and Labour Policy Dimensions of Regional Integration, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice.