Curriculum Vitae
Education
1988: Degree in Political Sciences at the University of Bologna
(magna cum laude).
1994: Ph.D. in Sociology and Social Policies at the University
of Bologna.
He was post-Ph.D. Fellow at the Department of Sociology of
Bologna University for the academic years 1994/95 and 1995/96.
Academic Career
Since July 2018 Professor (sps/10, “Territorial and Environmental Sociology”) and member of the Department of Sociology and Business Law, University of Bologna
2006-2018: Associate Professor, University of
Bologna.
1999-2005: Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Political
Sciences “R. Ruffilli” (Forlì campus), University of Bologna.
2005-2006: Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Political
Sciences (Bologna campus), University of Bologna.
Elective and Institutional Offices
He is the coordinator of the undergraduate course in Social Work
for the 2012-2015 triennium.
He is a council member of Commissione Paritetica (joint
committee) of the School of Political Sciences, University of
Bologna.
He is delegate for teaching for the Department of Sociology and
Business Law.
He is member of Commissione Tirocini (internships committee) of
the School of Political Sciences, University of Bologna.
He was president of the undergraduate course of Social Work for
the Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Bologna
(2008-2011).
He was director of the 2nd level master course in
“Politiche Sociali e Direzione Strategica per lo Sviluppo
Sostenibile del Territorio”, University of Bologna (social policies
and strategic management for a sustainable territorial
development); he is also a member of the scientific council of that
master (2009-2013).
He was director of the post-graduate vocational training program
in “Organizzazione e Management dei Servizi Socio-Sanitari in
contesti differenziati”, University of Bologna (organization and
management of health and social services in differentiated
contexts, for managers in foreign countries) (2009-2013).
In the academic year 2010/2011, he was director of the
post-graduate vocational training program “Health as a right:
vocational course in the organization of health and social services
(for staff coming from foreign countries)”, University of
Bologna.
In the academic year 2008/2009, he was director of the
post-graduate vocational training program “Metodologie per la
promozione sociale in territori a differenziate tecnologie di
sviluppo”, University of Bologna (social promotion methodologies in
territories with differentiated development technologies).
He is a member of the teaching body for the Ph.D. in Sociology
at the Department of Sociology and Business Law, University of
Bologna. He was also the coordinator, until 2009, of “Corso
metodologico di formazione alla ricerca empirica” (methodological
training course for empirical research).
Journal and editorial activity
Since 1995: member of the Editorial Board of the journal
Sociologia urbana e rurale.
Since January 2013: member of the Executive Board of the journal
Sociologia urbana e rurale.
From 2000 to 2005: member of the Scientific Board of the journal
Salute e prevenzione.
Since January 2013: member of the Scientific Board of
Sociologia urbana e rurale series (FrancoAngeli).
He is also referee for the following journals: Urban Studies,
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Spaces and
Flows: an International Journal of Urban and Extraurban
Studies, and Archivio di studi urbani e regionali.
Other referee and review activities, and participation to
thematic tables
He is referee for the evaluation of research projects
(Direzione Generale per il coordinamento e lo sviluppo della
Ricerca - Ministero dell'istruzione, dell'Università e della
ricerca) and research products (ANVUR, VQR 2004-2010) per the
SPS/10 scientific sector.
From 2002 to 2006, he was a member of the committee “per l'esame
istruttorio di progetti finalizzati alla prevenzione ed al recupero
dalle tossicodipendenze e dall'alcooldipendenza correlata”
(investigation exam aimed to prevention and recovery from drug
addiction and alcohol addiction), for the Dipartimento delle
Politiche Sociali e Previdenziali, Direzione generale per la
prevenzione e il recupero dalle tossicodipendenze e
alcoldipendenze. He was also a member for the Osservatorio
permanente per la verifica dell'andamento del fenomeno delle droghe
e delle tossicodipendenze – Ministero del Lavoro e delle Politiche
sociali (permanent observatory on drugs and addiction).
In 2012, he was a member of the scientific committees of the 1st
Winter School of Territorial Sociology organized by the AIS
Territorial Section.
He is a member of the work group on sustainable mobility within
the Piano Strategico Metropolitano promoted by the
Municipality of Bologna.
He is a member of the work group on participation and social
cohesion) within the Build See EU project “Addressing the divide
between EU indications and their practical implementation in the
green construction and eco-social re-qualification of residential
areas in South East Europe Regions”.
Research group coordination
He is the local coordinator of the research group of the Bologna
Department of Sociology in the PRIN 2009 program “Public spaces,
mobile populations and urban reorganization processes” (National
coordinator: Prof. Antonietta Mazzette)
He is a member of the technical and scientific coordination of
group of the project “Outcome Comunità. Definizione e
implementazione di un modello e di un sistema per la valutazione
degli esiti dei trattamenti delle Comunità terapeutiche” (Community
outcome. Definition and implementation of a model for the
evaluation of treatments in therapeutic communities), Italian
Department for Anti-Drug Policies .
Participation to scientific groups and associations
Since 1989, he is member of Ce.P.Ci.T. (center for studies on
city and territory problems), at the Department of Sociology and
Business Law, University of Bologna. He makes research about
poverty, youth problems, drug addiction and urban social exclusion,
as well as on urban transformations and sociology of tourism.
He is a member of Territory Section and Social Policies Section
of AIS (Associazione Italiana di Sociologia).
He is a member of Research Committee 21 on Sociology
of Urban and Regional Development of the International
Sociological Association.
