Marialuisa Villani is a Junior Research and Assistant Professor at Political and Social Science Department of University of Bologna. She holds a PhD in Social Systems, Organization and Policies Analysis at Sapienza University of Rome and MA in Statistic for Social Sciences at EHESS Paris. In 2016, she received the REFEB fellowship (Réseau Français d’Etudes Brésiliennes) to carry out her fieldwork at the INEP. Since March 2023 she is part of the research group 'A new geography of social (and cultural) capital in Italy'. She teaches in the Master's programme in Education Systems and Policies. She also teaches in the Lab on Cultural Practices and Data. Her current research interests are: the transformation of the social and cultural capital in Italy. The transformation of academic working conditions in Europe, focusing on the experience of early career researchers. The production cycle of large-scale standardised assessments at national and international level, focusing on the socio-economic and political aspect of data production.
