Past projects

September 2013 – May 2016

eduLIFE (Education as a Lifelong Process – Comparing Educational Trajectories in Modern Societies). International project financed by an ERC Advance Grant Research Project – Senior researcher. Principal investigator: Prof. Hans-Peter Blossfeld (University of Bamberg). Role: Senior Researcher.

January 2013 – March 2015

The occupational outcomes of Sociology graduates in Italy. Research project financed by a network of Italian Sociology Departments. Principal investigator: Prof. Carla Facchini (University of Milan-Bicocca). Role: Researcher.

September 2013 – December 2014

How do you judge me? Analysis of grading standards and practices in Italian schools. Research project financed by National Institute for the Evaluation of the Italian Educational System (INVALSI). Role: Co-coordinator (with G. Argentin).

February 2012 – February 2013

eduLIFE (Education as a Lifelong Process – Comparing Educational Trajectories in Modern Societies). External collaborator an international project financed by an ERC Advance Grant Research Project. Principal investigator: Prof. Hans-Peter Blossfeld (University of Bamberg).

January 2010 – December 2013

Social inequalities in university studies and in the transition to the labour market among European graduates. University of Milano-Bicocca. This research is funded by a grant from the University of Milano-Bicocca, co-financed by Regione Lombardia through the "FSE-Dote Ricercatori" programme (Project: 25-AR).

February 2009 – October 2010

Women in the scientific and research careers. Agenzia per la Formazione, l’Orientamento e il Lavoro (AFOL), Provincia di Milano. Principal investigator: Prof. Emilio Reyneri.

February 2009 – October 2011

PISA 2009 (Programme for International Student Assessment) – Lombardia Region. University of Milano-Bicocca and National Agency for the Development of Scholastic Autonomy. Coordinators: Prof. Mario Mezzanzanica and Prof. Paolo Trivellato (University of Milano-Bicocca).

February 2009 – November 2009

Evaluation of the performance of the Job-Search Services in Lombardia. Project leader: Dott. Federico Rappelli (IReR Lombardia).

October 2008 – September 2010

Differentiation in Higher Education and its Consequences for Social Inequality. EQUALSOC - Higher Education Team. Coordinators: Marita Jacob e David Reimer (MZES).

May 2006 – March 2010

Long-term trends in Italian Higher Education. Data analysis using data from the Italian Household Longitudinal Survey. Research project financed by MIUR, contract n. 2004149592. Principal investigator: Prof. Paolo Trivellato, Department of Sociology, University of Milano-Bicocca.

February 2007 – February 2008

Job Placement 2006: Evaluation of the effects of vocational training courses on job outcomes in Lombardia. IReR (Regional Institute of Research). Project leader: Dott. Federico Rappelli; Scientific supervisor: Prof. Maurizio Pisati.

October 2005 – March 2006

The high school system in the Provincia of Varese. Research activities and analysis on administrative data. Supervisor: Prof. Paolo Trivellato, Department of Sociology, University of Milano-Bicocca.