Seminars

2018 Italy: overview of datasets for the LIFETRACK project, First LIFETRACK Project Workshop, LiFBi Bamberg, 8-9 February.

2018 The ‘academic greenshirting’ puzzle: social background, early school entry and children’s outcomes, Guest lecture at Bamberg Graduate School of Social Sciences, 8th February.

2018 How is it possible to Assess the Effectiveness of a Large-scale Crime Prevention Policy? Some Research Issues and Methodological Challenge (with M. Calaresu), Guest lecture at Edge Hill University, 24th January.

2017 Stratified returns? Social background and early occupational outcomes of Italian university graduates, CIDER Interdisciplinary workshop on Higher education and (In)Equality of Opportunity, WZB Berlin, 9-10 November.

2017 Stratification in higher education and social inequalities. Keynote speech at the conference “Pathways into, through and out of Higher Education”, Hannover, 11-12 September.

2017 Intergenerational transmission of social status, Workshop “EqualChances.org International database on equality of opportunity and social mobility”, Bari, 9 March 2017 (with F. Luppi).

2017 Anticipation of school entry in Italy. Consequences for inequalities of educational opportunities. European University Institute, 27 February.

2017 What is driving the gender wage gap among higher education graduates?

A comparative analysis in Europe. Trinity College Dublin, 22 February.

2016 Social inequalities in access to university. Theoretical considerations and empirical evidence on the Italian case. ACHAB Workshop, FBK-IRVAPP Trento, 24-25 November.

2016 Social Mobility and Inequality of Opportunities in Sociological Research. A Critical Introduction, Workshop “Equality of opportunity and social mobility towards an international database”, Department of Economics, University of Bari, 10-11 June.

2016 Models of secondary education and social inequality: An international comparison, Final eduLIFE conference, European University Institute, 23-24 May.

2016 The wage gender gap and its institutional context. A comparative analysis of European graduates, Department of Political and Social Sciences, Pompeu Fabra University, 14 April.

2016 Social background, academic performance and inequality of educational opportunities, StratStat Seminars, Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Milan, 18 March.

2015 Mapping social inequalities in education. Italy in comparative perspective, University of Trento, 16 December.

2015 Who cares for the children? Family social position and childcare arrangements in Italy, 2002-2012, 8th eduLIFE Workshop, European University Institute (Florence), 12-13 November.

2015 Who cares for the children? Spousal characteristics and childcare arrangements in Italy, 7th eduLIFE Workshop, European University Institute (Florence), 21 May.

2014 The Gender Wage Gap in Comparative Perspective. Seminar within “Foundations of Comparative Sociology”, Prof. H.-P. Blossfeld, Department of Political and Social Sciences, European University Institute, 2 December.

2014 How to make doctoral students finish quicker? A longitudinal analysis of the effectiveness of structural reforms in a PhD program, 1976-2012. Seminar at the Department of Economics, European University Institute, 1 December (with H.-P. Blossfeld, J. Skopek, K. Geven).

2014 Genere, classe sociale ed accesso ai diversi percorsi di studio in Germania e in Italia, Paper presented at Brown Bag Seminars on Empirical Research, Department of Educational Science, University of Bologna, 16 May.

2014 Presentations at the eduLIFE workshop, European University Institute (Florence) 27-28 November:

- Differentiation in secondary education and social inequalities: A theoretical framework;

- From primary school to young adulthood: A cross-national analysis of cognitive competencies and related social inequalities (with J. Dammrich)

- Tracking and social inequalities in Italy (with D. Contini)

2014 The determinants of individual gambling behavior. An empirical study on college students in Milan. Paper presented at the Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Milan, 18 March (with S. Sarti).

2013 Does family background affect the chances to graduate from a remunerative field of study? Evidence from a recent period of higher education expansion in Italy, Paper presented at the Inequality Working Group seminar, European University Institute, Florence, 4 November.

2013 Equity of higher education systems. A comparative analysis. 2nd level Master of university and research, Business School, Polytechnic of Milan, 22 February.

2012 Student accessibility across higher education systems, Social work programme, University of Milan- Bicocca, 21 November.

2012 Returns to adult education in comparative perspective. Presentation at the 2nd eduLIFE Workshop, Fiesole, 9-10 November. (with C. Barone).

2012 Presentation and discussion of the book: Triventi, M. (2012) Sistemi universitari comparati. Riforme, assetti istituzionali e accessibilità agli studenti, Mondadori: Milano.

- University of Bologna, Department of Educational Sciences, 24 February

- University of Milan-Bicocca, Department of Sociology and social research, 31 May

2012 Issues in the assessment of returns to adult education in comparative perspective. Presentation at the 1st eduLIFE Workshop, Bamberg, 23-24 March. (with C. Barone).

2011 School marks and reading competences. Paper presented at the Conference “PISA 2009: Le competenze di lettura degli studenti lombardi”, Milan, 22 November. (with G. Gay).

2011 Approaches and attitudes towards reading. Paper presented at the Conference “PISA 2009: Le competenze di lettura degli studenti lombardi”, Milan, 22 November.

2011 The transformations of Higher Education in Italy and their implications for social inequality. Presentation of the special issue of the Italian Journal of Sociology of Education, Interference(s): Performing STS and Education International Conference, Napoli, 1 June. (with C. Barone).

2011 Graphical representation with Stata. Seminar at the Department of work studies, University of Milan, 25 May.

2011 The social stratification of gambling behaviour among Italian households, 1999-2008. Brown Bag Seminar - FamIne - Families of Inequalities, University of Trento, 5 May. (with S. Sarti).

2009 Trends in the Italian University System Before and After the Bologna Process. Seminar in the graduate course of Labour Sciences, University of Milan, hold by Prof. G. Ballarino, University of Milan, 21 May.

2009 Gender Inequality in Tertiary Education. Italy in Comparative Perspective, Seminar at the Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of Milan-Bicocca, 12 June.

2007 Long-Term Trends in the Italian University System: Participation, Performance and Inequality (translation). Seminar in the graduate course in Sociology of Training, hold by Prof. G. Ballarino, University of Milan, 13 November.

2007 Long-Term Trends in the Italian University System. A Preliminary Analysis (translation). Seminar at the Doctoral School in Comparative Research in Social Sciences. University of Milano-Bicocca, 15 May. (with P. Trivellato)