The social investment policy agenda to empower the long-term unemployed, disabled people and working women.
1 May 2023: The research project CITILab has begun. 3 young researchers have been recruited for the Milan research team! They all started to work on the literature review and data collection
15 June 2023: Meeting with Prof. David Benassi (University of Milan-Bicocca) to discuss the issues of exclusion, poverty and disability
6 July 2023: Meeting with Matteo Schianchi, pedagogy researcher at the University of Milan-Bicocca and expert on disability
11 July 2023: Meeting and discussion with Prof. Emanuele Polizzi (University of Milan-Bicocca) on social inclusion in Milan, local social policy and employment strategy and challeges in the city
13 July 2023: The Milan research team meets the advisory board of the project to get insights and suggestions for the fieldwork
17 July 2023: Update meeting between the Milan and Dutch research teams on research progress and fieldwork in Amsterdam and Milan
August 2023: Starting fieldwork. Semi-structured interviews are now carried out in Amsterdam and Milan
20 October 2023: Gemma Scalise coordinates a roundtable on “gender inequality in the labour market” at the Jobless Society Forum at Fondazione Feltrinelli
30 October 2023: Intermediate meeting between Amsterdam and Milan research teams at University of Milan-Bicocca on fieldwork research progress
18-19 January 2024: CITILab takes part to the EuSocialCit conference in Amsterdam
31 January – 3 February 2024: CITILab research teams presenting the first results of the project at the Annual Italian Society of Economic Sociology (SISEC) Conference at the University of Cagliari, Department of Political and Social Sciences.
Wednesday 6 March 3-5 p.m. CITILab project discusses the preliminary results of the of Working women: what if they are also mothers and with low qualifications? target group at Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli
Wednesday 13 March 3-5 p.m. CITILab project discusses the preliminary results of the Disability and Work target group at Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli
Wednesday 20 March 3-5 p.m. CITILab project discusses the preliminary results of the Long-term unemployment target group at Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli
Monday 20 May – CITILab dissemination: Event with Anton Homerick at Fondazione Feltrinelli, talking about inequality and Social Investment, starting from the book “Who is afraid of the welfare state now?” (OUP, 2024)
Thursday 23 May – Jurgena Myftiu presents WP2 results (quantitative analysis and indicator development) at SIEDS conference – Società Italiana Economia, Demografia e Statistica
Monday 27 May – CITILab dissemination: Gemma Scalise (Unimib) and David Bokhorst (EUI) present and discuss with scholars and stakeholders the results from WP3, the cases studies on Social Investment in Milan and Amsterdam – at University of Milan-Bicocca, within the Milan Social Policy Seminars (MiSPS)
