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
6-9 September 2023: Gemma Scalise and Anton Hemerijck chaired 3 sessions on Subnational Social Investment at the annual Espanet-Europe conference at the University of Warsaw
13-15 Spetember 2023: CITILab research teams took part to the Espanet Italy conference at the University of Milano-Statale

18 September 2023: Gemma Scalise presented the CITILab project at the “Work, participation and Income” Department of Amsterdam City
25-29 September 2023: Two postdoc of the Milan team take part to the Summer School of the Italian Society of Economic Sociology (SISEC
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