Current research interests

Sexuality and queer studies

Queer intimacies and kinship

Consensual/ethical non-monogamies

LGBT public policies

Qualitative Methodologies

Gender Education

Organizational Studies

Sociology of Labour

Research Projects

2019-03-01 - 2020-02-29 - "DomEQUAL: A Global Approach to Paid Domestic Work and Social Inequalities", coordinated by Sabrina Marchetti, Department of Philosophy and Cultural Heritage, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, sponsored by ERC.

2018-03-01 - 2019-02-28 - "CILIA - LGBTQ: Comparing Intersectional Life Course Inequalities amongst LGBTQ Citizens in Four European Counties", coordinated by Andrew King, sponsored by NORFACE Dynamics of Inequality Across the Lifecourse programme.
    Project Partnership:
              - University of Surrey - Department of Sociology: Prof. Andrew King
              - University of Strathclyde, Prof. Yvette Taylor

2014-03-01 - 2019-02-28 - "INTIMATE- Citizenship, Care and Choice: The Micropolitics of Intimacy in Southern Europe", coordinated by Ana Cristina Santos, sponsored by ERC.

2014-02-18 - 2014-08-29 - "Update of the FRA-EU international report on homophobia, transphobia and discrimination on the ground of sexual orientation and gender identity", coordinated by Rete Lenford (Italian LGBTI lawyers association), sponsored by FRA - - European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights.

2014-01-01 - 2015-06-30 - "Development of the Italian institutional online platform against discrimination on the ground of sexual orientation and gender identity", coordinated by RE.A.DY. Network (Italian National Network of public administrations against discriminations for sexual orientation and gender identity), sponsored by UNAR - Italian National Unity against Discrimination, Department of Equal Opportunity of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers.

2013-05 - 2014-04 - "Employment, work and prison: work access network for ex-convicts", coordinated by Giorgio Gosetti.

2011-09 - 2012-09 - "Realization of a study aimed at identifying, analyzing and transferring good practices of non-discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity in the workplace", coordinated by Carlo d'Ippoliti, sponsored by UNAR (Italian National Agency against Discrimination - Ministry of Equal Opportunity).

2011-06 - 2011-10 - "Flexibility for shift workers in the health service", coordinated by Attila Bruni, sponsored by APSS (Provincial Social Service and Health Care Institution, Trento - Italy).

2011-06 - 2011-10 - "From the group to the gang: a research on the relational premises of youth violence in Trentino (Italy)", coordinated by Gustavo Pietropolli Charmet, sponsored by IPRASE (Provincial Institute for Research and Educational Experimentation, Trento - Italy).

2010-01 - 2011-05 - "AHEAD. Against Homophobia: European Administration Devices", coordinated by Chiara Bertone, sponsored by Directorate of Fundamental Rights and Citizenship of the European Commission.

2010-01 - 2010-06 - "Safety, organizational culture and climate in the operating theatre", coordinated by Attila Bruni, sponsored by APSS (Provincial Social Service and Health Care Institution, Trento - Italy).

2009-12 - 2010-06 - "Realization of a study aimed at identifying, analyzing and transferring good practices of non-discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity", coordinated by Alexander Schuster and Carlo d'Ippoliti, sponsored by UNAR (Italian National Agency against Discrimination - Ministry of Equal Opportunity).

2009-01 - 2009-09 - "WORKCARE: social quality and the changing relationships between work, care and welfare in Europe", coordinated by Claire Wallace (University of Aberdeen) and Rossana Trifiletti (University of Florence), sponsored by European Commission in the 6th Framework Program, PRIORITY 7: "Citizens and Governance in a Knowledge-based Society".

2006-09 - 2007-09 - "Biographical transitions: a comparison between objects and models", coordinated by Mario Cardano, sponsored by MIUR (Italian Ministry of University and Research).

Networks

Centre of Gender Studies (CSG) of the University of Trento (Italy)

Research Network on Sexualities - European Sociological Association (RN23-ESA)