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Valentina Tocchioni è ricercatrice (RTD-B) in Statistica Sociale presso l'Università degli Studi di Firenze dal 2019. Dal 2016 al 2019 è stata assegnista di ricerca presso l'Università degli Studi di Firenze e visiting fellow presso il Centre for Population Change / Department of Social Sciences dell'Università di Southampton (UK). Ha conseguito il dottorato di ricerca in Statistica Applicata presso l'Università degli Studi di Firenze nel 2016.
Ricercatrice in Statistica Sociale all’Università degli Studi di Firenze dal 2019. Dopo aver completato il dottorato di ricerca in Statistica Applicata nel 2016, dal 2016 al 2019 è stata assegnista di ricerca presso all’Università degli Studi di Firenze e visiting fellow al Centre for Population Change, University of Southampton (UK).
Dal 2019 insegna Statistica Sociale a studenti di corsi di laurea triennale (corso di laurea in Scienze Umanistiche per la Comunicazione; corso di laurea in Statistica; corso di laurea in SECI) e di laurea magistrale (corso di laurea magistrale in Design of Sustainable Tourism Systems), nonché Event-History Analysis e Sequence Analysis in corso di dottorato.
La sua attività di ricerca - portata avanti con pubblicazioni in riviste scientifiche e con articoli divulgativi, e in relazioni a convegni nazionali e internazionali - si concentra sull’interrelazione fra incertezza lavorativa/abitativa e dinamiche familiari; donne e uomini senza figli; comportamento sessuale dei giovani; caratteristiche socio-demografiche e performance occupazionali dei laureati e dei dottori di ricerca.
Articoli in riviste scientifiche (peer-reviewed):
Alderotti, G., De Rose, A., & Tocchioni, V. (2024). Employment uncertainty and parenthood: quantifying the mediating role of union formation. Journal of Population Research, 41(4), 27.
Pirani, E., Dorgali, M. V., Tocchioni, V., & Petrucci, A. (2023). Living environment and life satisfaction: some insights from Italy. Rivista Italiana di Economia, Demografia e Statistica , 77, 1-12.
Guetto, R., Tocchioni, V., Vignoli, D. (2023). The social impact of labour market flexibilization and its fertility consequences in Italy. Societal Impact 1(1-2), 100021.
Tocchioni, V., Rybińska, A., Mynarska, M., Matysiak, A., Vignoli, D. (2022). Life-course trajectories of childless women: Country-specific or universal? European Journal of Population 38(5), 1315-1332. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10680-022-09624-5.
Ongaro, F., Tocchioni, V. (2022). Adding up risks: Sexual debut and substance use among Italian university students. Advances in Life Course Research 53, 100491. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.alcr.2022.100491.
Tocchioni, V., Caltabiano, M., Meggiolaro, S. (2022). Diverse pathways in young Italians’ entrance into sexual life: The association with gender and birth cohort. Demographic Research 46(13): 355-396.
Caltabiano, M., Meggiolaro, S., Tocchioni, V. (2021). Young Italians’ sexual debut: The role of family. Rivista Italiana di Economia, Demografia e Statistica LXXV (3): 125-136.
Tocchioni, V. Petrucci, A. (2021). Italian PhD students at the borders: The relationship between family background and international mobility. Genus 77.
Tocchioni, V., Berrington, A., Vignoli, D., Vitali, A. (2021). Housing uncertainty and the transition to parenthood among Britain’s “Generation Rent”. Demography 58(5): 1843-1865.
Vignoli, D., Tocchioni, V., Mattei, A. (2020). The impact of job uncertainty on first-birth postponement. Advances in Life course Research 45: 100308.
Tocchioni, V., Cangi, C., Vignoli, D. (2019). Incertezza economica e formazione dell’unione in Italia: un’analisi causale.Rivista Italiana di Economia, Demografia e Statistica LXXIII (4): 137-148.
Minello, A., Tocchioni, V. (2018). Tra lavoro e famiglia: analisi della relazione tra tempo dedicato al lavoro e prima unione in Italia. Rivista Italiana di Economia, Demografia e Statistica LXXII: 29-40.
Tocchioni, V., Seghieri, C., De Santis, G., Nuti, S. (2018). Socio-demographic determinants of women’s satisfaction with prenatal and delivery care services in Italy. International Journal for Quality in Health Care 30(8): 594-601.
Vignoli, D., Matysiak, A., Styrc, M., Tocchioni, V. (2018). The positive impact of women’s employment on divorce: Context, selection, or anticipation? Demographic Research 38(37): 1059-1110.
Tocchioni, V. (2018). Exploring the childless universe: Profiles of men and women without children in Italy. Demographic Research 38(19): 451-470.
Vignoli, D., Tocchioni, V., Salvini, S. (2016). Uncertain Lives: Insights into the Role of Job Precariousness in Union Formation in Italy. Demographic Research 35(10): 253-282.
Mynarska, M., Matysiak, A., Rybińska, A., Tocchioni, V., Vignoli, D. (2015). Paths into childlessness over the life course. Advances in Life Course Research 25: 35-48.
Tocchioni, V. (2015). Philippe Blanchard, Felix Bühlmann, Jacques-Antoine Gauthier (eds): Advances in Sequence Analysis: Theory, Method, Applications. Series Life Course Research and Social Policies, European Journal of Population 31(1): 103-105.
I miei interessi di ricerca riguardano i modelli di sopravvivenza e modelli multi-processo per le analisi socio-demografiche; inferenza causale per gli studi sociali; analisi delle sequenze; carriere degli studenti universitari e dei dottori di ricerca e aspetti socio-demografici; incertezza economica (lavorativa e abitativa) e dinamiche familiari; uomini e donne senza figli; gravidanza e parto.
Legenda
Valentina Tocchioni is Assistant Professor in Social Statistics at the University of Florence since 2019. From 2016 to 2019 she has been a Post-doctoral researcher at the University of Florence and a visiting fellow at Centre for Population Change/ Department of Social Sciences, University of Southampton (UK). She completed her PhD in Applied Statistics at the University of Florence in 2016.
VALENTINA TOCCHIONI
PRESENT APPOINTMENT
Sept. 21-current Assistant professor in Social Statistics (on Athenaeum funds)
Department in Statistics, Computer Sciences, Applications "Giuseppe Parenti", University of Florence
QUALIFICATION
Jan. 2022 - Jan. 2034 (validity) Italian national Scientific Qualification as Associate Professor in Demography and Social Statistics (13/D3)
CURRRENT AREA OF RESEARCH
Higher education; PhDs’ career and its interrelationship with their socio-demographic characteristics; causal inference in socialapplications; family dynamics and its interrelationships with employment status and housing condition; childlessness; sexual behaviours of youth
EDUCATION
Dec. 12 – Feb. 16 Ph.D. in Applied Statistics (with scholarship), University of Florence
Dissertation title: HAVING CHILDREN IN ITALY. THEIR EFFECTS ON UNION STABILITY AND A FOCUS ON THE BIRTH PATH IN TUSCANY
PAST ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Feb. 19-Aug. 21 Assistant professor in Social Statistics (on ERC funds)
Apr. 16 – Feb. 19 Post-doc fellow
VISITING EXPERIENCES
Jun. 17 – Dec. 17
Sept. 18 – Jan. 19 Visiting fellow. University of Southampton, Centre for Population Change/ Department of Social Sciences.
Oct. 16 (1 week) Visiting grant. University of Southampton, Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute. Financed by InGRID project (www.inclusivegrowth.be).
Jan. 15 – Jul. 15 Visitingstudent. European University Institute, Department of Political and Social Sciences. Liason professors: Prof. Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Prof. Fabrizio Bernardi
GRANT AND AWARD
2016 InGRID project (www.inclusivegrowth.be). Visiting grant to the Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute, University of Southampton.
2016 Demographic Research Editor’s Choice Award for the paper:
Daniele Vignoli, Valentina Tocchioni, Silvana Salvini (2016). Uncertain lives: Insights into the role of job precariousness in unionformation in Italy. Demographic Research, 35: 253-282
TEACHING ACTIVITY
Courses for PhD students Social Demography: models and applications (3 hours), PhD program in Mathematics,Informatics, Statistics, University of Florence (2021-current)
Event-history analysis (6 hours, in English), PhD program in Development economics and local systems, University of Florence (2019-current)
Courses in Master programs (University of Florence) Social Statistics for Tourism (48-72h) (2019-current)
Courses in Bachelor programs (University of Florence) Social Statistics (18h-48h) (2018-current, in different courses)
Courses in Bachelor programs (Scuola Superiore di Scienze dell’educazione “San Giovanni Bosco”, Istituto Universitario aggregato alla FSE dell’Università Pontificia Salesiana) Social Statistics (40h) (2020)
SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATION (PAST ROLES AND MEMBERSHIP)
2019-2020 Member of the Program Committee of SIS 2020 General Meeting
2016-2017 Member of the Local Organizing Committee of the Population Days 2017, 8-10 February 2017
2015- Member of the Tuscan Universities Research Centre – Camilo Dagum on Advanced Statistics for the Equitable and Sustainable Development
2015-2016 Member of the Steering Committee of the young-SIS (youth section of SIS)
Membership: AISP (Associazione Italiana di Studi sulla Popolazione); SIS (Società Italiana di Statistica); EAPS (European Association of Population Studies); SIEDS (Società Italiana di Economia, Demografia, Statistica)
RESEARCH PROJECT (as responsible)
2023-2025
Beyond the nuclear family: Extended kinship and mental health in Italy – KinHealth project, funded byMinistry of University and Research (MUR) and the Next Generation EU (PRIN2022PNRR P2022XX9AF)[PI: Prof. Marco Tosi]. Role: CO-PI
From high school to university: Assessing peers' influence in educational inequalities and performances - PEER-UP project, funded byMinistry of University and Research (MUR) and the Next Generation EU (PRIN2022 CUP F53D23006150006) [PI: Prof. Isabella Sulis]. Role: CO-PI
Ethnic Bullying - Understanding for Prevention EB-UP project, funded byUE NextGenerationEU, CUP B55F21007810001[PI: Dr. Benedetta Emanuela Palladino]. Role: CO-PI
PROJECT PARTICIPATION
2022-2023
Giustizia Agile: Per una Giustizia Giusta. Innovazione e efficienza negli uffici giudiziari project, funded byProgramma Operativo Nazionale Governance e Capacità Istituzionale 2014 -2020 (PON GOV) del Ministero della Giustizia - CUP: J89J22000900005[Principal investigator: Prof.ssa Rosa Anna Ruggiero] (2022-2023).
Age-IT: Conseguenze e sfide dell'invecchiamento project, funded byPartenariato Esteso PE8,PNRR[Principal investigator: Prof. Daniele Vignoli] (2022-2025).
2022-2025
ECOHETE: Effective Communication for Healthcare. Theory and Evidence project, funded byUE NextGenerationEU, CUP B55F21007810001[Principal investigator: Prof. Leonardo Boncinelli].
2019-2023
GDR (The Great Demographic Recession) project, funded by the Italian Ministry of Education and University,Prot. 2017W5B55Y [Principal investigator: Prof. Daniele Vignoli].
2017-2023
EU-FER (Economic Uncertainty and Fertility in Europe) project, funded by the European Research Council, Consolidator grant agreement n. 725961 [Principal investigator: Prof. Daniele Vignoli].
2017-2018
Selfy (Sexual and Emotional Life of Youths) project [Coordinators: Prof. Marcantonio Caltabiano, Prof. Gianpiero Dalla Zuanna, Dr. Alessandra Minello, Prof. Daniele Vignoli].
2016-2023
FAMI (Fondo Asilo Migrazione e Integrazione) project, funded by the Italian Ministry of the Interior.
2016-2017
FaBe (Families and Well-being in Italy: Dynamics and Relationships) project, funded by the University of Florence [Principal investigator: Prof. Daniele Vignoli].
2011-2013
FamChIP (Family Change in Italy and Poland) project, funded by the Polish Ministry of Science and Tertiary Education [Project coordinator: Prof. Irena E. Kotowska].
REFEREE FOR JOURNALS
Demography; European Sociological Review; Demographic Research; Advances in Life Course Research; Genus; International Journal for Quality in Health Care; Journal of Comparative Family Studies; Bulletin of Economic Research; Journal of Research in Gender Studies; RIEDS; Education Sciences
PEER-REVIEWED INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL ARTICLES
Pirani, E., Dorgali, M. V., Tocchioni, V., & Petrucci, A. (2023). Living environment and life satisfaction: some insights from Italy. Rivista Italiana di Economia, Demografia e Statistica, 77, 1-12.
Tocchioni, V., Caltabiano, M., Meggiolaro, S. (2022). Diverse pathways in young Italians’ entrance into sexual life: The association with gender and birth cohort. Demographic Research 46(13): 355-396. Caltabiano, M., Meggiolaro, S., Tocchioni, V. (2021). Young Italians’ sexual debut: The role of family. Rivista Italiana di Economia, Demografia e Statistica LXXV (3): 125-136.
Tocchioni, V., Berrington, A., Vignoli, D., Vitali, A. (2021). The changing association between homeownership and the transition to parenthood. Demography 58(5): 1843-1865.
Tocchioni, V., Cangi, C., Vignoli, D. (2019). Incertezza economica e formazione dell’unione in Italia: un’analisi causale. Rivista Italiana di Economia, Demografia e Statistica LXXIII (4): 137-148.
Vignoli, D., Tocchioni, V., Salvini, S. (2016). Uncertain Lives: Insights into the Role of Job Precariousness in Union Formation. Demographic Research 35(10): 253-282.
CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION
Invited speech
IES 2023, 30 August-1 September 2023, Pescara:
Riunione intermedia SIS, 21-23 June 2023, Ancona:
Final Workshop ERC EU-FER project, 25-26 May 2023, Firenze:
Final Workshop PRIN 2017 on Students’ Mobility, 11-12 July 2022, Palermo:
51st Scientific Meeting Of The Italian Statistical Society, 22-24 June 2022, Caserta
Workshop for Research Handbook on Intergenerational Inequality (9-10 June 2022, online):
Meeting “Trento school of Applied quantitative research”, organized by the Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of Trento, 9-11 October 2019, Trento (IT)
FloPS minisymposium on Gender, Work and Family, European University Institute,16 April 2019, Florence (IT)
Statalk “New challenges in demographic research”, 7 February 2017, Florence (IT)
Convegno ISTAT “La società italiana e le grandi crisi economiche 1929-2016”, 26 November 2016, Rome (IT)
Seminar, University of Southampton, 18 October 2016, Southampton (UK)
The Impact of Women’s Employment on Divorce: Real Effect, Selection, or Anticipation?
Chair
III Scuola Democratica “Education and/for social justice”, 3-6 June 2024, Cagliari
14th Pop Days, 1-3 February 2023, Roma
19th Conference of the European Divorce Research Network, 13-15 October 2021, online
Chair of the session: Pre- and Post- Divorce Family Arrangements
Panel convenor/Session organizer
52nd Scientific Meeting Of The Italian Statistical Society, 18-21 June 2024, Bari:
Talks (most recent)
European Population Conference 2024, 12-15 June 2024, Edimburgo (UK)
LX Riunione scientifica SIEDS, 22-24 May 2024, Milano-Castellanza:
General Meeting Age-It, 20-22 May 2024, Venezia:
Convegno finale PRIN GEA “PERCORSI NELL’ACCADEMIA ITALIANA. SQUILIBRI DI GENERE E POLITICHE DI PARITÀ”, 30 November-1 December 2023, Torino:
LIX Riunione scientifica SIEDS, 25-26 May 2023, Napoli:
Population Association Of America 2023 Annual Meeting, 17-20 April, New Orleans
7th Convegno SISEC, 8-11 February 2023, Brescia
Conferenza ASA Data-driven Decision Making, September 2022, Genova
6th Convegno SISEC (8-11 June 2022, Bologna):
2021 ECSR CONFERENCE, 7-8 October 2021, online
2021 Rethinking Clusters workshop, 22-23 September 2021, online
50th SCIENTIFIC MEETING OF THE ITALIAN STATISTICAL SOCIETY, 22-25 june 2021, Pisa
II Scuola Democratica “Reinventing education”, 2-5 june 2021, online.
LVII RIUNIONE SCIENTIFICA SIEDS, 27 may 2021, online
. POPULATION ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA 2021 ANNUAL MEETING, 5-8 may 2021, online
ASA 2021 Statistics and information systems for policy evaluation, 19 february-12 march 2021, online
BSPS ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2020, 15-16 september 2020, online.
Riunione intermedia SIS Smart Statistics for Smart Applications, 19-21 June 2019, Milan (IT)
LVI Riunione scientifica SIEDS, 23-24 May 2019, Ascoli Piceno (IT)
V Convegno Nazionale AIQUAV, 13-15 Deecember 2018, Florence (IT)
XI Conferenza ESPAnet, 13-15 September 2018, Florence (IT)
BSPS Annual Conference 2018, 10-12 September 2018, Winchester (UK)
49th Scientific meeting of the Italian Statistical Society, 20-22 June 2018, Palermo (IT)
European Population Conference 2018, 6-9 June 2018, Bruxelles (Belgium)
LV Riunione scientifica SIEDS, 24-25 May 2018, Varese (IT)
International Population Conference, 29 October-4 November 2017, Cape Town (South Africa)
X Conferenza ESPAnet, 21-23 September 2017, Forlì (IT)
2017 Ecsr Conference, 31 August-2 September 2017, Milan (IT)
Pop Days, 8-10 February 2017, Florence (IT)
Primo convegno SISE, 26-28 January 2017, Rome (IT)
Population Association of America 2015 Annual Meeting, 30 April -1 May 2015, San Diego (US)
Pop Days, 4-6 February 2015, Palermo (IT)
European Population Conference 2014, 25-28 June 2014, Budapest (Hungary)
Population Association of America 2014 Annual Meeting, 1-3 May 2014, Boston (US)
Population Association of America 2013 Annual Meeting, Annual Meeting, 11-13 April 2013, New Orleans (US)
Pop Days, 6-8 February 2013, Bressanone
MASS-MEDIA
Collaborator of online specialized journals: NEODEMOS.it (www.neodemos.info), Ingenere (www.ingenere.it)
Experience in presenting research findings to the mass-media and the wider public, for example with interviews to Radio24
My research interests include survival models and multi-process models for socio-demographic analyses; causal inference for social studies; sequence analysis; university students' and PhD graduates' careers and socio-demographic aspects; economic uncertainty (employment and housing) and family dynamics; childless men and women; pregnancy and childbirth.