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Elisa Brini è ricercatore (RTD-A) in Demografia presso il Dipartimento di Statistica, Informatica, Applicazioni 'G. Parenti' dell’Università degli Studi di Firenze.
Precedentemente è stata ricercatore all'Università di Oslo e assegnista di ricerca all'Università di Trento. Ha conseguito un dottorato in Sociologia e Ricerca Sociale presso l'Università di Trento nel 2019.
Si occupa di dinamiche di fecondità e di disuguaglianze sociali ed economiche legate ai mutamenti familiari e demografici. È membro delle unità di ricerca UPS (Population and Society Unit), CSIS (Center for Social Inequality Studies) e SIPD (Social Inequality and Population Dynamics).
CURRENT POSITIONDec 2023– Assistant professor (RTD-A) Project ‘Age-It – Ageing well in an Ageing Society’, Department of Statistics, Computer Science and Applications “G. Parenti”, University of Florence – Prof. Daniele Vignoli
Maternity leave Apr 2024–Sept 2024
FORMER POSITIONSPostdoctoral fellow Project ‘Falling Fertility and Rising Social Inequalities’, Department of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo – Prof. Trude Lappegård. Aug 2021–Dec 2023
Postdoctoral fellow Project ‘Work, Firm and Welfare in XXI Century’, Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of Trento – Prof. Paolo Barbieri. Nov 2019–Jul 2021
Research assistant Project ‘Work, Firm and Welfare in XXI Century’, Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of Trento – Prof. Paolo Barbieri. Jul–Aug 2018
EDUCATIONNov 2015–Sep 2019 PhD in Sociology and Social Research (cum laude) Doctoral School of Social Sciences, University of Trento. Advisor: Prof. Marco Albertini. PhD commettee: Prof. Paolo Barbieri, Prof. Letizia Mencarini, Prof. Maria Letizia Tanturri.
Feb 2012–Mar 2015 MA in Sociology and Social Research, Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of Trento.
Oct 2008–Feb 2012 BA in Sociology, Faculty of Sociology, University of Trento.
PARTICIPATION IN RESEARCH PROJECTS2023–2024 Age-It – Ageing well in an Ageing Society. Funding: EU Next Generation EU, Piano Nazionale Ripresa e Resilienza. Spoke-PI: Daniele Vignoli, University of Florence. Role: Assistant professor (RTD-A)
2021–2024 Falling Fertility and Rising Social Inequalities. Funding: Research Council of Norway (VAM). PI: Trude Lappegård, University of Oslo. Role: Post-doctoral Researcher
2022–2024 Globalization- and Technology-Driven Labour Market Change and Fertility (LABFER), Funding: European Research Council, Consolidator Grant. PI: Anna Matysiak, University of Warsaw. Role: Collaborator
2018—2021 Work, Firm and Welfare in XXI Century. Funding: Strategic Plan 2017-2021, University of Trento. Coordinator: Paolo Barbieri, University of Trento. Role: Post-doctoral Researcher
2014 Families of inequalities. Social and economic consequences of the changing work-family equilibria in European Societies (FAMINE). Funding: European Research Council, Starting Grant. PI: Stefani Scherer, University of Trento. Role: Research Assistant
VISITING PERIODS2023, Nov Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw. Host: Prof. Anna Matysiak2018, July–Aug Department of Sociology, University of Oxford. Host: Prof. Melinda Mills2017, Jun–Sept Bamberg Graduate School of Social Sciences, University of Bamberg. Host: Prof. Henriette Engelhardt-Wölfler
GRANTS & AWARDS2022 Finalist – Premio Euregio Giovani Ricercatori 2022. Paper “Culture Portability Among Migrants in Italy: Gender Division of Domestic Work” Co-authors: Anna Zamberlan and Paolo Barbieri
2018 Best poster prize – II Workshop SISEC. Poster “The Consequences of Grandchildlessness for Mid-life Individuals Mental Health” Co-author: Francesca Zanasi2017 Visiting Doctoral Scholarship, Bamberg Graduate School of Social Sciences2016 Grant to attend the Essex Summer School, Doctoral School of Social Sciences2015-2019 Full Ph.D Scholarship, Doctoral School of Social Sciences
MEMBERSHIPUPS Population and Society Unit, University of FlorenceSIPD Social Inequalities and Population Dynamics, University of OsloPAA Population Association of AmericaEAPS European Association for Population StudiesAISP Italian Association for Population StudiesCSIS Center for Social Inequality Studies, University of TrentoSISEC Societa’ Italiana di Sociologia EconomicaLIW Lavoro, Impresa, Welfare nel XXI Secolo, University of Trento
REFEREE EXPERIENCEMember of the scientific experts panel of the MIUR (Italian Ministry of Education, University, and Research).
Reviewer for Journals: Ageing and Society; Advances and Life Course Research; European Sociological Review; Genus-Journal of Population Science; Health and Social Care in the Community; International Journal of Comparative Sociology; Italian journal of Economic, Demographic and Statistical Studies; Journal of European Social Policy; Journal of Family Research; Journal of Marriage and Family; Oñati Socio-Legal Series; Social Inclusions.
CONFERENCE AND SEMINAR ORGANIZATION2024 International Conference “Gender and Social Inequalities in Fertility” 21–22 March 204, University of Oslo. Role: scientific and organizing committee.2021 Workshop “Il Declino Italiano. Potrà il Next Generation Eu interrompere la decrescita infelice?” 5 February 2021, Online event, University of Trento. Role: organizing committee.2019 Trento School of Applied Quantitative Research, 1st Edition, “Household Dynamics, Family Events, and Inequalities in the Life–course” 9–11 October 2019. Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of Trento. Role: scientific committee.2019 Workshop “Non solo tecnologia. Innovazioni nella governance, nel management e nel diritto per le imprese nel XXI Secolo” 10–11 July 2019, Department of Economics, University of Trento. Role: organizing committee.Workshop “Welfare o Workfare. Esperienze e prospettive a confront” 14 January 2019, Department of Economics, University of Trento. Role: organizing committee.2018 Conference “Joint Doctoral Conference” 26–27 March 2018, Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of Trento. Role: organizing committee.2015-2020 Brown Bag Seminars, CSIS Research Unit. Every first Thursday of the month, Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of Trento. Role: organizing committee.
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Elisa Brini is assistant professor (RTD-A) in Demography at the Department of Statistics, Computer Science, and Applications 'G. Parenti' at the University of Florence.
Previously, she was reserch fellow at the University of Oslo and at the University of Trento. She earned a PhD in Sociology and Social Research from the University of Trento in 2019. Her research focuses on fertility and social and economic inequalities related to family and demographic changes.
Elisa is a member of the research units UPS (Population and Society Unit), CSIS (Center for Social Inequality Studies), and SIPD (Social Inequality and Population Dynamics).
