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Ruggero Cefalo è ricercatore a tempo determinato in tenure track (RTT) presso l'Università di Firenze, Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e Sociali. Ha collaborato come co-ricercatore in diversi progetti di ricerca di medie e grandi dimensioni, con un focus comparativo nazionale e internazionale, partecipando alla progettazione e all'esecuzione del lavoro di ricerca. Tra questi, i progetti Horizon EU CLEAR, Young_Adulllt e COHSMO hanno prodotto ampie evidenze quantitative e qualitative sulle transizioni scuola-lavoro, l'apprendimento permanente e la fornitura di politiche sociali all'interno di strutture di governance multilivello e specifici contesti territoriali.
Da settembre 2024: ricercatore a tempo determinato in tenure track in Sociologia Economica presso l’Università di Firenze – Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e Sociali
Area di ricerca: Economia politica, Politiche sociali comparate, Transizioni scuola-lavoro, Sociologia urbana
Istituzione: Università di Vienna – Dipartimento di Sociologia Posizione: Assistant Professor (non tenured) Area di ricerca: Politiche sociali comparate, Transizioni scuola-lavoro, Sociologia urbana
Istituzione: Università di Vienna – Dipartimento di Sociologia Posizione: Ricercatore post-doc Area di ricerca: Coesione territoriale, Politiche di welfare, Investimento sociale (progetto COHSMO)
Istituzione: Università di Vienna – Dipartimento di Sociologia Posizione: Ricercatore post-doc Area di ricerca: Mercato del lavoro, Transizioni scuola-lavoro, Politiche di welfare, Apprendimento permanente (progetto YOUNG_ADULLLT)
Istituzione: Università di Vienna – Dipartimento di Sociologia Posizione: Ricercatore prae-doc Area di ricerca: Mercato del lavoro, Transizioni scuola-lavoro, Politiche di welfare, Apprendimento permanente (progetto YOUNG_ADULLLT)
Istituzione: Università di Urbino Carlo Bo – Dipartimento di Economia, Società e Diritto Posizione: PhD candidate Area di ricerca: Sociologia, Mercato del lavoro, Transizioni scuola-lavoro, Politiche di welfare
Qualifica: Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale alle funzioni di Professore Universitario di II fascia in Sociologia Economica, Sociologia del Lavoro, dell’Ambiente e del Territorio (Settore 14/D1)
Qualifica: Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale alle funzioni di Professore Universitario di II fascia in Sociologia Generale (Settore 14/C1)
Istituzione: Università di Urbino "Carlo Bo" – Dipartimento di Economia, Società e Diritto Qualifica: Dottorato in Sociologia – Governance, Partecipazione Sociale e Cittadinanza (XXIX ciclo) Tesi di dottorato: Sistemi di transizione scuola-lavoro in Italia e Germania
Istituzione: Università di Padova Qualifica: Laurea Magistrale in Sociologia, con voto 110/110 e lode
PUBBLICAZIONI
ARTICOLI IN PEER REVIEWED JOURNALS
Cefalo, R., & Kazepov, Y. (2024). Toward a modular understanding of school-to-work transitions: Comparing Italy and Austria. International Journal of Comparative Sociology, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/00207152241295985, SJR: Q1Cefalo, R., Scandurra, R., & Kazepov, Y. (2024). Territorial Configurations of School‐to‐Work Outcomes in Europe. Politics and Governance, 12. doi:https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.7441, SJR: Q1Cefalo, R., Scandurra, R. (2023). What, for whom, and under what circumstances: Do activation policies increase youth employment in the EU? Journal of European Social Policy, 33(4), 391–406. https://doi.org/10.1177/09589287231199568, ANVUR: A, SJR: Q1.R. Scandurra, D. Kelly, S. Fusaro, R. Cefalo & K. Hermannson (2023) Do employability programmes in higher education improve skills and labour market outcomes? A systematic review of academic literature, Studies in Higher Education, DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2023.2265425, ANVUR: A, SJR: Q1.Cefalo, R. (2022), Multilevel structures of VET provision and Social Investment outcomes: a national-regional comparison between Italy and Austria, Autonomie Locali e servizi sociali, 3, 557-575, doi: 10.1447/106447 ANVUR: A.Cordini, M., Parma, A., Cefalo, R. (2022), Social Investment between rhetorics and implementations in subnational contexts: evidence from Milan and Vienna, Autonomie Locali e servizi sociali, 3, 509- 511, doi: 10.1447/106444, ANVUR: A.Scandurra, R., Cefalo, R., Cuzzocrea, V. and Kazepov, Y. (2022), Special issue of International Journal of Social Welfare: Integrating young people in the labour market, integrating methodologies. International Journal of Social Welfare, ANVUR: A, SJR: Q2. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijsw.12573Cefalo, R., Scandurra, R. (2021). Territorial disparities in youth labour market chances in Europe, Regional Studies, Regional Science, 8(1), 228-238. DOI: 10.1080/21681376.2021.1925580, SJR: Q2Scandurra, R., Cefalo, R. & Kazepov, Y. (2021). Drivers of Youth Labour Market Integration Across European Regions. Social Indicators Research. DOI: 10.1007/s11205-020-02549-8, SJR: Q1Cordini, M., Boczy, T., & Cefalo, R. (2021). Place-Sensitive Social Investment and Territorial Cohesion: Implications for Sustainability. Sustainability, 13(13), 7085. DOI: 10.3390/su13137085, SJR: Q2Cefalo, R., & Kazepov, Y. (2020). Verso un approccio integrato alle transizioni scuola-lavoro: un confronto tra Italia e Austria (Towards an integrated approach to school-to-work transitions: a comparison between Italy and Austria). Quaderni di Sociologia, (84-LXIV), 29-57. https://doi.org/10.4000/qds.4153, ANVUR: A.Kazepov, Y., Cefalo, R. (2020). La dimensione territoriale delle politiche sociali, Parole-chiave, 4, 85-100.Boczy, T., Cefalo, R., Parma, A., Skovgaard Nielsen, R. (2020). Positioning the urban in the global knowledge economy: increasing competitiveness or inequality in Aarhus, Milan and Vienna, Social Inclusion, 8(4), 194-207. DOI: 10.17645/si.v8i4.3332, SJR: Q2Cefalo R., Scandurra, R. and Kazepov, Y. (2020). Youth Labour Market Integration in European Regions,Sustainability, 12 (9), 3813. DOI: 10.3390/su12093813, SJR: Q2Scandurra, R. Cefalo, R. and Kazepov, Y. (2020). School to work outcomes during the Great Recession, is the regional scale relevant for young people’s life chances? Journal of Youth Studies. 24(4), 441-465, DOI: 10.1080/13676261.2020.1742299. ANVUR: A, SJR: Q1Friesenecker, M., Cefalo, R., Boczy, T. & Kazepov, Y. (2019). Territorialized ‘Social Investment’: A new approach to address Austria’s socio-spatial disparities in employment and unemployment, GAM. Graz Architecture Magazine, 15, 154-167.Cefalo, R. & Kazepov, Y. (2018) Investing over the life course: The role of lifelong learning in a social investment strategy, Studies in the Education of Adults, 50(2), 203-218. DOI: 10.1080/02660830.2018.1550709. SJR: Q2Cefalo, R. (2018). Diventare «duali»? Struttura e riforme dei sistemi Vet in Italia e Germania / Becoming dual? Structure and reform of VET in Italy and Germany, La Rivista delle Politiche Sociali, n. 2, pp. 251-268. ANVUR: ASergi, V., Cefalo, R., & Kazepov, Y. (2018). Young people’s disadvantage on the labour market in Italy: reframing the NEET category, Journal of Modern Italian Studies, 23(1), 2018, 41-60. DOI: 10.1080/1354571X.2017.1409529, ANVUR: A, SJR: Q2Sergi, V., Giannelli, N., & Cefalo, R. (2016). Garanzie o promesse? le politiche attive per il lavoro nelle Marche dal punto di vista dei beneficiari / Guarantees or promises? active labor market policies in the Marche from the point of view of the beneficiaries. Cambio, 6(12), 109-143. DOI: 10.13128/cambio-20403, ANVUR: ARiva, C., & Cefalo, R. (2015). Children and Adolescents in the Media: the Veneto Region Case Study. Italian Journal of Sociology of Education, 7(3), 267-293. DOI: 10.14658/pupj-ijse-2015-3-12, ANVUR: A, SJR: Q3Riva, C., & Cefalo, R. Le rappresentazioni dell’infanzia e dell’adolescenza nei notiziari locali. Cura pedagogica ed educazione nell'era digitale. In Formazione, 10(13), 56-59.Riva, C., & Cefalo, R. (2014). Media consumption and the processes of recognition among young people: The Twilight case. Italian Journal of Sociology of Education, 6(3), 104-129. ANVUR: A, SJR: Q3Riva, C., & Cefalo, R. (2014). Images of childhood in the television framing. Interdisciplinary Journal of Family Studies, 19(1), 1-20.
MONOGRAFIE
Cefalo, R. (2019). Transizioni Duali. Investimento sociale e passaggio dall’educazione al lavoro in Italia e Germania, Carocci, Roma.
CURATELE
Sojka, B., Köppe, S., Parma, A., Cefalo, R. (eds) (2024). Social Policy Review 36. Analysis and Debate in Social Policy, 2024, Bristol, Policy Press.Cefalo, R., Rose, M., Jolly, A. (eds) (2023). Social Policy Review 35. Analysis and Debate in Social Policy, 2023, Bristol, Policy Press.Jolly, A., Cefalo, R. and Pomati M. (eds) (2022). Social Policy Review 34. Analysis and Debate in Social Policy, 2022, Bristol, Policy Press.
SPECIAL ISSUES GUEST EDITOR
Guest editor with Scandurra, R (2024).: Special Issue “The Territorial Dimension of School-to-Work Transitions: Youth Opportunities across Space, Contexts and Multilevel Governance", Education Sciences, ANVUR: A, SJR: Q2Guest editor with Kazepov, Y., Cuzzocrea, V., Scandurra, R (2022).: Special Issue “Integrating young people in the labour market, integrating methodologies”, International Journal of Social Welfare, ANVUR: A, SJR: Q2Guest editor with Cordini, M., Parma, (2022), Social Investment between rhetorics and implementations in subnational contexts: evidence from Milan and Vienna, Autonomie Locali e servizi sociali, ANVUR: A.
CAPITOLI IN CURATELE
Cefalo R., Scandurra R., Ioannidou, A. (2024) Trends and Divides in Underachievement: A European Assessment of Early School Leaving. In Achievement Made – Constructing Learning Outcomes in Europe, eds. Jenni Tikkanen, Natália Alves, Tero Järvinen, & Marcelo Parreira do Amaral, Bloomsbury Publishing, London (accepted, forthcoming end 2024).Kazepov, Y., Cefalo, R. (2022). The territorial dimension of Social Investment, Y. Kazepov, R. Cucca, E. Barberis, E. Mocca (eds), Handbook of Urban Social Policy, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, pp. 55- 71.Cefalo R, Rodriguez M, Scandurra R (2022) Governance set-up and opportunities for young adults in Austria, Spain, Portugal. In Exploring Landscapes of Lifelong Learning Policies, eds. Parreira do Amaral, M, Benasso S, Neves T, Policy Press, pp. 191-216.Benasso, S., Cefalo, R., Tikkanen, J. (2022) Landscapes of Lifelong Learning Policies across Europe. Conceptual lenses. In Exploring Landscapes of Lifelong Learning Policies, eds. Parreira do Amaral, M, Benasso S, Neves T, Policy Press, pp. 19-40.Cefalo, R., Cordini, M., Boczy, T. (2022). A social investment approach for place- sensitive services: What is the potential impact on territorial inequalities?, in J. Bučaitė-Vilkė (ed) Social Investment and Territorial Inequalities: Mapping Policies and Services in the Baltic States, Peter Lang Verlag, Berlin, pp. 47-67.Kazepov, Y., Cefalo, R. (2022). La dimensione territoriale delle politiche sociali tra sussidiarietà e disuguaglianze, in C. Giorgi (ed.), Welfare. Attualità e prospettive, Carocci, Roma, pp. 85-102.Fallov, M. A., Atkinson, R., Cefalo, R., Mavromatis, G. & Neergaard, M. (2021). Introduction: The Challenges Facing European Cohesion, in Neergaard, M. & Skovgaard Nielsen, R. (eds), Cohesion on the ground: Perspectives and experiences, Kbh.: Institut for Byggeri, By og Miljø (BUILD), Aalborg Universitet, pp. 6-16.Cefalo, R., Boczy, T., Kazepov, Y. (2021), Austria: Key Lessons, in Neergaard, M. & Skovgaard Nielsen, R. (eds), Cohesion on the ground: Perspectives and experiences, Kbh.: Institut for Byggeri, By og Miljø (BUILD), Aalborg Universitet, pp. 36-51.Cefalo, R., & Riva, C. (2020). Le promesse del Social Investment: politiche sociali per competenze e occupazione nella società della conoscenzaIn D. Marini e F. Setiffi (a cura di), Una grammatica della digitalizzazione. interpretare la metamorfosi di società, economia e organizzazioni, Guerini, Milano, pp. 213-228.Kazepov, Y. Cefalo, R. and Chan R. (2020). Die verschiedenen Wege nach der Pflichtschule. Österreich im Vergleich in Flecker, J., Wöhrer, V and I. Rieder (Hrsg.) Wege in die Zukunft Lebenssituation Jugendlicher am Ende der Neuen Mittelschule, Vienna University Press, Vienna, pp. 33-57.Kazepov, Y., Cefalo, R., Pot, M. (2020). A social investment perspective on lifelong learning. The role of institutional complementarities in the development of human capital and social participation, in Pareira do Amaral, M. Rambla X. and S. Kovacheva (eds) Lifelong Learning Policies for Young Adults in Europe. Navigating between Knowledge and Economy, Policy Press, Bristol, pp. 43-62.Scandurra, R., Hermannsson, K., Cefalo, R. (2020). Assessing young adults living conditions across Europe using harmonised quantitative indicators: opportunities and risks for policy makers, in Pareira do Amaral, M. Rambla X. and S. Kovacheva (eds) Lifelong Learning Policies for Young Adults in Europe. Navigating between Knowledge and Economy, Policy Press, Bristol, pp. 171-198.Cefalo, R., Pot, M. (2019). Esclusione nella formazione professionale in apprendistato duale: l’esempio dell’Austria, in Saracino, B., A. Caputo and G. Punziano (a cura di) Prospettive di metodo per le politiche educative. Dalle esperienze di ricerca alle riflessioni analitiche, Piemme, Segrate, pp. 39- 56.Cefalo, R. (2018). Il welfare del futuro. In Y. Kazepov, D. Carbone (a cura di), Che cos’è il welfare state?, Carocci, Roma, pp. 125-146.Riva, C., & Cefalo, R. (2016). Cinema e giovani, in C. Riva, C.M. Scarcelli (a cura di) Giovani e media. Temi, prospettive, strumenti, McGraw-Hill, Milano, pp. 79-106.Cefalo, R. (2013). Lo spettacolo del minore: rappresentazioni dell’infanzia e dell’adolescenza nelle emittenti televisive del Veneto. In V. Durante, C. Riva & A. Tuzzi (a cura di), Tra media e cittadini. Una ricerca su conciliazione e monitoraggio in Veneto, Padova University Press, Padova, pp. 135-156.Bortolan, A., Cefalo, R. & Riva, C. (2013). New media e comunicazione locale. In V. Durante, C. Riva & A. Tuzzi (a cura di), Tra media e cittadini. Una ricerca su conciliazione e monitoraggio in Veneto, Padova University Press, Padova, pp. 209-226.
INSEGNAMENTI
SCUOLE DI DOTTORATO
• November 7th – 11th 2022: course Institutions of Welfare and Comparative Welfare Studies – Part II: Welfare Systems and Governance as part of the Ph.D. training activities for Ph.D. programme in “Global Studies: Economy, Society and Law” of the DESP (Department of Economy, Society, Politics) of the University of Urbino “Carlo Bo”.• September 2021: President of the Committee for the Defensio of the PhD Thesis: Social Structure and Educational Inequality, by the Doctoral School of UAB, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (Tutor: Xavier Bonal Sarró).• January 2024: Review and Committee member for the Defensio of the PhD Thesis: Policy support to youth transition to labour market in multilevel European union, by the Tallinn University´s School of Governance, Law and Society.
BACHELOR E MASTER
• 2025-2026: Innovazione, lavoro e sviluppo, MA in Italian by the University of Firenze• 2025-2026: Istituzioni e modelli di capitalismo, BA in Italian by the University of Firenze• 2021-2022, 2024-2025: Urban Sociology - Cities, space, governance: Developments in Urban Studies – BA in English, includes mentoring of Bachelor Thesis, by the University of Vienna• 2022-2023, 2023-2024, 2024-2025: Methods of Empirical Social Research – BA in English and German by the University of Vienna• 2023-2024: Diagnosis of Society: Sociology of youth - Transitions, policies and territories – BA in English and German by the University of Vienna• 2022-2023: Diagnosis of Society: Sociology of youth - Transitions, policies and territories – BA in English and German by the University of Vienna• 2020-2021: Mixed Methods by the University of Vienna – MA in English by the University of Vienna.• 2018-2019: Forschungspraktikum 1 and 2: Sozialpolitik in vergleichender Perspektive mit Fokus auf Soziale und territoriale Kohäsion – Comparative Social Policies with focus on Territorial and Social Cohesion – BA in German and English by the University of Vienna• 2018-2019: Politische Soziologie und vergleichende Wohlfahrtsstaatanalyse – Political Sociology and comparative welfare state analysis – MA in German and English by the University of Vienna• 2017-2018: Forschungspraktikum 1 and 2: Sozialpolitik in vergleichender Perspektive mit Fokus auf Bildungspolitik im europäischen Vergleich – Comparative Social Policies with focus on training policies in the EU – BA in German and English by the University of Vienna• 2017-2018: Politische Soziologie und vergleichende Wohlfahrtsstaatanalyse – Political Sociology and comparative welfare state analysis – BA in German and English by the University of Vienna• 2015-2016: Laboratory supporting the teaching of Sociology of Labour (held by Professor Fatima Farina) by the University of Urbino.• 2015-2016: Laboratory supporting the teaching of General Sociology (held by Professor Claudio Riva) by the University of Padova.• 2014-2015: Laboratory supporting the teaching of General Sociology (held by Professor Claudio Riva) by the University of Padova.
CONFERENZEKEYNOTES E INVITI
• Invited speaker a Final International Conference of the project Tr@ck-In "Activating NEETs: Challenges and solutions across Europe", Brussels: Territorial Configurations of School‐to‐Work Outcomes in Europe, 07-08 June 2023.• Keynote a International Conference of the project Tr@ck-In "Activating NEETs: Challenges and solutions across Europe", organised by the Universita degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope: Youth unemployment: Regional disparities across Europe, 07-08 June 2023.• Invited expert a Conferenza de progetto “Young Culture - Mai una gioia?”, February 7 2023, Teatro Salieri, Legnago, with the presentation “Opportunities – Youth and Work”.• Invited Discussant a online seminar UPLIFT – Urban PoLicy Innovation to address inequality with and for Future generaTions (https://uplift-youth.eu/), November 22, 2022• Invited speaker a 3rd Joint EU Cohesion Policy Conference, Zaghreb, November 14–16, 2022, Early Career Researcher Panel: “Youth labour market integration in EU regions: challenges for Cohesion”• Invited speaker come international expert a Roundtable on the Evaluation of public policies of Youth, Rabat, 30 March 2022, organised by The Parliament of Morocco and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in the framework of the project “Support to the development of the role of the Parliament in consolidating democracy in Morocco":- Youth labour market integration in EU regions: the findings of a European study- Methodological Caveats of the study on Youth labour market integration• Keynote a GOVPET Doctoral Workshop, Lugano, 9-10 September 2021: “The Italian way to the Dual System? Institutions, reforms and outcomes in the Italian skill formation”• Invited speaker a #Youth, #Education PhD Club, 6 June 2021 (online): “Experiences of youth: challenges from different theoretical perspectives”
Gli interessi di ricerca di Ruggero Cefalo includono la governance multilivello, le politiche territoriali, le politiche di welfare comparate e le transizioni scuola-lavoro. Ha pubblicato diversi articoli, capitoli di libri e rapporti sulle disparità spaziali nel mercato del lavoro giovanile, sulle politiche dell'occupazione e dell'istruzione, adottando una prospettiva di mixed methods che gli ha permesso di acquisire esperienza di ricerca su molteplici aspetti e prospettive legati alle transizioni giovanili.
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Ruggero Cefalo is tenured Assistant Professor at the University of Firenze, Department of Political and Social Sciences. He has served as co-researcher on several medium and large-scale research projects with a national and international comparative focus, where he was engaged in the design and execution of the research work. Among these, the Horizon EU projects CLEAR, Young_Adulllt and COHSMO produced extensive quantitative and qualitative evidence on school-to-work transitions, lifelong learning and social policies provision within multilevel governance structure and specific territorial contexts.
CURRENT POSITION
From September 2024: Tenured Assistant Professor in Economic Sociology at the University of Firenze – Department of Political and Social Sciences
Research area: Political economy, Comparative social policy, School-to-Work transitions, Urban Sociology
PREVIOUS POSITIONS
January2022–August 2024
UniversityofVienna–DepartmentofSociology
AssistantProfessor(non-tenured)
Comparativesocialpolicy,School-to-Worktransitions,UrbanSociology
November2018-January 2022
Post-DocProjectResearcher
TerritorialCohesion,Welfarepolicies,SocialInvestment (projectCOHSMO).
April2017-October2018
Labourmarket,School-to-worktransitions,Welfarepolicies,Lifelonglearning (project YOUNG ADULLLT).
November2016-March2017
Pre-DocProjectResearcher
November2013-October2016
UniversityofUrbinoCarloBo–DepartmentofEconomics,Society, Law
PhDFellow
Sociology,Labourmarket,School-to-worktransitions,Welfarepolicies
QUALIFICATIONS
November2023
ItalianScientificHabilitationtothefunctionsofUniversityProfessor(IItier)inEconomicSociology,Sociologyof Labour, of theEnvironemnt and Territory (Sector 14/D1)
May 2021
ItalianScientificHabilitationtothefunctionsofUniversityProfessor(IItier)inGeneral Sociology (Sector 14/C1)
February2017
UniversityofUrbino“CarloBo”
DepartmentofEconomics, Society,Law
PhDinSociology–Governance,SocialParticipationandCitizenship(cycleXXIX)
School-To-WorkTransitionSystemsinItalyandGermany
2009–2012
UniversityofPadova
MasterDegreeinSociology,withmarks110/110cumlaude
RESEARCH EXPERIENCES
• September 2024: Tenured Assistant Professor at the University of Firenze and Senior Research Fellow at the University of Vienna as Co-Investigator in the international comparative research project CLEAR• January 2022-August 2024: Assistant Professor (non-tenured) at the University of Vienna and Co-Investigator in the international comparative research project CLEAR “Constructing Learning Outcomes in Europe: a Multi-Level Analysis of (Under)Achievement in the Life Course” (https://clear-horizon.eu/). Leading team for WP3 (December 2022-October 2023). Duration: 36 Months, Horizon Europe, €3.047.221/€331.087.50.• January-June 2023: Principal Investigator for the project PRO-YOUT: PRomote Opportunities for YOUth Transitions in Bulgaria and Austria, financed by JESH grant (Joint Excellence in Science and Humanities) by the Austrian Academy of Science, €15.000.• October 2021 – December 2021: administrative, budgeting, accounting activities for the Audit certification of the project COHSMO, funded by Horizon 2020.• May 2017 – October 2021: Post-Doc researcher at the University of Vienna in the international comparative research project COHSMO “Inequality, urbanization and Territorial Cohesion: Developing the European Social Model of economic growth and democratic capacity” (https://www.cohsmo.aau.dk/). Including: leading WP5 on active labour market policies, vocational training and childcare, research administration (accounting and financial reporting) in collaboration with administrative staff. Duration: 54 Months, Horizon 2020, €3.748.335/€622.000.• March 2017 - February 2019: Post-Doc researcher at the University of Vienna in the international comparative research project YOUNG_ADULLLT, “Policies supporting young Adults in their life course. A Comparative Perspective of Lifelong Learning and Inclusion in Education and Work in Europe” (www.young-adulllt.eu). Including: leading WP4 on quantitative analysis in EU regions, research administration (accounting and financial reporting) in collaboration with administrative staff. Duration: 36 months, Horizon 2020, €2.499.073/€148.703.• November 2016 - February 2017: Pre-Doc researcher at the University of Vienna – Department of Sociology, in the international comparative research project YOUNG_ADULLLT.• February 2014 - February 2016: Pre-Doc researcher at the University of Urbino in the international comparative research project INSPIRES: “Innovative Social and Employment Policies for Inclusive and Resilient Labour Markets in Europe” (http://www.inspires-research.eu/). Duration: 48 months, EU- FP7,€3.163.315/€112.000.• November 2013 - February 2017: PhD Fellowship in Sociology – Governance, Social Participation and Citizenship, by the University of Urbino “Carlo Bo” – Department of Economics, Society, Law (DESP), research project in comparative social policies and international urban sociology comparing the structure of the school-to-work transition in Italy and in Germany, and in the cities of Padova and Bonn.• February 2011 - November 2012: fellowship for research within the Convention between the University of Padova and the Regional Committee of Veneto on Communication (tutors: Prof. Claudio Riva, Prof. Arjuna Tuzzi), quantitative analysis of the local media system (pluralism and rights of minors of age).
VISITING
• March-June 2023 visiting Researcher at the University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria – Department of Sociology (host: Professor Siyka Kovacheva) for research project PRO-YOUT.• June 2017 March-June 2023 visiting Researcher at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain – Department of Sociology (host: Rosario Scandurra) for research project Young Adulllt.• March - April 2016 visiting PhD student at the University of Vienna – Department of Sociology (tutor: Prof. Yuri Kazepov). Activities: analysis of secondary statistical data on the school-to-work transition in Germany and Italy.• October - December 2015: visiting PhD student at the IAQ - Institut Arbeit und Qualifikation, University Duisburg- Essen (tutor: Prof. Mathias Knuth). Activities: analysis of the structure of the school-to-work transition in Germany and in the city of Bonn, by interviewing labour market experts and stakeholders at national and local level.
PRIZE, GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS
• 2021: awarded a JESH grant (Joint Excellence in Science and Humanities) by the Austrian Academy of Science for the project PRO-YOUT: PRomote Opportunities for YOUth Transitions in Bulgaria and Austria• 2019: European week of Regions and Cities, Brussels - Selected for the 7th Master Class on EU Cohesion Policy for Early Career Researchers, organised by: European Commission, DG for Regional and Urban Policy (DGREGIO), European Committee of the Regions (CoR), Regional Studies Association European Foundation (RSAEurope), 6-10 October.• 2013-2017: PhD fellowship by the University of Urbino “Carlo Bo” – Department of Economics, Society, Law.• 2011-2012: Research Grant by the University of Padova – Interdepartmental Centre "Giorgio Lago", within the framework Convention between the University of Padova and the Regional Committee of Veneto on Communication.
MEMBERSHIP, SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS & PEER REVIEW, EVALUATION
• 2025: Advisory Board member of the Erasmus + Project OVER-SEES - VET excellence leadership for the twin transition in European Islands• September 2021 – September 2022: co-head of the Organising Committee of the 20th Anniversary International ESPAnet Conference, Vienna 2022. 500 participants, Funding including sponsorship by Vienna municipality and Chamber of Labour of approx. € 130.000.• 2022-2023: Lead Editor of the Social Policy Review (volume SPR 35) by Policy Press, Bristol University Press in collaboration with the Social Policy Association SPA.• 2021-2024: Editor of the Social Policy Review by Policy Press, Bristol University Press in collaboration with the Social Policy Association SPA.• 2021-: Member of the RSA Regional Studies Association• March 2019: Board member and vice-chair of the international research network association RYOT “Research on Youth Opportunities and Transitions” (http://ryot-network.eu/), on youth transitions and integration with the goal of gaining a more comprehensive understanding of young Europeans’ life course and biographical transitions.• 2017 - present: Regular peer review activity in international journals, such as: Social Policy & Administration, Acta Sociologica, European Urban and Regional Studies, International Journal of Social Welfare, Youth and Globalization, Social Sciences, Education Sciences, De Europa.
PUBLICATIONS
ARTICLES IN PEER REVIEWED JOURNALS
Cefalo, R., & Kazepov, Y. (2024). Toward a modular understanding of school-to-work transitions: Comparing Italy and Austria. International Journal of Comparative Sociology, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/00207152241295985, SJR: Q1Cefalo, R., Scandurra, R., & Kazepov, Y. (2024). Territorial Configurations of School‐to‐Work Outcomes in Europe. Politics and Governance, 12. doi:https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.7441, SJR: Q1Cefalo, R., Scandurra, R. (2023). What, for whom, and under what circumstances: Do activation policies increase youth employment in the EU? Journal of European Social Policy, 33(4), 391–406. https://doi.org/10.1177/09589287231199568, ANVUR: A, SJR: Q1.R. Scandurra, D. Kelly, S. Fusaro, R. Cefalo & K. Hermannson (2023) Do employability programmes in higher education improve skills and labour market outcomes? A systematic review of academic literature, Studies in Higher Education, DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2023.2265425, ANVUR: A, SJR: Q1.Cefalo, R. (2022), Multilevel structures of VET provision and Social Investment outcomes: a national-regional comparison between Italy and Austria, Autonomie Locali e servizi sociali, 3, 557-575, doi: 10.1447/106447 ANVUR: A.Cordini, M., Parma, A., Cefalo, R. (2022), Social Investment between rhetorics and implementations in subnational contexts: evidence from Milan and Vienna, Autonomie Locali e servizi sociali, 3, 509- 511, doi: 10.1447/106444, ANVUR: A.Scandurra, R., Cefalo, R., Cuzzocrea, V. and Kazepov, Y. (2022), Special issue of International Journal of Social Welfare: Integrating young people in the labour market, integrating methodologies. International Journal of Social Welfare, ANVUR: A, SJR: Q2. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijsw.12573Cefalo, R., Scandurra, R. (2021). Territorial disparities in youth labour market chances in Europe, Regional Studies, Regional Science, 8(1), 228-238. DOI: 10.1080/21681376.2021.1925580, SJR: Q2Scandurra, R., Cefalo, R. & Kazepov, Y. (2021). Drivers of Youth Labour Market Integration Across European Regions. Social Indicators Research. DOI: 10.1007/s11205-020-02549-8, SJR: Q1Cordini, M., Boczy, T., & Cefalo, R. (2021). Place-Sensitive Social Investment and Territorial Cohesion: Implications for Sustainability. Sustainability, 13(13), 7085. DOI: 10.3390/su13137085, SJR: Q2Cefalo, R., & Kazepov, Y. (2020). Verso un approccio integrato alle transizioni scuola-lavoro: un confronto tra Italia e Austria (Towards an integrated approach to school-to-work transitions: a comparison between Italy and Austria). Quaderni di Sociologia, (84-LXIV), 29-57. https://doi.org/10.4000/qds.4153, ANVUR: A.Kazepov, Y., Cefalo, R. (2020). La dimensione territoriale delle politiche sociali, Parole-chiave, 4, 85-100.Boczy, T., Cefalo, R., Parma, A., Skovgaard Nielsen, R. (2020). Positioning the urban in the global knowledge economy: increasing competitiveness or inequality in Aarhus, Milan and Vienna, Social Inclusion, 8(4), 194-207. DOI: 10.17645/si.v8i4.3332, SJR: Q2Cefalo R., Scandurra, R. and Kazepov, Y. (2020). Youth Labour Market Integration in European Regions,Sustainability, 12 (9), 3813. DOI: 10.3390/su12093813, SJR: Q2Scandurra, R. Cefalo, R. and Kazepov, Y. (2020). School to work outcomes during the Great Recession, is the regional scale relevant for young people’s life chances? Journal of Youth Studies. 24(4), 441-465, DOI: 10.1080/13676261.2020.1742299. ANVUR: A, SJR: Q1Friesenecker, M., Cefalo, R., Boczy, T. & Kazepov, Y. (2019). Territorialized ‘Social Investment’: A new approach to address Austria’s socio-spatial disparities in employment and unemployment, GAM. Graz Architecture Magazine, 15, 154-167.Cefalo, R. & Kazepov, Y. (2018) Investing over the life course: The role of lifelong learning in a social investment strategy, Studies in the Education of Adults, 50(2), 203-218. DOI: 10.1080/02660830.2018.1550709. SJR: Q2Cefalo, R. (2018). Diventare «duali»? Struttura e riforme dei sistemi Vet in Italia e Germania / Becoming dual? Structure and reform of VET in Italy and Germany, La Rivista delle Politiche Sociali, n. 2, pp. 251-268. ANVUR: ASergi, V., Cefalo, R., & Kazepov, Y. (2018). Young people’s disadvantage on the labour market in Italy: reframing the NEET category, Journal of Modern Italian Studies, 23(1), 2018, 41-60. DOI: 10.1080/1354571X.2017.1409529, ANVUR: A, SJR: Q2Sergi, V., Giannelli, N., & Cefalo, R. (2016). Garanzie o promesse? le politiche attive per il lavoro nelle Marche dal punto di vista dei beneficiari / Guarantees or promises? active labor market policies in the Marche from the point of view of the beneficiaries. Cambio, 6(12), 109-143. DOI: 10.13128/cambio-20403, ANVUR: ARiva, C., & Cefalo, R. (2015). Children and Adolescents in the Media: the Veneto Region Case Study. Italian Journal of Sociology of Education, 7(3), 267-293. DOI: 10.14658/pupj-ijse-2015-3-12, ANVUR: A, SJR: Q3Riva, C., & Cefalo, R. Le rappresentazioni dell’infanzia e dell’adolescenza nei notiziari locali. Cura pedagogica ed educazione nell'era digitale. In Formazione, 10(13), 56-59.Riva, C., & Cefalo, R. (2014). Media consumption and the processes of recognition among young people: The Twilight case. Italian Journal of Sociology of Education, 6(3), 104-129. ANVUR: A, SJR: Q3Riva, C., & Cefalo, R. (2014). Images of childhood in the television framing. Interdisciplinary Journal of Family Studies, 19(1), 1-20.MONOGRAPHIES
Cefalo, R. (2019). Transizioni Duali. Investimento sociale e passaggio dall’educazione al lavoro in Italia e Germania, Carocci, Roma.EDITORSHIPS
Guest editor with Scandurra, R (2024).: Special Issue “The Territorial Dimension of School-to-Work Transitions: Youth Opportunities across Space, Contexts and Multilevel Governance", Education Sciences, ANVUR: A, SJR: Q2Guest editor with Kazepov, Y., Cuzzocrea, V., Scandurra, R (2022).: Special Issue “Integrating young people in the labour market, integrating methodologies”, International Journal of Social Welfare, ANVUR: A, SJR: Q2Guest editor with Cordini, M., Parma, (2022), Social Investment between rhetorics and implementations in subnational contexts: evidence from Milan and Vienna, Autonomie Locali e servizi sociali, ANVUR: A.CHAPTERS IN EDITED BOOKS
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• Invited speaker at the Final International Conference of the project Tr@ck-In "Activating NEETs: Challenges and solutions across Europe", Brussels, with the presentation: Territorial Configurations of School‐to‐Work Outcomes in Europe, 07-08 June 2023.• Keynote at the International Conference of the project Tr@ck-In "Activating NEETs: Challenges and solutions across Europe", organised by the Universita degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope, with the presentation: Youth unemployment: Regional disparities across Europe, 07-08 June 2023.• Invited expert, within the Conference organised by the project “Young Culture - Mai una gioia?”, February 7 2023, Teatro Salieri, Legnago, with the presentation “Opportunities – Youth and Work”.• Invited Discussant at the online seminar UPLIFT – Urban PoLicy Innovation to address inequality with and for Future generaTions (https://uplift-youth.eu/), November 22, 2022 discussing the results of the Synthesis report: socioeconomic inequalities in different urban contexts• Invited speaker at the 3rd Joint EU Cohesion Policy Conference, Zaghreb, November 14–16, 2022, Early Career Researcher Panel, paper “Youth labour market integration in EU regions: challenges for Cohesion”• Invited speaker as international expert at the Roundtable on the Evaluation of public policies of Youth, Rabat, 30 March 2022, organised by The Parliament of Morocco and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in the framework of the project “Support to the development of the role of the Parliament in consolidating democracy in Morocco", presentations:- Youth labour market integration in EU regions: the findings of a European study- Methodological Caveats of the study on Youth labour market integration• Keynote at GOVPET Doctoral Workshop, Lugano, 9-10 September 2021, paper “The Italian way to the Dual System? Institutions, reforms and outcomes in the Italian skill formation”• Invited speaker at the #Youth, #Education PhD Club, 6 June 2021 (online), with presentation “Experiences of youth: challenges from different theoretical perspectives”
Research interests of Ruggero Cefalo include multilevel governance, territorial policies, comparative welfare policies, school-to-work transitions. He has published several papers, book chapters and reports on youth labour market spatial disparities, employment and education policies, adopting a mixed methods perspective that allowed him to gain research experience on several different aspects and perspectives related to youth transitions.
