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Valeria Fargion recently retired from the University of Florence and is currently adjunct professor of “EU-Africa relations” at the School of Political Science, where she held a Jean Monnet Chair on the Politics of European Integration. She also served as Head of International Relations and Coordinator of the European Studies Track in the International Relations and European Studies Master degree. Previous positions include Editor-in-chief of Politiche Sociali/Social Policies (2017-19) and Co-Chair of Espanet-Italy – the Italian branch of the European network of social policy scholars, from 2008 to 2014. Among the many academic initiatives, she organized a series of seminars on the "Costs of non-Europe" which included Romano Prodi and Giuliano Amato as keynote speakers.
For the 25th and the 30th anniversary of the Erasmus program she organized two major conferences that allowed 54 students - two from each of the 27 Member States - to discuss their position papers on EU priorities to EU officials and representatives. She has published extensively on comparative social policy, territorial politics, the Italian welfare state, and more recently EU development cooperation with Africa. Her recent publications include: The EU in the International Arena and the Social Dimension of Globalization, P. Kennett e N. Lendvai-Bainton ( eds.) Handbook of European social policy, Edward Elgar; The European Union as a Global Social Policy Actor- Discourse and Policy Practice, (with M. Mayer), A. Kaash and K. Martens (eds.), Actors and Agency in Global Governance, Oxford University Press. She is the co-editor ( with M. Gazibo) of Revisiting EU-Africa relations in a changing world, Edward Elgar 2021
Activities of the Jean Monnet Chair
conferences and Seminars on the European Union :
Curriculum Vitae
Name: Valeria Fargion Place of birth: London (UK) Nationality: Italian and British phone: +39 347 9221429
E-mail: valeria.fargion@unifi.it Languages: Italian, English, French
Education
1986 Ph.D., European University Institute, Department of Political and Social Sciences (dissertation supervisor, Professor Peter Flora) 1981 Fulbright Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of Governmental Studies, University of California, Berkeley 1978 Laurea in Scienze Politiche, University of Florence (summa cum laude) 1973/74 Fulbright Undergraduate Student, Pomona College, Claremont, California
Current Position
Adjunct professor of “EU-Africa relations” , School of Political Science, Master program in International Relations and European Studies, University of Florence
Retired from the University of Florence
Editorial Advisor for the Journal of Social Policy ( Cambridge University Press); member of the editorial board of Politiche Sociali/Social Policies ( Il Mulino).
Previous positions
Holder of a Jean Monnet Chair, and Associate Professor of Political Science at the School of Political Science “Cesare Alfieri” University of Florence. She was the Head of the International Relations Office, Erasmus + Coordinator for the School, and Coordinator of the European Studies Track in the Master's Degree in International Relations and European Studies (www.rise.unifi.it ). She taught " EU politics and policies in the Contemporary World", “Politics of European Integration” and "Politiche sociali tra Unione Europea, Stato e Regioni"; from 2014 to 2019 she was co-editor and then editor-in-chief of Politiche Sociali/Social Policies, the official journal of ESPANET-Italy, published by Il Mulino (https://www.mulino.it/riviste/issn/2284-2098 )
Previous Institutional Appointments
• Co-Chair of ESPANET-Italy (Network for European Social Policy Analysis) 2008-2014 • Member of the International Social Security Association (ISSA) Advisory Board on Social Security Policy and Research. • Member of the Florence University Press editorial board. • Executive Board Member - ISA Research Committee 19 “Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy” - elected for the 2003-2006 and the 2006 – 2009 terms ( https://www.rc19.org/board )
• Board Member of ESPANET (Network for European Social Policy Analysis) for the period 2002-2007 – (http://www.espanet.org)
• National Representative in the Management Committee Cost A13 Action “Changing Labour Markets, Welfare Policies and Citizenship”, (European Commission DGXII) (1999/2003) http://www.socsci.auc.dk/cost/management • European Commission national expert – DG Employment and Social Policy – in charge of the Report on Italian Social Policy developments for 1999-2000 for the revision of the Commission’s Communication “Modernizing and Improving Social Protection.” • European Forum Fellow, European University Institute, Forum on “Recasting the European Welfare State: Options, Constraints, Actors” (coordinated By Maurizio Ferrera), 1998/99.
In the public eye
“Senza il disarmo di Hamas l’azzardo di Netanyahu è destinato a concretizzarsi: così lo Stato palestinese è demagogia”, Il Riformista (coauthored with M.Mayer) , 13 August 2025 https://share.google/CvygiUrVxzXJRTl3v
“Presidenza italiana del G7:realizzare in Africa sistemi sanitari efficienti è precondizione per la crescita economica , (coauthored with M.Mayer) Pensalibero, 16 January 2024,
https://www.pensalibero.it/presidenza-italiana-del-g7-realizzare-in-africa-sistemi-sanitari-efficenti-e-precondizione-per-la-crescita-economica-del-continente
Una nuova sinistra delle libertà. Il manifesto di Mayer e Fargion ( coauthored with M. Mayer )– Formiche.net, 4 December 2022 https://share.google/iEnDZjpRIgiJNndy3
Inside story on Giorgia Meloni ,Aljazeera, 22 October 2022
https://www.aljazeera.com/video/inside-story/2022/10/22/whats-next-for-italy-and-its-approach-to-the-world
“How will Italy deal with the latest refugee arrivals? ”, The Global Herald, 8 November 2022
https://theglobalherald.com/news/how-will-italy-deal-with-the-latest-refugee-arrivals-inside-story/
“Sanità: una scossa (provvidenziale) dal G20, (coauthored with M.Mayer) Formiche.net , 30 October 2021
https://formiche.net/2021/10/sanita-scossa-g20/#content
“Coronavirus: l’Europa e I sistemi sanitari in Africa”, (coauthored with M.Mayer) Startmag, 22 February 2020,
https://www.startmag.it/mondo/coronavirus-europa-sistemi-sanitari-in-africa
Professional Activities
“The EU’s approach to Africa: Moving from double standards to shortsighted self-interest”, Second annual ValEUs Conference, Zagreb,2-4 October 2025 https://www.libertas.hr/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Zagreb_Schedule_State-InStability-and-EU-Foreign-Policy.pdf
Discussant
Politics and Social Visions. Ideology, Conflict, and Solidarity in the EU by Maurizio Ferrera. (Oxford University Press, 2024), 18th ESPAnet Italia Conference , 17 September 2025.
“Double Standards in EU-Africa relations”, ValEUs lecture ,13 May 2025
https://valeus.eu/news/valeus-lecture-series-13-double-standards-in-eu-africa-relations-a-critical-appraisal
“Regioni e welfare State: le politiche sanitarie”
Istituto Storico della Resistenza, Una sola Italia? La sfida dell’Autonomia.Riflessioni tra passato e presente, 7April 2025
Round table on “Transitions to a new Europe? Cultural policies, Decentralization and Populism, 6th Erasmus+ International Week, School of Political Science, University of Florence, 3 April 2025
“Il sistema di protezione sociale italiano in prospettiva comparata “, keynote speech, Direzione regionale INPS, Palazzo Pazzi-Quaratesi, Florence, 10 October 2024
Special Issue “Welfare e Religioni”, Politiche Sociali/Social Policies 2/2024, Annual Conference ESPAnet Italia, Naples, 5 September 2024.
Chair
Seminar on “ the EU in the world: reflections on foreign policies”, 5th Erasmus International Week, University of Florence, 11 April 2024.
Local Organizer
“Frontières visibles et invisibles: un défi pour la gouvernance des territoires et l’action citoyenne” 12ème édition de la master-class internationale “Trans-frontières et dialogue des disciplines”, School of Political Science , University of Florence, 31 January- 2 February 2024.
“L’Unione europea e il sistema internazionale”, presented in 15 high schools classes in Tuscany, as part of the Italian National Resilience and Recovery Plan - Mission 4 –Active transition from school to university, November 2024- March 2025
“ Il futuro del lavoro. Prospettive di impiego a Bruxelles”, presented in 23 high school classes based in Florence and the surrounding area as part of The Italian National Resilience and Recovery Plan - Mission 4 –Active transition from school to university, February – April 2024..
“EU-Africa relations at Crossroads. Losing ground to China and Russia”, lecture at the University of Montreal, Pole de Recherche sur l’Afrique et le Monde emergent, 21 September 2023.
Plenary session on “Still a Southern European Model of Welfare? Assessing three decades of policy change”, annual conference Espanet Italy, University of Milan, 14 September 2023
speaker
Roundtable on Europe without borders, “Castle talks on Narratives on Borders in Europe”, Science Po Strasbourg, Chateau de Portales, 1-2 March 2023
“EU development cooperation with Africa from the turn of the century to present ” Université de Chartage, Tunis, 5 December 2022.
Scientific coordinator and organizer ( with Maria Stella Rognoni)
“EU-Africa relations in troubled waters: time to reverse the trend?”, one-day workshop at the University of Florence, 23 November 2022.
“A tale of missed opportunities. EU development cooperation with Africa”,
presented at the workshop “EU-Africa relations in troubled waters: time to reverse the trend?”,University of Florence, 23 November 2022.
“EU-Africa relations and current challenges”, Université de Nantes, 5 October 2022.
“The COVID 19 pandemic and the EU’s global response. A critical appraisal”, webinar, CEBRI- Brazilian Centre for International Relations, 18 March 2022.
“The European Union policy in the Sahel region”, The Institute for African Development ,Global Africa Monthly Webinar Series, 11 February 2022.
“The EU in troubled waters: current difficulties and future geo-political challenges” Presented at the Summer School on Europe and Migration, 27-29 August 2021, School of Aristotle ( Naousa) Department of Political Sciences, University of Thessaloniki.
Scientific coordinator 2dErasmus International Week, School of Political Science, University of Florence, 21 -24 October 2019
Chair Roundtable on “European integration at crossroads”, 2dErasmus International Week, School of Political Science, University of Florence, 24 October 2019
Chair Roundtable on “The 2019 Parliament Elections. Perspectives from the Member States” 1st Erasmus International Week, School of Political Science, University of Florence, 21 May.
Scientific coordinator 1st Erasmus International Week, School of Political Science, University of Florence ,20-23 May 2019
Scientific coordinator and organizer “EU-Africa relations and future challenges. Closing the gap between rhetoric and reality?”, one-day workshop, University of Florence, 2 May 2019.
(https://www.rise.unifi.it/vp-453--conferenza-eu-africa-relations-and-future-challenges.html)
“L’Europa per i giovani, l’università e la ricerca. Erasmus ma non solo”. Presented at the one-day conference “Risultati e sfide dell’Unione Europea: tra luoghi comuni e informazioni corrette” , Centro di documentazion europea, 21 March 2019.
“European Social protection Systems in a Comparative Perspective” Presented at the Conference "Achievements and Challenges of the Social Work Profession in Albania", University of Shkoder, 19-20 October 2018.
Scientific coordinator and organizer 11th Conference ESPAnet-Italia, Beyond Continuity. Challenges to Welfare in a Globalized World, University of Florence, 13-15 September 2018
(https://aria.unimol.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/ESPANET2018-Programma-definitivo.pdf)
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The EU in troubled Waters. Past Constraints, Current Difficulties and Future Challenges Conference at the Hanoi University, Vietnam, Faculty of International Studies, 30 October 2017 Discussant “A venti anni dalla Commissione Onofri: bilancio e prospettive”, 10th ESPAnet-Italia conference, Forlì, 21-23 September 2017.
Scientific coordinator and organizer “The EU and Global Challenges.28 Ideas from the Erasmus Generation”, International Conference, School of political Science "Cesare Alfieri", University of Florence, 3-5 May 2017 (https://www.rise.unifi.it/upload/sub/news/2017/28ideas-erasmus-generation.pdf )
“L'idea di giustizia globale: una prospettiva politologica” Presented at the Workshop "L'idea di giustizia globale: un dialogo interdisciplinare", University of di Milan, Dipartimento di Scienze politiche e Sociali, 21 January 2016 Local organizer "What budget, resources, fiscal and borrowing powers for the EU?" (in collaboration with Scuola Sant'Anna di Pisa), University of Florence, School of political science, 12-13 November 2015; Chair of the First Session: "The EU Budget, its review and reform proposals"
Discussant "Comparing Social Policy Across the World: recent trends in Latin America and South-East Asia" report by Jane Jenson and Sven Hort ,final plenary, ESPAnet-Italia Conference "Welfare in Italia e welfare a livello globale: esperienze e modelli di sviluppo a confronto", Fisciano 17-19 September 2015 Discussant “The Italian Welfare State in a Comparative Perspective” by U. Ascoli e E. Pavolini, "Authors meet critics" session, ESPAnet-Italia Conference "Welfare in Italia e welfare a livello globale: esperienze e modelli di sviluppo a confronto", Fisciano 17-19 September 2015
The European Union and Global Governance for Health, (with Marco Mayer), paper presented at the opening plenary session of the "Frontiers of Inequality, Social Policy and Welfare" conference, RC 19-ISA, Bath, 26-28 August 2015.
Scientific coordinator and organizer "The EU and Member States in Global Affairs: Any Sign of Convergence?", School of Political Science, University of Florence, 5-6 May 2015 https://www.rise.unifi.it/vp-283-the-eu-and-member-states-in-global-affairs-any-sign-of-convergence.html
Percorsi regionali di welfare presented at the workshop on "Sistemi di welfare: Territori, imprese e istituzioni", Università Cattolica del sacro cuore, Milan, 20 January 2015
Discussant Session 15 on "Gender, Family and Care Policy in Spain and Italy", 7th annual conference ESPAnet-Italia, "Sfide alla cittadinanza e trasformazioni dei corsi di vita: precarietà, invecchiamento e migrazioni", Turin, 18-20 September 2014 Chair and Discussant Panel on "Crisi economica e legittimazione dell'EU", 28th annual conference SISP, Perugia, 11-13 September 2014
Speaker Round Table with Federica Mogherini, Joseph Weiler and Furio Cerruti on "Gli enti locali e il processo di costruzione dell'Europa", Palazzo Vecchio, Elementi Room, Florence, 19 May 2014 “The EU after the crisis: Challenges and opportunities” Seminar at James Madison University, Harrisonbourg, 28 March 2014
“Health Diplomacy in Africa: A Win-win strategy for the EU?” (with Marco Mayer) paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Italian political science Association , University of Florence, 12-14 September 2013, Session 12.2. “Adattamento e rendimento di un attore multilaterale: l’UE e il multilateralismo alla prova del mondo multipolare”. http://www.sisp.it/convegno/2013/paper/420
“The EU as a Global Health champion?” (with Marco Mayer) paper presented at the Conference “Crisis and Contingency”, 20th International conference of Europeanists, panel “The EU and Development Policy Around the World”, Amsterdam, 25-27 June 2013. “Stuck in second place: the internal and external dimension of EU social policy” Presented at conference in honor of Jean-Claude Barbier “Diversités et solidarités: vers une sociologie comparative de la protection sociale”, Paris, Maison des sciences économiques, 10 June 2013. “The Italian Welfare State in a comparative perspective” Presented at the confernce “Las Politicas Sociales entre Crisis y Post-crisis”. IV Congreso de la Red Española de Politíca Social, Universitad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, 6-7 June 2013. Scientific coordinator and organizer Conference “L’Europa in bilico. La scienza politica italiana di fronte alle attuali sfide”, University of Florence, School of Political Science “Cesare Alfieri”, 8 May 2013. (http://www.rise.unifi.it/vp-168-europa-in-bilico.html)
“Losing out to the BRICS: EU Development Cooperation in Africa” (with Marco Mayer), paper presented at the conference “L’Europa in bilico. La scienza politica italiana di fronte alle attuali sfide”, University of Florence , School of Political Science “Cesare Alfieri”, 8 May 2013.
http://www.rise.unifi.it/vp-168-europa-in-bilico.html
The European Union as a Global Social Policy Actor: Discourse and Practice (with Marco Mayer) paper presented at the Workshop “Actors and Agency in Global Social Governance”, University of Bremen, 22-23 February 2013.
“Re-focusing Development Co-operation in Africa” (with Marco Mayer), paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Italian political science Association, Rome 13-15 September 2012 ( session 12.7: “Beyond foreign aid: the EU and the developing world in a changing context”). Scientific coordinator and organizer International Conference "The EU and the World: Challenges and Trends. 27 Ideas from the Erasmus Generation”, University of Florence, 31 May- 1 June 2012, https://www.rise.unifi.it/upload/sub/locandina.pdf
Member of the Scientific Committee Annual Conference of the Research Committee no.19 on “Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy” of the International Sociological Association, Seoul, 25 - 27 August 2011.
“The Social and Health Agenda in EU-Africa Relations. Past Contradictions and Future Opportunities” (with Mayer M.), paper presented at the ISA RC 19 Annual Conference, Seoul, 25-28 August 2011
Scientific coordinator and organizer (with Roberto Castaldi) of a series of conferences on “The Costs of non-Europe”, School of Political Science “Cesare Alfieri”, University of Florence, November 2010 - May 2011 (https://www.rise.unifi.it/vp-194-the-costs-of-non-europe-2010-2011.html )
“La citoyenneté sociale en Italie et ses variations territoriales” Report presented at the Conference « Solidarités à l’épreuve des crises », Université d'Evry- Val-d'Essonne, 11-12 January 2011.
Scientific coordinator and organizer (with Caterina Paolucci) of the conference “The Lisbon Treaty: One Year On: Achievements and Challenges”, School of Political Science “Cesare Alfieri” University of Florence, 3 December 2010 in collaboration with the James Madison University in Florence.( https://www.rise.unifi.it/vp-193-conferenza-internazionale-the-lisbon-treaty-one-year-on.html)
Convenor (with Gianfranco Baldini), of the session on "Regionalismo e politiche locali", XXIV SISP Annual Conference, Venice, 16-18 September 2010 and Chair of the panel "Regioni e Sanità"
“Recent Developments in the Italian Welfare State” Report at the workshop "Mediterranean Welfare States in Crisis," University of Thrace, Komotini, 10 May 2010.
Scientific coordinator and organizer (with G. Natalicchi, M. Paolucci, and C. Balducci) of the Conference “Riflettori sull'Europa”, School of Political Science "Cesare Alfieri", University of Florence, 3 December 2009 in collaboration with the James Madison University Program in Florence https://www.rise.unifi.it/vp-251-conferenza-riflettori-sull-europa-programma-e-interventi.html)
Chair Workshop on "Crisi e Welfare tra Stato e Regioni. Strategie e responsabilità”, V Forum of the “Journal of Social Policy” on “ Welfare. Geografie della crisi. Approfondimenti sul caso italiano in prospettiva comparata ", Rome, Santa Marta Al Collegio Romano 5-6 November 2009. (http://www.ediesseonline.it/riviste/rps/eventi)
Chair Workshop on “Social Policy Innovation and the Future of the Welfare State”, annual conference ESPANET, "The Future of the Welfare State," University of Urbino, 17-19 September 2009 (www.espanet-italia.net/conference2009)
Convenor Session on "Regioni in Europa", XXIII SISP Annual Conference, Rome, Faculty of Political Sciences, LUISS Guido Carli, 17-19 September 2009 (www.sisp.it/convegno/2009/sezioni/22)
“The European Union and the Social Dimension of Globalization. Discourse and Policy practice” Paper (with Marco Mayer) presented at the annual conference of the Research Committee 19 of the International Sociology Association, “Social Policies: Local experiments, Travelling Ideas”, Montreal, 20-22 August 2009 ( http://www.cccg.umontreal.ca/RC19/PDF/Fargion-V_Rc192009.pdf)
Scientific coordinator and organizer Summer School on “Comparative Research on Social Policies in Europe: Concepts and Methods”, in collaboration with ESPANET-Italy, Department of Political Science and Sociology, University of Florence, 13 - 21 July 2009. Discussant "The Nordic Model" by M. Alestalo, S. Kuhnle, S. Hort in the Conference "Comparing the Trajectories of European Societies", WZB - Berlin, 6-7 March 2009.
Chair Plenary session on “Social Citizenship: Rethinking Bases of Rights and Institutional Categorization”, at the conference “The Future of Social Politics, Institution and Outcomes”, Stockholm University, Stockholm, 4-6 September 2008.
“Children, Gender and Families in the Italian Welfare State” Paper presented at the Workshop “Gender, Children and Families in Mediterranean Welfare States”, Jerusalem, The Hebrew University, 1-2 June 2008
“I servizi sociali in Europa: sviluppi recenti” Paper presented at the Forum RPS 2007 “Diversificazione sociale e strategie di welfare”, Rome, Santa Marta al Collegio Romano, 8-9 November 2007
Scientific coordinator and organiser “Social Policy in a Globalizing World: Developing a North-South Dialogue”, Annual Conference of the International Sociological Association Research Commitee n. 19 on “Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy”, University of Florence, Faculty of Political Science, 6-8 September 2007
(https://www.dsps.unifi.it/vp-322-social-policy-in-a-globalizing-world-developing-a-north-south-dialogue.html)
Session on “Flexible Labour Markets and the Role of Social Security”, ISSA 5th International Research Conference on “Social Security and the Labour Market: A Mismatch?”, Warsaw, 5-7 March 2007.
“Social citizenship beyond the nation-state” Paper presented at the workshop CINEFOGO (Civil Society and New Forms of Governance in Europe) “Changing Forms of State Intervention in Social Protection- Their effects on Social Citizenship Rights”, Prague, Charles University, 16-17 February 2007.
“Le nuove relazioni fra livelli di governo: opportunità e rischi per le regioni italiane” Presented at the conference “Governance multilivello e politica europea: quali sfide per l’Italia?”, Research Unit on European Governance, Collegio Carlo Alberto, Moncalieri, 29 November 2006. http://www.urge.it/files/fargion.pdf
“L’européanisation des représentations territoriales” Presented at the conference “ Regards croisés sur l’Union Européenne qui se fait”, Université de Montréal, Archives Nationales du Québec, Montreal, 5-6 October 2006.
“Européanisation et politique de cohésion dans le cas italien” Presented at the Round Table “Vers un modèle social européen?”, II annual conference of the French Sociology Association, Bordeaux , 5-8 September 2006.
“Europeanization and territorial Representation. The case of Italy” Lecture at the University of Oviedo (Spain), 7 June 2006.
“Health Politics Between National and Regional Governments in Italy” paper presented at the Conference “Welfare State Reforms in Continental and Southern Europe”, DREES, Paris 19-20 December 2005.
Convenor: Stream on “The Territorial Dimension of Social Policies”, ESPANET Conference, University of Freiburg, 22-24 September 2005.
Chair: Panel on “European Cohesion Policy: Domestic Impact and Institutional Change”, ECPR annual conference, Budapest, 8-10 September 2005.
“Territorial and Social Politics in Italy” Paper presented at the ISA RC19 Conference “Welfare State Restructuring: Processes and Social Outcomes”, Sciences-Po, Paris, 2-4 September 2004.
Discussant: “Social Indicators and the Measurement of Progress in European Union Welfare States” by Julia O’Connor, ISA RC19 Conference “Welfare State Restructuring: Processes and Social Outcomes”, Sciences-Po, Paris, 2-4 September 2004.
Discussant: “Poverty” by Andreas Aust and Ana Arriba, WRAMSOC Project – Welfare Reform and the Management of Societal Change – Berlin, 23-25 April 2004.
“The European Employment Strategy and the Italian Case” Paper presented at the conference “Changing European Societies – The Role for Social Policy”, Danish National Institute for Social Research, Copenhagen, 13-15 November 2003. “The European Social Model” Presented at the Workshop “Lo Spazio Sociale Europeo”, University of Florence, 10-11 October 2003.
“De-coupling Passive and Active Labour Market Policies: The Italian Case in Comparative Perspective” Paper presented at the Conference “Social Policy in a Changing Europe” organized by ESPANET and the Centre for Comparative Research in Social Welfare, Stirling, 16-17 May 2003.
“Active Labour Policy in Southern Europe” Presented at the workshop “Active Citizenship and Marginality in a European Context”, Helsinki, STAKES, 3-4 April 2003.
“Recent Developments in Italian Unemployment Policies” Report presented at the unemployment working group workshop - COST A13 Action (DGXII) “Changing Labour Markets, Welfare Policies and Citizenship”, Malta 1-2 November 2002.
Organizer: Workshop of the working group on Unemployment - COST A13 (DGXII) “Changing Labour Markets, Welfare Policies and Citizenship”, University of Florence, 31 May- 1 June 2002.
“The Italian Welfare State at the Start of the New Century” Paper presented at the Conference “Welfare, Work and Family: Southern Europe in Comparative Perspective”, EUI, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, Florence, 7-8 June 2002.
“Cohesion Policy and European Integration” Paper presented at the Conference “Governance: an Academic Contribution", European Parliament, Brussels, 4 December 2001.
“Devolution and Social Services: An Evaluation of the Italian Case” Contribution to the Round Table “Nuevos servicios sociales para una nueva sociedad”, Consejerìa de Asuntos Sociales del Principado de Asturias, Oviedo, 5 September 2001.
“Lessons from Recent Changes in the Italian Welfare State” Paper presented at the International seminar “Welfare States and South-Eastern Europe: Lessons from History and other Regions”, Konjic –Bosnia Herzegovina, 26-28 July 2001.
A Hobbled Third Way: The Social Politics and Policies of Centre-Left Governments in Italy Paper presented at the workshop “Third Ways in Europe”, ECPR joint sessions of workshops, Grenoble, 9-11 April 2001.
“The Case of Italy” Report presented at the Conference “Changing Landscape of the Welfare State: Implications for the Future of Social Protection”, Rockfeller Foundation, Bellagio Study and Conference Centre, 7-11 August 2000.
“Des Réformes négociées” Paper presented at the Conference “Comparer les Systèmes de Protection Sociale en Europe”, Ministère de l’Emploi et de la Solidarité, Paris, 8-9 June 2000.
“The Development of Social Care Services in Europe” Conference held at the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research, Mannheim, 24 May 2000.
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Fargion V. and Gazibo M. (eds. ) , Revisiting EU –Africa relations in a changing world, Edward Elgar , September 2021.
Fargion,V. Gualmini, E. (eds) Tra l’incudine e il martello. Regioni e nuovi rischi sociali in tempi di crisi, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2013.
Ferrera M., Fargion V., Jessoula M. Alle radici del welfare all'italiana. Origini e futuro di un modello sociale squilibrato, Padova, Marsilio, 2012
Fargion V., (ed.), “Nord e Sud del mondo. Le politiche sociali nell’era della globalizzazione”, special issue in Italian and English Rivista delle politiche Sociali, Vol.1 2008, Roma, Ediesse.(pp.608)
Fargion V., Morlino L. Profeti S. (eds.) Europeizzazione e Rappresentanza territoriale. Il caso Italiano, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2006.
Geografia della cittadinanza sociale in Italia.Regioni e politiche assistenziali dagli anni settanta agli anni novanta, Bologna, Il Mulino, 1997
Reports for the European Commission
Annual National Report 2010 Pensions, Health and Long-Term Care in Italy, May 2010 – Analytical Support on the Socio-Economic Impact of Social Protection Reforms, on behalf of the European Commission, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities.
Comment on Italy’s Autumn 2009 Report on the Implementation of the National Reform program December 2009 - Analytical Support on the Socioeconomic Impact of Social Protection Reforms, on behalf of the European Commission, DG Employment, Social affairs and Equal Opportunities.
Annual National Report 2009. Pensions, Health and Long-Term Care in Italy, May 2009 - Analytical Support on the Socioeconomic Impact of Social Protection Reforms, on behalf of the European Commission, DG Employment, Social affairs and Equal Opportunities.
Assessment of the Italian National Reform Program with regard to Social Protection Developments, December 2008 - Analytical Support on the Economic Impact of Social Protection Reforms, on behalf of the European Commission, DG Employment, Social affairs and Equal Opportunities.
Review of the Draft National Strategy Report on Social Protection and Social Inclusion 2008- 2010 (Pensions, Health and Long-term Care), November 2008 - Analytical Support on the Economic Impact of Social Protection Reforms, on behalf of the European Commission, DG Employment, Social affairs and Equal Opportunities
Articles in Journals and Chapters in Books
“Editoriale”, Politiche Sociali/Social Policies,3/2024, 437-440
EU development cooperation with Africa : forgetting about health? (with M. Mayer) , V. Fargion , M. Gazibo (eds.) Revisiting EU –Africa relations in a changing world, Edward Elgar , 2021, 204-222.
El meteòrico ascenso y descenso de la atenciòn por parte de la Uniòn Europea a los problemas de salud mundial ( with M. Mayer), F.J.Moreno Fuentes and E.del Pino (eds.) Las transformaciones territoriales y sociales del Estado en la edad digital, Centro de Estudios Polìticos Y Constitucionales , Madrid, 2020, 185-207.
The EU in the International Arena and the Social Dimension of Globalization, P. Kennett e N. Lendvai-Bainton ( eds.) Handbook of European social policy, Edward Elgar, August 2017, 126-140.
The Social Dimension of Cohesion Policy in the EU (with S. Profeti), in S. Piattoni and L. Polverari (eds.) Handbook of Cohesion Policy, Edward Elgar 2016, 475-490.
The European Union as a Global Social Policy Actor- Discourse and Policy Practice, (with M. Mayer), in A. Kaash and K. Martens (eds.), Actors and Agency in Global Governance, Oxford University Press, 2015, 105-129.
L’afasia dei partiti europeisti e l’orizzonte strategico che ancora non c’è, in “ItalianiEuropei”, 2014, n. 2.
“Editoriale” (con M. L. Mirabile) Politiche Sociali/Social Policies, 2014/1:3-7.
“Editoriale” (con G. Vicarelli) Politiche Sociali/Social Policies 2014/3: 319-328.
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Gli studenti sono incoraggiati a scegliere un argomento di tesi di loro specifico interesse purchè nell'ambito delle aree di policy di competenza dell'Unione Europea.
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Valeria Fargion recently retired from the University of Florence and is currently adjunct professor of "EU-Africa Relations" in the International Relations and European Studies Master's program at the School of Political Science "Cesare Alfieri". Holder of a Jean Monnet Chair on the Politics of European Integration, until 2020 she coordinated the European Studies Master degree and was responsible for international relations for the School of Political Science. Her focus on the international dimension and the dialogue between scholars from different disciplinary fields and socio-political and cultural contexts led her to commit in a series of transnational academic networks: she served for two terms (2002-2006 and 2006-2010) as elected member of the Executive Board of the Research Committee 19 "Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy" of the International Sociological Association; from 2002 to 2007, she was a member of the executive committee of ESPANET (the European network of social policy scholars) and from its foundation until 2014, Co-Chair of ESPANET-Italy. From 2008 to 2010 she worked as a national expert for the DG Employment of the European Commission, and from its foundation in 2014 until 2019, she was co-director and then director of Politiche Sociali / Social Policies, published by Il Mulino. She organized, among others, a conference aimed at opening a dialogue between scholars from the global North and the global South, with papers presented by 140 researchers from all five continents; with respect to European integration, she organized a cycle of conferences on the "Costs of non-Europe" which was also attended by Romano Prodi and Giuliano Amato, and on the occasions of the 25th and 30th anniversaries of the Erasmus program she organized two initiatives that allowed 54 students - two from each of the 27 Member States - to present their proposals on EU’s priorities to representatives of the European institutions. She participated in a variety of international research projects and published widely on the Italian Welfare State in a historical and a comparative perspective, social care services in Europe, the relationship between national and local levels of government and the role of the Italian Regions with respect to social policies and European structural funds.Over the last decade her research interests shifted from a focus on highly industrialized countries to the role of the European Union in the international arena with particular reference to global health issues and development cooperation with Africa. Recent publications include: The EU in the International Arena and the Social Dimension of Globalization, P. Kennett e N. Lendvai-Bainton ( eds.) Handbook of European social policy, Edward Elgar, August 2017; The European Union as a Global Social Policy Actor- Discourse and Policy Practice, (with M. Mayer), A. Kaash and K. Martens (eds.), Actors and Agency in Global Governance, Oxford University Press, 2015. In this context she also organized the international workshop “EU-Africa relations and future challenges. Closing the gap between rhetoric and reality?”, which inspired the volume “Revisiting EU-Africa Relations in a Changing World,” edited together with Professor Gazibo of the University of Montreal and published in September 2021 by Edward Elgar.
