Mission and Activities

The CSIS research unit operates in the framework of the general strategies of the Department of Sociology and Social Research of the University of Trento. Its main objective is the promotion of theoretically driven empirical research, focusing on social inequalities, their relation to institutions and their change over time and across generations. We apply a comparative and interdisciplinary approach dealing with the analysis of the distribution and the perception of inequalities in the following fields: welfare, employment and the labour market, families and demography, and education. The research unit is coordinated by Prof. Paolo Barbieri.

We are currently active in the following projects: 

• Life Course Longitudinal Laboratory (LC3), a 4-years research programme on advancing life course research
• Trento School of Applied Quantitative Research (TN2), a winter school devoted to early career researchers
• Brown Bag Seminars, with national and international scholars, established in 2010

News and Upcoming Events

20 November - Brown Bag Seminar with G. Melli (University of Oxford)

6-7 November - Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Social Sciences Research and Teaching with A. Karjus (Tallin University) (Hans Schadee Research Methods Center)

22-24 October - Trento School of Applied Quantitative Methods (Tn-Square)

9 October - Brown Bag Seminar with G.M. Campedelli (FBK)

25 September - Annual Lecture of the Hans Schadee Research Methods Center with T. Liao (University of Illinois)

Latest Publications

Barbieri, P. (2025). Labour market institutions and social inequality. In M. Gangl et al. (Eds). The Oxford handbook of social stratification (online ed.). Oxford University Press.

Gritti, D., Gioachin, F., Zamberlan, A., Meli, E., Grotti, R., Barbieri, P., & Scherer, S. (2025). Citizenship Acquisition and Labour Market Outcomes Among Immigrants in Italy: Evidence From Linked Survey‐Register Data. International Migration, 63(4), e70069.

Papa, R., & Scherer, S. (2025). Routes to healthy ageing: the role of lifecourse patterns. Ageing & Society, 45(2).

Caniglia, B., Zamberlan, A., & Barbieri, P. (2025). The gendered role of occupational characteristics in lifelong singlehood across Italian birth cohorts. Population Studies.

Melli, G., Azzollini, L., & Bonomi Bezzo, F. (2025). Healthcare provision and attitudes towards redistribution. A regional analysis across Europe.Journal of European Public Policy.

Gioachin, F., & Karlson, K. B. (2025). Family background and life cycle earnings volatility: evidence from brother correlations in Denmark, Germany, and the United States. Social Forces.