Valeria Ferraretto
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2016-2018: MA in European and International Studies at the University of Trento, School of International Studies (cum laude). Final thesis: "Youth unemployment, NEET and the recession: a new job for the European Union?” 2018: IPEPS Master Module in European Policy at CEPS (Center for European Policy Studies, Brussels). 2013-2016: BA in Economics and Management at the University of Padua, Department of Economics and Management "Marco Fanno" (cum laude). Final thesis: "Affirmative actions as a means to fill thegender gap in top corporate positions" |
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Academic career and teaching activities |
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2nd semester 2022/23, 2023/24: teaching assistant in the course “Foundations of Demography” held by Prof. Vitali at the 2nd level “Master in Welfare: Theoretical Foundations and Data Analysis” jointly organized by Collegio Carlo Alberto and the University of Turin. 1st and 2nd semester a.a. 2017/8: academic tutor in the course “Introduction to Economics”, held at the Department of Economics and Management of the University of Trento by Prof. Faill. The course intended to introduce BA students to microeconomics. Topics covered: consumer behaviour, theory of the firm, competitive market equilibrium, monopoly. |
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Research interests |
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Transition to adulthood, life course analysis, family and gender norms, social policies. |
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Research work |
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2020 - : PhD student at the Department of Sociology and Social Research - Doctoral School of Social Sciences, supervisor: Prof. Vitali. I am currently working on the transition to adulthood of young people in Europe. The project adopts a comparative perspective to study of the timing of events during the transition to adulthood and focuses in particular on the role of structural factors and of gender norms. |
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Memberships in societies and scientific committees |
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Other work |
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Reviewer for the following journals:
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