Nazareno Panichella (Milan, 1982) is an Italian sociologist. He is Associate Professor of Economic Sociology at the Department of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Milan.

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Ongoing Project

• (2022-2023) Principal Investigator of the project  ‘Ethnic Inequalities. A Multidimensional Analysis of Migrants’ Penalty on Occupational Achievement and Health in Italy (MEI)‘ (~200,000 Euros, Fondazione Cariplo)
• (2021-2025) Principal Investigator of Miur-Prin Grant ‘School, Work, Family and Mobility across Marginal and Central Areas‘ (~700,000 Euros).
• (2021-2023) Principal Investigator of the Fondazione Cariplo grant  ‘Opportunities and Constraints in Marginal and Central Areas’ (~200,000 Euros)  (~200,000 Euros)

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Research groups and activities

• Scientific  coordinator of the interdisciplinary research group on Geography and Social Inequality in Italy (GESI) 
• Scientific coordinator of the ECSR-CCA-NASP Spring School.
• Board member of the ECSR- European Consortium of Sociological Research.

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• Member of the editorial board of Polis – Ricerche e studi su società e politica 
• Associate Editor of European Sociological Review (ESR).

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RESEARCH INTERESTS

Geographical inequalities and the labor market; social stratification and social mobility; employment integration of immigrants; geographical mobility and occupational trajectories; labor market and occupational structure; inequalities in educational opportunities; relationship between educational systems and the labor market; sociology of the family; methodology and techniques of social research.

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Married with Mariangela, two children (Michele and Francesco)

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