Scientific Council
Education:
- Master of Education (Ed.M.), Harvard University, USA (1970)
- Master of Science (Sociology), Northwestern University, USA (1969)
- Postgraduate Fellowship, Italian Institute for International Political Studies – ISPI, Milan (1963-1964)
- Degree in Political Science, Catholic University, Milan, Italy (1963)
Work Experience:
- Full Professor of Sociology of Education, University of Milan Bicocca (1998-2009)
- Tenure-Track Professor of Sociology of Education, University of Trieste (1994-1998)
- Associate Professor of Sociology of Education, University of Milan (1987-1994)
- Associate Professor of Sociology of Education, University of Catania (1981-1987)
- Associate Professor of Sociology of Education, University of Catania (1974-1980)
- Executive Officer, Centre of Training and Studies for Southern Italy – FORMEZ, Rome (1970-1981)
- Volunteer Lecturer, Università Cattolica, Institute of Sociology, Milan (1964-1967)
- Member of evaluation committees for the periodical accreditation of universities, ANVUR (2015– to date)
- Member of the Scientific Council of the Portuguese “Agéncia de Avaliação e Acreditação do Ensino Superior” – A3ES, Assessment and Accreditation Agency, Lisbon (2013 – to date)
- Coordinator of the internal Evaluation Committee, IULM University, Milan (2000–2019)
- Member of the internal Evaluation Committee, University of Milan-Bicocca, University of Pavia, University of Trieste (several years)
- Member of the Quality Assurance Board, University of Milan-Bicocca (2016-2019)
Professional Experience
- Visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley-UCB; University of California at Los Angeles-UCLA; Stanford University (1983-84)
- Member of the Editorial Board: “Tertiary Education and Management” (2001-to date) Member of the editorial boards of the following journals: “Tertiary Education and Management” (2001-); “Scuola Democratica” (2012 – to date); “European Journal of Education”(1986-1992; 2000-2004); “Higher Education” (1995-2002)
- Member of the Executive Committee, Consortium of Higher Education Researchers (CHER), Paris-Kassel (1986-1990)
- Member of the Interdepartmental Research Centre for Higher Education Systems – CIRSIS, University of Pavia (2013 – 2016)
Major publications:
- 1976 – La fabbrica dei disoccupati (with R. Emma), Musolini, Turin
- 1976 – Lavorare stanca: movimento giovanile, lavoro, non-lavoro, (with L. Annunziata), Savelli, Rome
- 1982 – Lavorare nell’Università oggi: esperienze di didattica nella crisi dell’istruzione superiore, (with G. Martinotti), F. Angeli, Milan
- 1983 – Università: fine o trasformazione del mito?, il Mulino, Bologna
- 1986 – I “cicli brevi” nell’istruzione superiore: esperienze straniere in una prospettiva italiana, (edited by), F. Angeli, Milan
- 1989 – La sociologia dell’educazione in Italia: centralità e marginalità della scuola, (edited by), Zanichelli, Bologna
- 1992 – Oltre la laurea: nuove possibilità educative nel sistema formativo che cambia, (with S. Avveduto), F. Angeli, Milan
- 1992 – Regalateci un sogno: miti e realtà del tifo calcistico in Italia, (with A. Dal Lago), Bompiani, Milan
- 1997 – Chi governa l’Università? Il ceto accademico italiano tra conservazione e mutamento, Liguori, Naples
- 2001- Che cos’è la socializzazione, (with M. Ghisleni), Carocci, Rome
- 2006 – Il governo dell’Università. Rettori e Presidenti in Italia e Francia, (with S. Boffo e P. Dubois), Guerini, Milan
- L’università di fronte al cambiamento, (edited by) (with M. Vaira), il Mulino, Bologna
- Gouverner les universités en France et en Italie (with S. Boffo, P. Dubois), L’Harmattan, Paris
- Dentro e fuori la scuola (with E. Nigris, S. Tramma), Bruno Mondadori, Milan
- 2010 – Torri d’avorio in frantumi? Dove vanno le università europee, (edited by) (with M. Regini and M. Rostan), il Mulino, Bologna
- Come e perché cambiano le università in Italia e in Europa (edited by), Naples, Liguori 2012 – L’Università: modelli e processi, Carocci, Rome
- 2012 – L’Università: modelli e processi, Carocci, Rome
- 2018 – Il ’68 e l’istruzione. Prodromi e ricadute dei movimenti degli studenti (edited by, with L. Benadusi, V. Campione), Guerini, Milan