ANTONIO FRANCESCO MATURO
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Dipartimento di Sociologia e Diritto dell’Economia – Università di Bologna
Strada Maggiore 45, 40125 Bologna
Tel. 051.2092905 Fax. 051.238004, Cell. 347.9329189
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Viale Pisani 2
47921 Rimini
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Born in Stockholm
22.12.1968
Current Position
Associate Professor at the School of Political Sciences (Università di Bologna – from 2010)
Former Positions
From October 2002 to October 2010 - Assistant Professor (with tenure) at the Faculty of
Political Sciences II (Università di Bologna).
Visiting Professor, Brown University (2006/2007; 2010/2011; 2012/2013)
Education
1995: Degree at the Faculty of Political Sciences (110/110 summa cum laude)
2001: Ph.D. in “Sociology and Social Policies”, Department of Sociology, Università di Bologna
Courses taught
Sociology of Health (2002-present)
Health, Technology and Society (in English)
Social Justice and Inequality (2011-2014)
Methodology of Evaluation Research (2002-2012)
Community participation and Social Trust (in English) (2002-present)
Compared Health Care Systems (2008-2009)
Methodology of Social Science (2001-2002, under contract)
Global Health (in English) (in Master courses)
Sociology of Medicine, Brown University (2006/2007; 2010/2011; 2012/2013; 2014/2015)
Publications
Books
Good Pharma. The Public-Health Model of the Mario Negri Institute for Pharmachological
Research (with Donald Light), Palgrave, 2015 (280 pp.)
Ci curano o ci curiamo? Il malato tra crisi economica e responsabilità individuale, [Are we
treated or are we undergoing self-medication? The patient between economic crisis and
individual responsability] (with G. Remuzzi), FrancoAngeli, Milano, 2012 (182 pp.)
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La società bionica. Saremo sempre più belli, felici e artificiali?, [The bionic society. Will we
become increasingly more beautiful, happier and more artificial?] FrancoAngeli, Milano,
2012 (128 pp.)
Sociologia della malattia. Un’introduzione, [Sociology of illness. An introduction.]
FrancoAngeli, Milano, 2007 (202 pp.)
Tra Igea e Panacea. Riflessioni su medicina e società, [Between Igea and Panacea.
Reflections on medicine and society] (with G. Remuzzi), FrancoAngeli, Milano, 2006. (124
pp.)
La farmacia dei servizi. Un percorso verso la qualità, [The pharmacy of services. A pathway
to quality] FrancoAngeli, Milano, 2001 (202 pp.)
L’innovazione del servizio farmaceutico nella riorganizzazione della sanità, [The innovation
of pharmaceutical service in health reform] (with D. Migliozzi, A. Paltrinieri), FrancoAngeli,
Milano, 1999. (128 pp.)
Articles in peer reviewed journals
An Ambiguous Health Education: The Quantified Self and the Medicalization of the Mental
Sphere, (with L. Mori and V. Moretti), “Italian Journal of Sociology of Education”, 2016,
8(3), 248-268. doi: 10.14658/pupj-ijse-2016-3-12
The Gamification of Risk: How Health Apps Foster Self-Confidence And Why This Is Not
Enough, (with F. Setiffi), “Health, Risk and Society”, 2016, 17(7-8): 477-494
Doing Things with Numbers. The Quantified Self and the Gamification of Health, “eä Journal
of Medical Humanities & Social Studies of Science and Technology”, 2015, 7(1), 87-105
“Vite misurate”. Il Quantified Self e la salute digitale, “Sociologia della comunicazione”,
48/2014.
Fatism, Self-Monitoring and the Pursuit of Healthiness in the Time of Technological
Solutionsim. “Italian Sociological Review”, 2014, 4 (2), 157-171
m-Health e Quantified Self. Sviluppi, potenzialità e rischi, [m-Health and Quantified Self.
Developments, Potentialities and Risks], “Salute e Società”, 2014, 3(XIII): 161-170
The medicalization of education: ADHD, human enhancement and academic performance,
“Italian Journal of Sociology of Education”, 2013, 5(3): 175-188
Medicalization: Current Concept and Future Direction in a Bionic Society, “Mens Sana
Monographs”, 2012, 10(1): 122-133
Social Justice and Human Enhancement in Today’s Bionic Society, “Salute e Societa’”, 2012,
XI(2): 15-28
Bipolar Disorder and the Medicalization of Mood: An Epidemics of Diagnosis?, “Advances
in Medical Sociology”, 2010, vol. 10: 225-242
L’empatia tra neuroni e medicina, [Empathy between neurons and medicine] “Studi di
Sociologia”, 2010, 2: 199-211.
Towards a bionic society?, “Salute e Società”, 2010, a. IX, n.3: 123-126.
Will the Economic Crisis Foster Individualistic Visions of Health?, “Salute e Societa’”, X, 3:
201-204.
The Shifting Borders of Medicalization: Perspectives and Dilemmas of Human Enhancement,
“Salute e Società”, 2009, a.VIII, n.2: 13-30.
Médicalisation, marketing pharmaceutique et inégalité sociales, “Revue Sociologie Santé”,
30/2009: 177-186.
Aids and its catch-22 dynamics, “Afriche e Orienti”, XI/2009 : 362-369 (also with Italian and
Swahili versions)
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Le procedure deliberative: più valide, più attendibili, più manipolabili?, [Deliberative
methods: more valid, more reliable, more manipulable?], “Salute e Società”, a. VI, n.2: 14547
Dalla malattia mentale al disturbo: effetti della (bio)medicalizzazione sulle categorie
diagnostiche in psichiatria, [From mental disease to disorder: effects of (bio) medicalization
on diagnostic cathegories in psychiatry] “Salute e Società”, L’ospedale del XXI secolo, 2007,
a. VI, n.3: 201-206
Network Governance as a Response to Risk Society’ Dilemmas: A Proposal from Sociology
of Health, “Topoi – International Review of Philosophy”, 2004, Issue 23/vol.II: 195-202.
L’inconsapevole contributo di Erving Goffman alla sociologia della salute, [The
uncounscious contribution of Erving Goffman to sociology of health), “Salute e Società”,
2004, a.III, n.3 – Suplement: 162-167.
Articles in not peer reviewed Journals
Se basta un’app a misurarsi la vita [If an app is enough to measure life], AREL, 1/2014: 177180
La bellezza tra estetica, biologia e società [Beauty between esthetics, biology and society],
AREL, 2/2013: 170-175
Medicalizzazione e diseguaglianze sociali, [Medicalization and social inequalities] “Politiche
Sanitarie”, 2004, vol. 10(4): 217-220,
(a cura di), Tavola rotonda su: La sociologia della salute in Italia: bilanci e prospettive
(partecipanti Prof.ri: De Nardis, Donati, Gobbato, Ingrosso, Melocchi), in “Salute e Società”,
a.III, n.3, 2004 (numero italiano/inglese). [A round table on: The sociology of health in Italy:
state of the art and perspectives]
La farmacia dei servizi [The Pharmacy and its services] (con C. Cipolla), “Sanità Pubblica”,
1999, 5: 667-677
Edited Books
Cipolla C., Maturo A. (Eds.), (2014), Sociologia della salute e web society [Sociology of
health and web society], FrancoAngeli, Milano. (384 pp.)
Ardissone A., Maturo A. (Eds.) (2013), Diseguaglianze sociali e vissuto dei malati
oncologici, [Social inequalities and cancer patients experience], FrancoAngeli, Milano. (144
pp.)
Cipolla C. Campostrini S., Maturo A. (Eds.) (2013), Occupazione senza professione? Il
lavoro nei servizi sociali, [Occupation without professionalization? Working in social
service] FrancoAngeli, Milano. (304 pp.)
Maturo A. (Ed.) (2012), Teorie su equità e giustizia sociale, [Theories in equity and social
justice] FrancoAngeli, Milano.
Maturo A., Barker K. (Eds.) (2012), The Medicine of Emotions and Cognitions, “Salute e
Società”, Monograph Series, FrancoAngeli, Milano, 2/2012 FrancoAngeli, Mi (English and
Italian versions) (228 pp. , English Version)
M. Bontempi e A. Maturo (Eds.) (2010), Salute e salvezza. I confini mobili tra sfere della
vita, [Health and healing. The shifting borders of life-spheres] FrancoAngeli, Milano
Maturo A., Conrad P. (Eds.) (2009), The Medicalization of Life, “Salute e Società”,
Monograph Series, FrancoAngeli, Milano, 2/2009 FrancoAngeli, Mi (English and Italian
versions) (304 pp. , English Version)
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Cipolla e A. Maturo (Eds.) (2009), Con gli occhi del paziente. Una ricerca nazionale sul
vissuto di cura dei malati oncologici, [With patients eyes. A national research on illness
experience in oncologic patients] FrancoAngeli, Milano. (228 pp.)
Cipolla e A. Maturo (Eds.) (2008), Scienze sociali e salute nel XXI secolo, [Social sciences
and health in XXI century] FrancoAngeli, Milano. (560 pp.)
M. Moruzzi e A. Maturo (Eds.) (2003), e-Care e Salute, [e-Care and Health] “Salute e
Società”, a.II, n.2. (224 pp.)
Chapters in Books
Which innovative model for home care assistants? Challenges and prospects, in Bignani F. et
al. (Eds.), New educational itineraries and perspectives for care professionals, Scholars’ Press,
Saarsbrucken, 2016
Italy: Healthcare Delivery System, The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Health, Illness,
Behavior, and Society, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, 2014
Il valore del supporto relazionale nella lotta contro il tumour, [The importance of relational
support in cancer patients], in Cipolla C., Schittulli F. (Eds), L’esperienza del dolore nei
malati oncologici, FrancoAngeli, Milano.
Gente pesante. Un`analisi sociologica su blog e obesita` [Heavy People. A Sociological
Analysis on Blogs and Obesity], in Cipolla C., Maturo A. (Eds.) (2014), Sociologia della
salute e web society, FrancoAngeli, Milano.
Conclusioni: l’effetto moltiplicatore della soddisfazione del paziente [Conclusions: the
multiplier effect of patient satisfaction], in Ardissone A., Maturo A. (a cura di),
Diseguaglianze sociali e vissuto dei malati oncologici", FrancoAngeli, Milano.
Il futuro delle professioni sociali, [The future of health profession] in Cipolla C.
Campostrini S., Maturo A. (Eds.) (2013), Occupazione senza professione? Il lavoro nei
servizi sociali, FrancoAngeli, Milano
La farmacologizzazione della vita quotidiana, [The pharmachologization of everyday life] in
Cattarinussi B. (Eds.) (2013), Non posso farne a meno. Aspetti sociali delle dipendenze,
FrancoAngeli, Milano.
Maturo A., "Conclusioni: l'effetto moltiplicatore della soddisfazione del paziente, in
Ardissone A., Maturo A. (a cura di), Diseguaglianze sociali e vissuto dei malati oncologici",
2013
Il mercato dei donatori. Peculiarità della procreazione medicalmente assistita negli Stati
Uniti, [Donors’ market. Peculiarities in artificial fertilization in the United States] in Lombardi
L., De Zordo S. (Eds.) (2013), La procreazione medicalmente assistita, FrancoAngeli, Milano.
Giustizia, [Justice] in Cipolla C. (a cura di) (2012), La devianza come sociologia,
FrancoAngeli, Milano.
La sociologia nella sanità, [Sociology in the health-care system] in Cipolla C. (a cura di)
(2012), L’identità sociale della sociologia, FrancoAngeli, Milano.
La medicalizzazione della normalità nella società bionica: quali rischi?, [The medicalization
of normality in bionic society: which risks?] in M. Bontempi e A. Maturo (Eds.) (2010), Salute
e salvezza. I confini mobili tra sfere della vita, FrancoAngeli, Milano
Medicine-Based Narrarative: spunti per una sociologia della diagnosi, in Clemente C. (a cura
di) (2010), La salute tra assetti sociali e organizzazioni sanitarie, FrancoAngeli, Milano
Maturo A, "L'uso di farmaci e sostanze prestazionali", in Cipolla C. e Lombi L. (a cura di),
Droga, mondo del lavoro e salute, 2012
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Maturo A., Guarino F., "Alcol e tabacco, droghe legali tra lavoro e vita quotidiana", in Cipolla
C. e Lombi L. (a cura di), Droga, mondo del lavoro e salute, 2012
La medicalizzazione dell’infelicità nella società americana, [The medicalization of
unhappiness in the American society] in C. Cipolla e A. Maturo (Eds.) (2008a), Scienze
sociali e salute nel XXI secolo, FrancoAngeli, Milano
Maturo A. (2008b), L’habituation come categoria della “dipendenza” da cannabis,
[“Habituation” as a category of cannabis addiction] in Cipolla C. (a cura di), La normalità di
una droga, FrancoAngeli, Milano
Il rapporto col paziente competente (e confuso), (con V. Agnoletti), [The relationship with
the expert (and confused) patient] in Cipolla C., Corposanto C., Tousijn W. (a cura di), I
Medici di medicina generale in Italia, FrancoAngeli, Milano 2006.
Reclami per la salute, [Claims in health-care] (con C. Pizzardo), in C. Cipolla, a cura di,
Manuale di sociologia della salute. Vol. III Spendibilità, Angeli, Milano, 2005.
Classificazioni a confronto, [Taxonomy of health claims: a comparison] in C. Cipolla, a cura
di, Le segnalazioni degli utenti in sanità, Angeli, Milano, 2004.
I Piani di salute come strumento (ed effetto) di governance, [Health projects as a tool (and an
effect) of governance] in C. Corposanto, L. Fazzi, A. Scaglia (Eds.), Costruire Piani di salute,
Angeli, Milano, 2004.
I precedenti nella storia del pensiero sociologico, [The protosociologists of Health] in C.
Cipolla (a cura di), Manuale di sociologia della salute. Teoria, Angeli, Milano, 2004.
Narrative-Based Medicine, in C. Cipolla (a cura di), Manuale di sociologia della salute.
Ricerca, Angeli, Milano, 2004.
Governance ed opzioni deliberative, [Governance and deliberative options] in C. Cipolla (a
cura di), Manuale di sociologia della salute. Ricerca, Angeli, Milano, 2004.
L. Altieri, G. Giarelli e A. Maturo, Partecipazione e valutazione della qualità dal punto di
vista del cittadino: teoria e strumenti, [Participation and evaluation of quality from the
patient’s perspective] in Società Italiana di Sociologia della Salute, a cura di, La sociologia
della salute in Italia: temi, approcci, spendibilità, “Salute e Società”, a.III, n.3, Angeli,
Milano 2004 (numero italiano/inglese).
Dati socio-demografici ed erogazione dei servizi, [Socio-demographic data and health-care
delivery] in Cipolla C. e Perino A. (a cura di) (2004), Oltre la delega. I servizi sociali nei
comuni delle Ausl di Rimini e Bologna Nord, Angeli, Milano.
G. Giarelli e A. Maturo, Aspetti evolutivi della ricerca sociale in sanità: la medicina basata
sulla narrazione, [Evolutions in medical sociology reseach: narrative-based medicine] in R.
Cinotti e C. Cipolla (a cura di), La qualità condivisa tra servizi sanitari e cittadini, Angeli,
Milano 2003.
La professione infermieristica: un’etica a partire dall’altro, [The nursing profession: an ethic
starting from the other] in C. Cipolla e G. Artioli, a cura di, La professionalità del care
infermieristico, Angeli, Milano 2003.
Il caso statunitense: dall'assicurazione sanitaria all'insicurezza sociale, [The US case: from
health insurance to social insecurity] in G. Giarelli (Ed.), Il malessere della medicina, Angeli,
Milano, 2003.
Dalla qualità percepita all’interpretazione del vissuto ospedaliero, [From quality perception
to patient’s experience] in Valutare la qualità in sanità, a cura di Costantino Cipolla et al.,
Angeli, Milano, 2002.
La produzione comunicativa sanitaria e le sue conseguenze sociali: il sociologo come
mediatore di senso, [Health communication and its social consequences: the sociologist as a
“meaning mediator”, in La spendibilità del sapere sociologico, a cura di Costantino Cipolla,
Angeli, Milano, 2002.
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L’equivoco della comunicazione, (The misunderstanding of communication) in Principi di
sociologia, a cura di Costantino Cipolla, Angeli, Milano, 2000.
Una ricerca sul lavoratore post-industriale e il futuro del lavoro: l’uso della tecnica Delphi,
(A research on the post-industrial worker and the future of work: the Delphi method] in
Problemi del lavoro e strategie di ricerca empirica, a cura di M. La Rosa, Angeli, Milano,
1999.
Tipi di ricerca sociale, [Types of social research] in Il ciclo della ricerca sociale, a cura di
Costantino Cipolla, Angeli, Milano, 1998.
Book Reviews:
G. Giarelli, Sistemi sanitari (Angeli, Mi, 1999) in “Sociologia e politiche sociali”, pp.196199, n.1, 1999.
Bird C.E., Conrad P., Fremont A.M. (Eds.), Handbook of Medical Sociology, Prentice Hall,
New Jersey 2000, in C. Cipolla e G. Giarelli, (Eds.), Dopo l’aziendalizzazione. Nuove
strategie di governance in sanità, numero monografico di “Salute e Società”, a.II, n.2, Angeli,
Milano 2003.
Conrad P. (2007), The Medicalization of Society: On the Transformation of Human
Conditions into Treatable Disorders, in Gardini A. (Ed.) (2007), “Salute e Società”, a. VI, n.3,
FrancoAngeli.
Research activities (selection)
2012-present, Mario Negri Institute Labs: A case study for the sociology of health
organizations, Istituto Mario Negri (together with Donald Light, Princeton University)
2012-2013, Surveying LGBT People and authorities, European Union Agency for
Fundamental Rights, Wien.
2010-2013: ESOPO. Epidemiological Study of Pain in Oncology, Dipartimento di Sociologia,
Università di Bologna, Methodological coordinator (survey on 4.057 patients)
2010-2012: Occupazioni e professioni nel settore dei servizi sociali, [Occupations and
professions in social work] Università Ca’ Foscari (Venice) on behalf of Ministero del
Welfare, Methodological Coordinator of Bologna University Unit
2010-2012: Programma di ricerca scientifica di rilevante interesse nazionale – Cofin ex 40%
“Salute e disuguaglianze sociali in Italia.” [Health and social inequalities in Italy.],
Methodological coordinator for the Bologna Unit (special focus on cancer patients)
2009: Extending the pipeline – towards a comprehensive and coordinated EU approach to
Poverty Related Diseases (Report written for Rathenau Institute, Den Haag on behalf of the
European Parliament) (Review of the whole Report and author of Chapter n.2), Senior
reseacher:
2008-2009: Genitorialità e comportamento a rischio tra gli adolescenti sul territorio riminese
[Parenthood and risky behaviours among adolescents in Rimini-Area] - Methodological
Coordinator
2008-2009: Servizi sociali e progettazione socio-sanitaria – [Social Service and Health Care
Planning in the Rimini Area] – Facilitator between the Third Sector and Local Institutions’
Relationship
2007-2009: “Esperienze di cura e vissuto dei pazienti oncologici”, [Patient Experience in
Oncological Settings] Bayer HealthCare e Dipartimento di Sociologia (Università di
Bologna), Dir. Scient. Prof. Costantino Cipolla - Methodological Coordinator
2005-2007: Programma di ricerca scientifica di rilevante interesse nazionale – Cofin ex 40%
“Salute e disuguaglianze sociali in Italia. Progetto di costruzione di una rete integrata di
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osservatori regionali” [Health and social inequalities in Italy. A Project for the Construction
of an Integrated Network of Regional Observatories], Senior Researcher
2005-2006: “Traiettorie di nuove povertà e vulnerabilità sociale nel territorio riminese” [New
Paths of Poverty and Social Vulnerability in the Rimini-Area], Comune di Rimini e Università
di Bologna, Methodological Coordinator (Main contributor in the final report)
2002-2004: Programma di ricerca scientifica di rilevante interesse nazionale – Cofin ex-40%
“La professione medica di fronte alle trasformazioni del sistema sanitario italiano”, [The
Medical Profession Challenges in the Transformation of Health-Care Systems] Senior
Researcher
2004: Ricerca “Anziani non autosufficienti tra solitudine e bisogni latenti”, [Disabled Old
People: Loneliness and Hidden Needs] Fondazione Cesar, (Interpretation of data and
Conclusions of the Final Report), Senior Researcher
2003: “Piano Per la Salute e deteterminanti sociali in Basicalita” [Health Project and Social
Determinants in Basiliata], Senior Researcher
2001-2003: Progetto Ministeriale “Percezione di qualità e risultato delle cure: costituzione di
una rete integrata di osservatori regionali” [Quality Perceptions and Health Otucomes:
Construction of a Network of Regional Observatories] – Agenzia Sanitaria Regionale e Scuola
di Specializzazione in Sociologia Sanitaria, Università degli Studi di Bologna – Senior
Researcher
1999-2001: Piano Per la Salute per Forlì [Health Project for Forlì] – Direzione Scientifica.
Università di Bologna – [Scientific Director, research on the lay perceptions of social
determinants of health]
Other teaching activities (selection)
2013: Global Health for health professional (in English – 20 hours), Cestas, Università di Bologna
2011: Global Health for health professional (in English – 20 hours), Cestas, Università di Bologna
2008: Regione Sardegna (Progetto Ippocrate), Governance sanitaria e partecipazione sociale
(Health governance and social participation -105 hours)
2001, 2002, 2003, 2004: Sociologia della salute (Sociology of health for professionals) Istituto
Superiore di Sanità, Roma
International Experience
2014/2015: Visiting Associate Professor, in Medical Sociology at Brown University.
2014: guest lecture, Quantified Cultures and Constrained Healthism, CETCOPRA, Université
Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (12th December, 2014)
2013 (December 1-13): Visiting Associate Professor Waseda University (Tokyo) (Invitation by
Prof. Hiroshi Sakurai) (10 hours of teaching).
2012/2013: Visiting Associate Professor, in Medical Sociology at Brown University.
2010/2011: Visiting Associate Professor, in Medical Sociology at Brown University.
2010: Visiting Associate Professor, Umeå University, Dept of Sociology, 10 hours in Medical
Sociology (Invitation from Prof. Carita Bengs and Lars Dahlgren)
2009: (August, 17th): Invited Speaker, University of California at San Francisco, Medicalization
in Italy. A controversial trend (invited by Prof. Adele Clarke)
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2008: “The 12th Biennial of European Society for Health and Medical Sociology), paper on The
Medicalization of Emotions in the US, Oslo, Norway
2008: Visiting Scholar at Harvard University (July/August) – Dept. of Social Medicine (Invitation
from Mary-Jo Del Vecchio Good)
2007: Visiting Scholar at New York University (July/August) – Dept. Of Sociology (Invitation
from Dalton Conley)
2006/2007: Visiting Assistant Professor, in Medical Sociology at Brown University..
2005: Research Fellow at Brown University (USA) in Medical Sociology, (July)
2004: Visiting Professor at Katholieke Univerisiteit Leuven (B), 8 hours classes in Theoretical
Sociology (Prof. Verhoeven) e in Medical Sociology (Prof.ssa Schepers).
2003: Research Fellow at Brown University (USA) in Medical Sociology, (July)
Papers at conferences and lectures (selection):
Quantification and gamification as engines of biomedicalization in digital mental health,
Department of Health, University of Bath, (29th September, 2016) – guest lecture.
(with L. Lombi), How a data-driven life fosters biomedicalization, Society for Social
Studies of Science Conference, Aug 31 – Sept 3, 2016, Barcelona.
(with D. Light), Open Science and the Organization of Drug Research Through
Community Engagement, Section on Medical Sociology, American Sociological
Association Conference, August 20-23, 2016, Seattle
(with V. Moretti), The fictional autonomy of the Quantified Self in the age of anxiety,
European Society for Health and Medical Sociology Biennial Conference, 27-29 June,
2016, Geneva
Quantified Cultures and Constrained Healthism, CETCOPRA, Université Paris 1
Panthéon-Sorbonne (12th December, 2014) – guest lecture.
Human enhancement and social justice: Is there a right to not enhance? paper presented
at International Sociological Association Forum, Buenos Aires, August 1-4, 2012
The logic of therapeutic action in the construction of artificial nature, paper presented at
International Sociological Association Forum, Buenos Aires, August 1-4, 2012
Chair, Qualitative approaches to social differences in health behaviour Section, European
Society for Health and Medical Sociology Conference, 30/08-1/09 2012, Hannover
What’s behind the (bio)medicalization theory? Some Proposals from Foucault,
Rose and Esposito, Social Theory Forum, University of Massachusetts in Boston, Social
Theory Forum, 1-4 April, 2011.
Organizer and chair, Section on: Healthscapes: images of health and wellness,
International Visual Sociological Association Conference, Bologna, July 20-22, 2010
Chair, Section Health Professions 1, “Health and Wellbeing in Radically Changing
Societies”, European Society for Health and Medical Sociology Conference, Ghent,
August 25-28, 2010.
The psychological support for the care-givers, paper presented at the conference held at
the Italian Parliament (Sala Colonna) on The quality of the communication with the
oncological patient, Roma, November 23, 2010
Discussant on Ann Gallagher and Andrew Edgar papers presented at the Transcultural
Nursing Associate National Conference, Rome, November 27, 2010.
The Medicalization of Emotions in the US “The 12th Biennial Congress of the European
Society for Health and Medical Sociology”, Health and Wealth in East and West:
Divergence and Convergence in Europe, August 28-30 2008, Oslo
Doctors and Medical Sociology, Boston University, August 5 2008
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The Medicalization of Unhappiness in The United States, Section: Alcohol, Drugs and
Tabacco American Sociological Association, Worlds of Work, August 1-4 2008, Boston
Degrees of Medicalization, Paper Presented at the Italian Sociologial Association
Meeting: Urbino, 11-14 September 2007.
(2007), Integrating the Triad Disease-Illness-Sickness: The Concept of “Sickscape”,
Round
Table
Session
della
Section
on
Medical
Sociology dell’American Sociological Association al Convegno dell’ASA Is Another
World Possible? Sociological Perspectives on Conmporary Politics, New York 11-14
agosto 2007.
Deliberative Methods and Forecasting. Some Indicators to evaluate the Risk of SelfFulfilling Prophecies, “Studi di previsione su ‘Governance’ ed Europa” (Coordinatore:
Prof. Alberto Gasparini), Istituto Internazionale di Sociologia e Università di Trieste, 6/7
settembre 2005.
An Italian Case of Network Governance : Piani per la Salute (Strategies for Health
Policies), paper presented at “Comparative Medical System and Health Policies”
(Coordinatrice: Beata Tobiazs-Adamczyk), “European Perspectives on Changing Health
Systems”, European Society for Health and Medical Sociology e Società Italiana di
Sociologia della Salute, 2-4 September 2004, Università di Bologna.
Administrative and scientific tasks at University of Bologna
Member of the Scientific Board of the PhD Program in Sociology (Università di Bologna)
Representative of the researchers at the Facoltà di Scienze Politiche “Roberto Ruffilli” (20062010)
Member of the Departmental Committee (2009-2011) (Dipartimento di Sociologia, Università
di Bologna)
Supervisor for more than 100 Master Thesis.
Coordinator of three Erasmus-Project: Umeå University, MidSweden University, Leuven
University
Memberships
Member of the Executive Committee of the “Sezione di Sociologia della salute e della
medicina” of Associazione Italiana di Sociologia” (Medical Sociology Section of the Italian
Sociological Association) (2007-2009)
Member of the Executive Committee of the European Society for Health and Medical
Sociology (2011-2014)
Member of the International Sociological Association, RC 15 (Research Committee on the
Sociology of Health)
Member of the European Society for Health and Medical Sociology
Member of the American Sociological Association, Medical Sociology Section and Mental
Health Section;
Co-founder (2002) of SISS “Società Italiana di Sociologia della Salute” (Italian Association
of Sociology of Health) and member of the Board 2010-2012
Member of International Visual Sociological Association
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