March 2015
Barbera Filippo
Personal Data:
Address:
Department of Cultures, Politics and Society
University of Torino,
Lungo Dora Siena, 100, 10125 Torino
e.mail: [email protected]
skype: filippo.barbera_to
twitter: @FilBarbera
Research Interests
Local development and economic governance; Innovation and high-tech firms; Qualitybased production systems; Sociology of markets; Economic sociology of capitalism;
Analytical sociology.
Education
2002: Ph.D in Sociology (University of Milano), Supervisor Prof. Marino Regini
1998: M.A. in Political Sciences (magna cum laude), University of Torino, Supervisor Prof.
Nicola Negri
Professional Experience
From December 2013: National Scientific Qualification as Full Professor, 14D/1, Economic
Sociology and Labour Studies
From October 2011: Associate Professor of Economic Sociology and Labour Studies,
University of Torino (Department of Cultures, Politics and Society)
From March 2010: Collegio Carlo Alberto (Moncalieri), affiliate
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January 2005: Researcher in Economic Sociology and Labour Studies, University of
Torino, (Faculty of Political Science, Department of Social Sciences)
2003-2004: Post-Doc Grant on “High-Tech Firms and Innovation”, University of Florence
2002-2003: Post-Doc Grant on “High-Tech Firms and Innovation”, University of Urbino
Courses Taught:
BACHELOR
Economic Sociology and Psychology of Organizations (University of Torino, from 20012002 until 2003-2004)
MASTER
Local Development (University of Torino, from 2004-2005 onwards)
Applied Sociological Theory (University of Torino, from 2013-2014 onwards)
Sociology of International Development (University of Torino, from 2008-2009 until 20112012)
Comparative Social Systems (University of Torino, from 2004-2005 until 2007-2008)
Methodology of Socio-Economic Territorial Research (University of Florence, 2003-2004)
PH.D (advanced courses)
Local Development, Introduction to Economic Sociology, Sociological Analysis and the
Integration of Theory and Research (Ph.D programme in Economic Sociology and Labour
Studies, University of Milano; Ph.D programme in Sociology and Political Science,
University of Torino; Ph.D programme in Sociology and Methodology of Social Research,
University of Trento)
Other Professional Activities and Organizational Positions
From January 2015: member of Graduate School in Sociology and Political Science
(University of Milano)
From October 2014: President of the Master Programme “Development, Cooperation and
Innovation”, University of Torino
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From 2013: member of the Ph.D programme in Economic Sociology and Labour Studies,
Nasp-West, University of Torino-Piemonte Orientale-Milano-Brescia-Pavia
Director of the funded professional training courses for civil servants - academic years
2013-2014 and 2014-2015 (156.184 euros grant; 125 participants)
Evalutator for the National Evaluation of Research 2004-2010, Sector 14 – Political and
Social Sciences
Evaluator for the National Research Strategic Projects 2011, Sector 14 – Political and
Social Sciences
From 2012 until 2014: Deputy Director of the “Cooperazione, sviluppo, innovazione” Master
Degree, Dept. of Economics Cognetti de Martiis, University of Torino
From September 2010: Deputy Director of the Summer School in Local Development
“Sebastiano Brusco” (University of Torino, Cagliari, Eastern Piedmont, Piacenza and
Cosenza)
From January 2010: Consultant for the Institute of Social Research (IRIS), Prato
From January 2010 until 2012: member of the Ph.D programme in Sociology and Political
Science “Norberto Bobbio”, Department of Cultures, Politics and Society, University of
Torino
From January 2010 until December 2012: Secretary of the Italian Sociological Association Section Work, Economy and Organization
From 2009: Editorial board: “Studi organizzativi”
From 2007: Editorial board: “Sociologica” (founder and co-editor for the years 2007-2009)
Referee for the journals: Socio-economic Review; Government and Policy; Rural
Sociology; Theory and Society; Science and Education; Rassegna italiana di sociologia;
Stato e mercato; Polis.
Competitive Grants
2014: Compagnia di San Paolo, Funded Applied Research Project: “New Forms of
Territorial Development in Marginal Areas: Building the “Terra-Madre” District, (P.I.) (15.000
Euros Research Grant)
2013: Compagnia di San Paolo, Alternative Food Networks. An Interdisciplinary
Assessment (Senior Researcher) (205.000 Euros Research Grant, P.I. Alessandro Corsi)
2009: Vocational training and labour market outcomes 55.000 euro research grant, (P.I.)
(Forma Consortium for Vocational Training)
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2009: The Institutional Roots of a Knowledge-Based Society (collective research project,
Department of Social Sciences), (Project Manager) 660.000 euro – Piedmont Region
2008: Wine Production Markets in Piedmont, CRT Foundation, (P.I.) (24.000 euro research
grant)
Tutorship of Ph.D Thesis
Brigida Orria, Start-up Firms in Urban and Marginal Areas: an Empirical Assessment,
University of Torino
Andrea Gallelli, Cultural Industries and Cultural Production, University of Torino
Sara Romanò, Commercial Circuits and Economic Inequality in Cuba, University of Torino
Joselle Dagnes, Interlocking Directorates in Italian Financial Capitalism (1987-2007),
University of Torino
Manuel Vallero, Marx, Smith or Weber in Bejing? Bureaucratic Structures and Control
Mechanisms: Developmental State and Industrial Policies in China, University of Torino
Scientific Tutorship of Post-docs
Joselle Dagnes (“Alternative Food Networks”) (2013-2015)
Tania Parisi (“Social Innovators in Italy”) (2013-2015)
Fellowships
January-February 2006: Invited Fellow at Gemas, Paris, Maison de Science de l’Homme
May-June 2003: Visiting Fellow at Nuffield College, University of Oxford (Jemolo
Fellowship)
August-September 2002: Visiting Fellow at the Institute for European Studies, University of
Cornell
Books
Mercati, reti sociali, istituzioni. Una mappa per la sociologia economica, Bologna, Il Mulino,
2008, (with Nicola Negri) (Markets, Social Networks, Institutions. A Map for Economic
Sociology)
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Strumenti di sociologia economica, Torino, Trauben, 2006 (A Toolkit for Economic
Sociology)
Meccanismi sociali. Elementi di sociologia analitica, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2004 (Social
Mechanisms. Elements of Analytical Sociology)
Edited Books (with Introduction)
J. Elster, La spiegazione del comportamento sociale, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2010 (Explaining
Social Behaviour, Cambridge UP, 2007)
P. Bowles, Capitalismo, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2009 (Capitalism, Pearson PTR, 2006)
J.H. Goldthorpe, Sulla sociologia, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2006 (On Sociology, Oxford UP,
2000)
P. Hedström, Anatomia del sociale, Milano, Bruno Mondadori, 2006 (Dissecting the Social,
Cambridge UP, 2005)
Articles
Comment on P. Abell, T. Felin and Foss, N.J.: Crypto-Rational Choice or Complex
Mechanisms?, Sociologica, 2, 2014, (co-author Nicola Negri)
What is Alternative about Alternative Agro-food Networks? A Research Agenda Towards an
Interdisciplinary Assessment, Scienze del territorio, 2, 2014, pp. 45-54 (co-authors A.
Corsi, E. Dansero, P. Giaccaria, C. Peano, M. Puttilli)
The Place-Based Nature of Technological Innovation: the Case of Sophia Antipolis, Journal
of Technology Transfer, 2013, 3, pp. 216-234 (co-author Sara Fassero)
New Insights in Actor Network Theory, Sociologica, 3, 2012, (co-author D. Minervini)
Meso-Level Mechanisms and Micro-Level Foundations, Sociologica, 1, 2012
In Pursuit of Quality. The Institutional Change of Wine Production Market in Piedmont ,
Sociologia Ruralis, 2012, 3, pp. 311-331 (co-author S. Audifredi)
Sociology and Development. What is at Stake? Sociologica, 1, 2010
Social Capital, Welfare State and Political Legitimacy, American Behavioral Scientist, 2010,
5, pp. 677-690 (co-author R. Albano)
Sopravvivere in un ambiente ostile. L’evoluzione dell’individualismo metodologico, Nuova
civiltà delle macchine, 2008, 3, pp. 126-141
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Ragionare per modelli. Azione collettiva, istituzioni e reticoli sociali nello sviluppo locale
comparato, Sociologia del lavoro, 109, 2008, pp. 290-310
L’innovazione economica tra exploration ed exploitation, Stato e mercato, 81, 2007, pp.
475-506
Narratives, Temporality, and Sociology, An Introduction, (co-author Marco Santoro),
Sociologica, 3, 2007
Looking in the French Mirror, Sociologica, 2, 2007
A Star is born? The Authors, Principles and Objectives of Analytical Sociology, Papers.
Revista de Sociologia, 80, 2006, pp. 31-50
Il PIT delle minoranze linguistiche del Molise, Sviluppo locale, 26, 2005, pp. 91-114
È nata una stella? Autori, principi e obiettivi della sociologia analitica, Rassegna Italiana di
Sociologia, 4, 2003, pp. 581-608
Relazioni pericolose: economia e sociologia economica, Sociologia del lavoro, 4, 2003, pp.
167-183 (co-author N. Negri)
Costruire il territorio. L’esperienza dei Patti Territoriali, Sociologia del lavoro, 4, 2002, pp.
43-55
I dilemmi delle politiche locali per il lavoro, Sociologia del lavoro, 4, 2002, pp. 130-142 (coauthors, R. Di Monaco and D. Roccati)
Così vicini, così lontani: una replica alla svolta culturale nello studio delle mafie, Polis, 1,
2002, pp. 229-244
Economic Sociology in Italy: Past and Present, International Review of Sociology, 12, 1,
2002, pp. 145-157
Le politiche della fiducia. Incentivi e risorse sociali nei Patti Territoriali, Stato e mercato,
3,2001, pp. 413-450
Entries of International Encyclopedias
Development, in G. Ritzer (ed.), International Encyclopedia of Sociology, 2 nd edition,
London, Wiley Blackwell, 2015 (forthcoming)
Good Governance, in J. Beckert and Zafirosky, M. (eds.), International Encyclopaedia of
Economic Sociology, London, Routledge, 2005, pp. 310-311
Community and Economy, in Beckert and Zafirosky, M., International Encyclopaedia of
Economic Sociology, London, Routledge, 2005, pp. 83-88
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Book Chapters
Rituals as Mechanisms, in G.L. Manzo (ed.), Paradoxes, Mechanisms, Consequences:
Essay in Honor of Mohamed Cherkaoui, Oxford, Bardwell Press, in press, 2015 (co-author
Nicola Negri)
Tra precarizzazione e autonomia: governance ed esiti della formazione professionale in
Piemonte in Condizione giovanile e nuovi rischi sociali. Quali politiche? A cura di Giulia
Cordella e Sara Elisabetta Masi, Carocci, 2012, pp. 164-178 (co-authors J. Dagnes, G.M.
Cavaletto and Molino, D.)
J.L. Borges, Reduction of Social Complexity, in C. Edling and Rydgren, J. (eds.),
Sociological Insights from Great Thinkers, Prager Publishers, 2011, pp. 207-216
Introduzione, in Negri N. and Filandri, M. (eds.), Restare di ceto medio, Il Mulino, Bologna,
2010, pp. 15-46 (co-authors N. Negri and Zanetti, M.)
Conclusioni: cittadinanza e politiche di ceto medio, in Negri N. and Filandri, M. (eds.),
Restare di ceto medio, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2010, pp. 213-238 (co-authors M. Filandri and
Negri, N.)
Torino: rete policentrica e leadership municipale, in L. Burroni, F. Piselli, F. Ramella and
Trigilia, C. (eds.), Città Metropolitane e politiche pubbliche, Firenze Univesity Press, 2009,
pp. 53-67 (co-author V. Pacetti)
Realism, Social Structure and the Theory of Action, in M. Cherkaoui e P. Hamilton (eds.)
Raymond Boudon: A Life in Sociology, Bardwell Press, 2009, pp. 99-112
Il sociologo nella polis, Sociologia del lavoro, 114, 2009, pp. 7-14
Le credenze degli italiani in materia di attualità, storia e religione, Roma, Carocci, 2008, pp.
61-107 (co-authors B. Loera, T. Parisi and Zambrino, S.)
Una questione generazionale? Ingresso nella vita adulta, crisi del ceto medio e
cittadinanza sociale, in A. Bagnasco (ed.), Ceto medio. Perché e come occuparsene,
Bologna, Il Mulino, 2008, pp. 119-159 (co-authors N. Negri and Zanetti, M.)
Realismo critico e(o?) realismo analitico, in Realismo sociologico, in A.M Maccarini and
Prandini, R. (eds.), Realismo sociologico, Genova, Marietti, 2008, pp. 259-273
Il Patto territoriale di Cuneo, in F. Piselli and F. Ramella (eds.), Patti sociali per lo sviluppo,
Roma, Donzelli, 2008, pp. 171-182
Il Patto territoriale del Canavese, in F. Piselli and F. Ramella (eds.), Patti sociali per lo
sviluppo, Roma, Donzelli, 2008, pp. 37-46
Flessibilità del lavoro, trasmissione della ricchezza e investimento sul territorio, in
Osservatorio del Nord Ovest. Rapporti focalizzati 2005, Roma Carocci, 2007, pp. 13-59
(co-authors S. Bertolini, M. Dancelli, Ferragutti, P.)
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Donazioni e volontariato a Torino e in Piemonte, in F. Dallago and Zambrino S. (eds.),
Osservatorio del Nord Ovest. Rapporti focalizzati 2005, Roma Carocci, 2007, pp. 39-75
(co-authors R. Carriero and Ferragutti, P.)
Il caso di Torino, in F. Ramella and Trigilia, C. (eds.), Reti sociali e innovazione. Firenze,
Firenze University Press, 2006, pp. 139-176
La connessione micro-macro: azione, aggregazione, emersione, in M. Borlandi and Sciolla,
L. (eds.), La spiegazione sociologica. Modelli, tendenze, problemi, Bologna, Il Mulino,
2005, pp. 93-111 (co-author N. Negri)
Social Networks, Collective Action and Public Policy: The Embeddedness Idea Revisited,
in S. Koniordos (ed.), Networks, Social Capital and Trust: Theoretical and Empirical
Application from Europe, London, Ashgate, 2005, pp. 119-141
La spiegazione dei fenomeni sociali attraverso meccanismi, Giovani sociologi 2003,
Milano, F. Angeli, 2005, (co-author F. Ceravolo)
Il PIT della Valle del Torto e dei Feudi, Formez, Roma, Mimeo, 2004 (“Quaderni Formez”)
Review Essays
L’opportunità digitale: l’azione collettiva nel capitalismo della conoscenza, Stato e mercato,
2, 2011, pp. 343-352
Meccanismi generativi, teoria dell’azione e struttura sociale, Sociologia e ricerca sociale,
80, 2007, pp. 153-159
Sui confini della sociologia analitica, Quaderni di sociologia, 40, 2006, pp. 137-142
L’immaginazione sociologica rivisitata: le euristiche per la scoperta nelle scienze sociali,
Quaderni di sociologia, 41, 2006, pp. 165-174
Teoria, ricerca empirica, spiegazione e ordine sociale: la teoria dei rituali d'interazione di Randall Collins,
Rassegna italiana di sociologia, 1, 2005, pp. 159-166
La cultura contro il culturalismo. Riflessioni a margine di un nuovo manuale di sociologia
dei processi culturali, Quaderni di sociologia, 31, 2003, pp. 131-141
Quattro secoli con l’Individualismo Metodologico: bilancio e prospettive, in Rassegna
Italiana di Sociologia, 2, 2002, pp. 295-309
L’imprendi-attore: la Nuova Sociologia Economica e la problematica dell’imprenditorialità,
Quaderni di sociologia, 24, 2000, pp. 133-138
Meccanismi sociali, teoria dell’azione e ricerca empirica: l’eredità della “Columbia School”,
Rassegna Italiana di Sociologia, 4, 2000, pp. 587-599
Una poltrona per due. I meccanismi in economia e sociologia, Quaderni di sociologia, 20,
1999, pp. 155-161
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Research Reports
La promozione dello sviluppo del territorio, studi di caso sulle Fondazioni di Biella e
Fossano, Dipartimento di Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e Sociali, Università di Firenze,
2012-2013
La formazione professionale tra inclusione sociale e inclusione nel mercato del lavoro,
Forma Piemonte – Dipartimento di Scienze Sociali, 2011
Le credenze degli italiani in materia di attualità, storia e religione (with B. Loera, T. Parisi e
S. Zambrino), Osservatorio del Nord Ovest, Mimeo, 2007
Un CTP ramificato per formare cittadini consapevoli: il CTP A. De Gasperi di Reggio
Calabria, in “Insegnare agli adulti: una professione in formazione”, Roma, ISFOL, Mimeo,
2006
Un CTP “inventato” in una zona difficile: il Campanella di Locri, in “Insegnare agli adulti:
una professione in formazione”, Roma, ISFOL, Mimeo, 2006
Il modello di progettazione territoriale integrata in Piemonte, in “Sostegno alla
progettazione integrata del Centro-Nord”, Roma, Formez, 2005
L’organizzazione della qualità sociale, in “Scenari per il sistema locale”, Associazione
Torino Internazionale, Mimeo, 2005 (with Nicola Negri)
Il PIT della Valle del Torto e dei Feudi, Rapporto di ricerca per il Formez, Roma, Mimeo,
2004 (“Quaderni Formez”)
Il Patto Territoriale del Canavese, in F. Ramella, C. Trigilia, P. Magnati, G. Viesti, (eds.) La
lezione dei Patti Territoriali, Roma, Mimeo, 2003
Professioniste in fabbrica, Torino, Ires Lucia Morosini, 2002
Strategie di integrazione e dimensione locale nelle
politiche per l’impiego. Una
comparazione in aree urbano-industriali, Torino, Ires Lucia Morosini, 2002 (co-authors R. di
Monaco and D. Roccati)
Turin in the Eighties, in Flatley J., McIntosh S., (eds.), (2000) Between Integration and
Exclusion: a Comparative Study in Local Dynamics of Precarity and Resistance to
Exclusion in Urban Context, First Report, London Research Centre, Febraury 2000
Competenze da costruire. Una ricerca sui soggetti e sui percorsi di qualificazione
professionale, Torino, Ires Lucia Morosini, 1998 (co-authors R. Di Monaco. R. Santi and G.
Valente)
La costruzione sociale dell’impiego, Ires Lucia Morosini, 1998 (co-authors L. Queirolo
Palmas and D. Roccati)
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International Seminars
July 2015: paper accepted for the mini-conference at SASE meeting, London:
Foundational Economy from the Bottom-Up: the Case of Alternative Food Networks
May 2015 (invited speaker): University of Pamplona, What Potential for Innovation do
Sharing Practices bring to the Economic and Social Life?
June 2013: Stockholm, Analytical Sociology International Conference, Commercial Circuits
and Economic Inequality in Cuba (With Sara Romanò)
February 2012: Cultural Trauma and Institutional Change: the Case of Wine Production
Market in Piedmont, Cornell University, Department of Sociology (invited speaker)
October 2008: Social Structure and Analytical Sociology, Paris, Sorbonne University
July 2008: chair of the session The Search for Explanatory Mechanisms in Contemporary
Sociology, 38^ Congress of the International Institute of Sociology, Budapest.
May 2008: Analytical sociology and social structure, Oxford, Nuffield College
July 2006: Economic Innovation between Exploration and Exploitation, Society for
Advancement of Socio-Economics, Copenhagen Business School
July 2005: chair of the session The Search for Explanatory Mechanisms in Contemporary
Sociology, 37^ Congress of the International Institute of Sociology, Stockholm
June 2003: Oxford, Nuffield College: Analytical sociology: Background and Meaning
September 2002: Department of Sociology, University of Cornell: Analytical Sociology:
From Merton to Coleman
August 2001: Helsinki, European Sociological Association: The Policies of Trust
June 2001: Amsterdam, Society for Advancement of Socio-Economics: The Policies of
Trust
September 2000: Oxford, Nuffield College, ECSR Workshop, Incentives, Institutions and
the Regulation of the Economy
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