Updated 01/03/2013
Emanuele Ferragina
PERSONAL DETAILS
Born: 26th March 1983, Nationality: Italian
Barnett House 32 Wellington Square – Oxford OX1 2ER United Kingdom +44 1865270343 –[email protected] – www.emanueleferragina.com
APPOINTMENTS
Departmental Lecturer Department of ‘Social Policy and Intervention’, University of Oxford (from October 2013)
Research Fellow Department of ‘Social Policy and Intervention’, University of Oxford (July 2010- September 2013)
Visiting Assistant Professor University of Bergamo (October 2012-present)
FELLOWSHIPS
Guest Scholar at the School of Social Welfare, University of California at Berkeley, Fall 2012 Fellow 'Green Templeton College' (March 2012-present)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Comparative Social Policy, Social Participation, Inequality
EDUCATION
University of Oxford (October 2007- December 2010) Ph.D. Comparative Social Policy
Dissertation: Membership Unlimited. Social Capital across European Regions
ESCP Paris and London City University (2005-2007) Double M.Sc. Economics
University of Turin (2004-2006)
M.A. International Politics (summa cum laude)
University of Turin and Sciences Po Bordeaux (2001-2004) Double B.A. Political Science (summa cum laude)
Optime Award, top average mark of the promotion
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Ferragina Emanuele (2013) Chi Troppo, Chi Niente. Milano: BUR-Rizzoli
Ferragina Emanuele (2012) Social Capital in Europe: A Comparative Regional Analysis. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar
Ferragina Emanuele (2009) Capitale Sociale e Riforma del Welfare. La Terza Via dell’Europa. London-Turin: OMP
Reports
Ferragina Emanuele, Tomlinson Mark and Walker Robert (Forthcoming, 2013) “Poverty, Participation and Choice in Modern Britain: the Legacy of Peter Townsend”, York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Ferragina Emanuele, Tomlinson Mark and Walker Robert (2011) "Determinants of Participation in the United Kingdom: A Preliminary Analysis", in N.Buck "Overview of Understanding Society", University of Essex: ISER/ESRC
Peer Reviewed Articles
Ferragina Emanuele, Seeleib-Kaiser Martin and Tomlinson Mark (Forthcoming, 2013) “Unemployment Protection and Family Policy at the turn of the 21st Century: A
Dynamic Approach to Welfare Regime Theory”, Social Policy & Administration
(Runner up for the early career research prize)
Ferragina Emanuele (Forthcoming, 2013) “The Socio-Economic Determinants of Social Capital and the Mediating Effect of History. Making Democracy Work Revisited”,
International Journal of Comparative Sociology
Ferragina Emanuele and Seeleib-Kaiser Martin (2011) “Welfare Regime Debate: Past Present, Futures”. Policy & Politics, vol. 39, pp. 583-611
Ferragina Emanuele (2011) "Confrontandosi con il fantasma di Banfield: una verifica empirica della teoria del familismo amorale". Stato e Marcato, vol. 31, pp. 283-312 Ferragina Emanuele (2010) “Social Capital and Equality: Tocqueville's legacy”. The
Tocqueville Review, Vol. XXXI, pp. 73-98
Ferragina Emanuele (2010) “Le Teorie che Non Muoiono mai sono Quelle che Confermano le nostre Ipotesi di Base: Cinquant’Anni di Familismo Amorale”. Meridiana,vol.65, pp. 265-287
Ferragina Emanuele (2009) “The Never-Ending debate about The Moral Basis of a Backward Society: Banfield and Amoral Familism”. Journal of the Anthropological Society of Oxford, Vol. 2, pp. 141-160
Working Papers presented at conferences
Ferragina Emanuele, Feyertag Joseph, and Seeleib-Kaiser Martin, “ ‘Them’ and ‘Us’ through the Lens of Citizenship: Political and Social Participation and the Insider-Outsider Divide” (presented at the Society for the advancement of Socio-economics
conference)
Ferragina Emanuele “Making Democracy Work or Reducing Democratic Pluralism? Interpreting Social Capital, the Third Way and the Big Society from a Gramscian perspective” (presented at the American Sociological Association conference)
Ferragina Emanuele and Martin Seeleib-Kaiser, “Recalibrating Welfare States in the OECD world? The (R)evolutionary Expansion of Family Policy” (presented at the American Sociological Association and International Sociological Association conferences)
Other Working Papers
Ferragina Emanuele, “The Paradox of Amoral Familism”
Ferragina Emanuele, “Categorization Process and Heuristic Potential of Comparative Analysis. The case of cross-national comparison in social policy research”
Ferragina Emanuele, Mark Tomlinson and Robert Walker “Poverty and Participation in 21st Century Britain”
Tomlinson Mark, Walker Robert and Emanuele Ferragina, “Children’s Participation in Britain”
Ferragina Emanuele, Martin Seeleib-Kaiser, Robert Walker and Mark Tomlinson, “Integrating Macro and Micro Perspectives in Cross-National Comparison: Dynamic Policy Structures and Individual Outcomes”
Book Reviews
Gilbert, N. (2008) A Mother’s Work. New Heaven and London: Yale University Press, 228 pp. in Journal of European Social Policy vol. 20, n1, 2010
Gilbert, N. (2008) A Mother’s Work. New Heaven and London: Yale University Press, 228 pp. in Rassegna Italiana di Sociologia n3, 2009, pp. 554-555
Schneider, J.A. (2006) Social Capital and Welfare Reform: Organizations, Congregations, and Communities. New York: Columbia University Press, 445 pp. in Sociologica n2, 2008
RESEARCH FUNDING, GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
Grants
FP7 Cooperation Work Programme (Application submitted January 2013) [SSH.2013.1.2-1], 2013-2015, (PI with Professor Martin Seeleib-Kaiser)
“Overcoming youth unemployment in Europe”, work-package on labour market outsiderness and policy participation, £325,000 (quota work package)
John Fell Fund (with Professor Martin Seeleib-Kaiser), 2012-2013, “Inclusion and Participation in Rich Democracies: An Empirical Analysis through the Lens of Citizenship”, £ 59.173 (Total FEC 139.119)
Fellowship Caligara, 2012-2013, “Esclusione Sociale e Partecipazione nelle Democrazie Europee: un’analisi empirica attraverso la lente dei diritti di cittadinanza”, € 5,000
Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 2010-2012, (PI Professor Robert Walker; Research team: Emanuele Ferragina and Mark Tomlinson), “Poverty, Choice and Diversity: Re-interpreting Peter Townsend’s ideas, £ 83,192
Economic and Social Research Council, 2010-2012 (PI Professor Martin Seeleib-Kaiser; Research team: Emanuele Ferragina, Mark Tomlinson and Professor Robert Walker) “Integrating macro and micro perspectives in cross-national comparison: dynamic policy structures and individual outcomes”, £ 348,503
Scholarships
European Social Fund, 2007-2010, Ph.D. scholarship, € 51,000
INPDAP, 2007-2010, Ph. D. Dissertation Grant, € 14,000
Comune di Torino Scholarship, 2005-2007, M.Sc. Scholarship, € 24,000
INPDAP, 2006, M.A. Dissertation Grant, € 3,600
ENAM, 2002, International Travel Grant (Science Po Bordeaux), € 3,500
EDISU, 2001-2006, B.A. and M.A. Scholarship, € 25,000
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Lecturer and Organizer, 12-14 January 2012, “Workshop in Comparative Methods”, University of Oxford.
The workshop accommodated 40 scholars and provided an overview of various comparative research methods and approaches, including comparative historical institutionalism, cluster analysis, qualitative comparative analysis, structural equation modeling, principal component analysis and multiple correspondence analysis
Lecturer, 2007-Present “Modèle Européen”, ESCP Paris.
Designing and leading 3 lectures (6 hours per term) for the graduate course in Public Management; historical and institutional evolution of the EU
Lecturer, Spring 2011 “European Business Environment”, London City University and
ESCP Europe.
Designed and led 6 lectures (12 hours) for the Master in European Business; comparative family and employment policies
Teaching Assistant, 2009-2011 “Comparative Social Policy”, University of Oxford.
Led weekly seminars (16 hours per term) for the graduate Comparative Social Policy course; the origins of the welfare state, the different models of social security, the changing role of employment patterns, family structure and demography
Lecturer, 2009-2010 “Comparative Government and EU Institutions”, London City University and ESCP Europe.
Designed and led 15 lectures (30 hours) for the graduate Management course; historical evolution, institution and policy-making, interaction between different levels of governance (supranational, national and regional)
Lecturer,2009-2010,“Political Sociology”, London City University and ESCP Europe. Designed and led 15 lectures (30 hours) for the graduate in Management course; social capital and social network theory
Tutor,2008-2011 “British Social Policy”, University of Oxford.
Led weekly tutorials (16 hours per term) for the undergraduate course in Politics, Philosophy and Economics; the changing nature of welfare mix, poverty and social exclusion, health, education, family, housing and labour market policies
Designed and led 10 lectures (20 hours) for graduate students in Economics; linear, logistic regressions and factor analysis with SPSS
TEACHER TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS
Graduate Teacher Training, Department of Political Science and International Relation and Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford, 2008
JOURNAL AND BOOK MANUSCRIPT REFEREEING, GRANTS
British Journal of Political Science,
E-Journal of International and Comparative Labour Market Studies (member editorial board) Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) secondary data initiative
CONFERENCES, PUBLIC EVENTS AND INVITED LECTURES
Presenter, 2013, King's College London, 1 March, 'Between Grillo and anti-austerity measures: a commentary on Italian elections'
Presenter,2013, London School of Economics, 15 February, 'Equality and efficiency in Italy'
Presenter, 2013, University of Oxford, Department of Social Policy and Intervention, 31 January, presentation of the book 'Social Capital in Europe: A Comparative Regional Analysis'
Key Note Speaker, 2012, University of London Union, 14 December, ‘Economic crisis and
inequality in Italy’
Presenter and Organizer, 2012, Oxford Rewley House, 23 October, Workshop organized with the support of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. “The Peter Townsend Legacy:
Poverty, Participation and Choice”
Presenter, 2012, Denver Colorado Convention Center, 17-20 August, American Sociological Association Conference. “Making Democracy Work or Reducing Democratic Pluralism? Interpreting Social Capital, the Third Way and the Big Society from a Gramscian perspective” & “Recalibrating Welfare States in the OECD world? The (R)evolutionary Expansion of Family Policy”
Presenter, 2012,University of Buenos Aires (UBA), 1-4 August, International Sociological Association Forum. “Recalibrating Welfare States in the OECD world? The (R)evolutionary Expansion of Family Policy”
Presenter, 2012, University of York, 16-18 July 2012, Annual Social Policy Association Conference. “Recalibrating Welfare States in the OECD world? The (R)evolutionary Expansion of Family Policy”
Invited lecture,2012, St. Catherine’s College, Oxford, 2-5 July, 5th ESRC Research Methods Festival, “Challenges and Limits of Macro-Quantitative Analysis”.
Presenter,2012, Cambridge Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 28-30 June, Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics. “ ‘Them’ and ‘Us’ through the Lens of Citizenship: Social Participation and the Insider-Outsider Divide”
Presenter, 2012, OdenseUniversity of Southern Denmark, 14-16 June, NCoE NordWel and the Centre for Welfare State Research ‘Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives on Welfare State Development’. “Unemployment Protection and Family Policy at the Turn of the 21st Century: A Dynamic Approach to Welfare Regime Theory”
Presenter, 2012, London, Old Cinema Regent Street, 25 May. Public meeting organized by
Fonderia Oxford and Il Fatto Quotidiano (National Italian Newspaper) “Fatti non quotidiani: da Berlusconi all’Europa di Monti, fuggire o tornare?”. Title of the intervention: “The Country of Inequalities”.
Key Note Speaker, 2012, AnconaUniversity of Marche/Regional Council Marche, 20 May, “New European Governance and European Regions”. About my research on European regions
Invited Lecture, 2012, University of Bergamo/Adapt, 18 May, “Challenges and Limits of Macro-Quantitative Analysis”. About my research on comparative social policy
Translator, 2012, Department of Politics and International Relations and the Ashmolean Museum University of Oxford, 12 May, “The Current Crisis through the Lens of the History” (Translator for Antonio Negri).
Key Note Speaker, 2012, Rome ‘TILT’ Spazio Da Sud, 16 March, “Riformare il Mercato del
Lavoro: tra soluzioni pragmatiche e radicali”. About my research on labour market policy.
Invited Lecture, 2012, Catanzaro ‘Azimut 360’ Caffè delle Arti, 13-14 March, “Uno
Sguardo oltre la crisi”. About my research on the south of Italy
Convener, 2012, University of Oxford, February-May. Seminar Series on “the Future of Italian Politics” jointly organized by Fonderia Oxford and Italian Studies at Oxford.
Speakers: Stefano Scarpetta (Deputy Director for employment and labour affairs at the OECD); Marco Arcelli (Enel’s Head of Upstream gas); Tommasso Nannicini (Assistant Professor Bocconi University)
Key Note Speaker, 2011, Capri Grand Hotel Quisisana, 21-22 October, “Alziamo il volume. Diamo voce al Futuro”, Annual Confindustria Forum (Confidustria is the Italian Federation of Employers). About my research on labour market policy
Presenter, 2011, Seoul National University, 25-27 August, Research Committee on Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy RC 19. “Welfare Regime Theory: A House of Cards? Unemployment protection and family policy at the turn of the 21st century ”
Presenter, 2011, Caesar Palace Las Vegas, 20-23 August, American Sociological Association Conference. “Welfare Regime Theory: A House of Cards”
Presenter, 2011, University of Essex, 30-31 June, Understanding Society/BHPS Conference. “Participation in the United Kingdom”
Presenter, 2011, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 23-25 June, Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics. “Welfare Regime Theory: A House of Cards”
Presenter, 2011, London School of Economics, 7 April, British Sociological Association Conference. “Determinants of Participation in the United Kingdom”
Presenter, 2011, University of Oxford Department of Social Policy and Intervention, 3 March. “Welfare Regime Thory: A house of cards”
Convener (with Professor Martin Seeleib-Kaiser and Professor Robert Walker), 2011, University of Oxford Department of Social Policy and Intervention, February-March. Seminar Series “Current Issues in Social Policy”
Speakers: Stuart White (University Lecturer in Political Theory, University of Oxford); Anne Gauthier (Professor of Sociology, University Of Calgary); Michael Shalev (Professor Political Science Hebrew University of Jerusalem); Jon Kvist (Professor of Political Science, University of Southern Denmark); Jackie O'Reilly (Professor of Comparative Employment Relations, Brighton Business School)
Presenter, 2010, University of Oxford Nuffield College, 18 February. “Why Southern Italian
are nor amoral familists”
Key Note Speaker, 2009, Cosenza University of Calabria, 27 November, Annual meeting Field Foundation. “Capitale Sociale e Mezzogiorno. Federalismo, Solidarietà e Sussidiarietà”
Presenter, 2009 University of Urbino, 17th-19 September, ESPAnet Conference. “Social Capital and European Regions: a possible paradigm shift?”
Key Note Speaker, 2009 Catanzaro City Council, 7 April, Book Presentation. “Capitale Sociale e Riforma del Welfare la Terza Via dell’Europa”
Key Note Speaker,2009 Turin Einaudi Foundation, 31 March, Book Presentation. “Capitale Sociale e Riforma del Welfare la Terza Via dell’Europa”
NEWSPAPERS, TV AND RADIO PROGRAMS
Newspaper articles
Op-ed, 2012, Il Fatto Quotidiano:
27 February, “Elezioni 2013, un voto di rottura epocale?” (trans. “2013 Elections, an epochal
disruption?)
2 November, “Miseria dello sviluppo o sviluppo della miseria?” (trans. “Misery of
Development or Development of Misery”)
10 October, “Un sud per cui combattere” (trans. “A South to struggle for”)
4 October, “Finanziamo la ricerca con l’evasione” (trans. “Let’s finance research with tax
evasion”)
2 October, “Ripensare la città, ripensare il paese” (trans. “Re-thinking the city, re-thinking
society”)
28 September, “1992-2012: uno scenario peggiore di tangentopoli” (trans. “1992-2012: a worst scenario than Tangentopoli)
18 September, “Essere in debito non vi rende ricchi” (trans. “Being in debt does not make
you rich”)
12 September, “La politica può essere un fatto scientifico?”. (trans. “Can Politics be more
scientific?”)
8 September, “Il declino americano e le conventions elettorali”. (trans. “The American decline and the electoral conventions”)
30 August, “Tornare a sentirsi uomini tra disuguaglianza e speranza” (trans. “Inequality and hope”)
1 August, “Viaggio nell’estremo occidente: Londra-Buenos Aires” (trans. “Travel in the
extreme West: London-Buenos Aires)
27 July, “Un’alternative all’austerità: ridistribuire per superare la crisi” (trans. “An Alternative to austerity: redistributing to overcome the crisis”)
25 July, “Le Disuguaglianze che frenano lo sviluppo del paese” (trans. “The inequalities that prevent the development of the country”)
23 July, “L’Uguaglianza come antidoto all’inefficienza” (trans. “Equality as an antidote to
inefficiency”)
Guest TV programs
2012:
Linea Mondo (Italy), afternoon talk show about Italia Politics on YouDem TV, 19 April. About the Italian brain drain
Servizio Pubblico (Italy), Evening talk show about Italian politics (with an average of 2 million viewers). Participation to 2 episodes as expert in Italian and Comparative Politics:
9 February with Giulio Tremonti, former Minister of Finance
2 February with Susanna Camusso, General Secretary of CGIL (the largest Italian Trade Union with 6 Million Members)
Rapporto Carelli (Italy), Evening talk show on sky TG24. Participation to 8 episodes as expert in Italian and Comparative Politics:
14 May (2012) with Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, former member of the European Central Bank Board
13 March (2012) with Renato Brunetta, former Minister of Public Administration
21 February (2012) with Giulio Tremonti, former Minister of Finance
31 January (2012) with Vincenzo Visco, former Minister of Finance, and
Antonio Martino, former Minister of Defense
21 December (2011) with Maria Stella Gelmini, former Minister of Education
13 December (2011) with Roberto Castelli, former Minister of Justice
7 December (2011) with Renato Balduzzi, current Minister of Health
30 November (2011) with Antonio Di Pietro, former Minister for Infrastructure and Transport
Guest,2011, Nel Cuore dei Giorni, Talk show (TV Sat 2000), 19 July. About the Italian brain drain.
2012:
26 October, ETicaNews, “Italia efficiente? Serve più equità. About my forthcoming book on
inequality in Italy
2011:
30 November, Il Sole 24 Ore page 7, “Tassazione di Vantaggio per il Sud”. About my research on the South of Italy
26 November, Giovani Talenti Radio 24, “Giovani Accademici alla ‘Fonderia Oxford’. About
Italian brain drain
4 November, Il Foglio page 5, “Giovane Ricercatore di Oxford: è un mito quello del business innovatore”. About Italian labour market policy
14 July, Il Corriere Della Sera (Sette) “La Nuova Politica Italiana? Nasce ad Oxford”, 14 July. About the creation of the Think Tank Fonderia Oxford
2010:
3 November, La Stampa, “A Oxford con la borsa che Cota vorrebbe tagliare”. About scholarship funding cuts in the largest Italian universities
31 October, Il Fatto Quotidiano, “Emanuele da Torino ad Oxford via Parigi”, 31 October.
About my research on social capital
21 September, La Stampa, “Master per manager i migliori si tengono a Torino”. About my experience as student and lecturer at the ESCP Europe
Mentions
Editorial 2012, Il Sole 24 Ore page 1, “Il talento dei giovani che non ha frontiere”, 10 June.
Editorial dedicated to my research activity
Mention 2012, Il Fatto Quotidiano, “Tornate ed aiutateci a cambiare l’Italia”, 27 May. about
Italian brain drain
Mention,2012, Il Fatto Quotidiano, “Welfare e mercato del lavoro: le proposte di ‘Fonderia
Oxford’ questa sera a Roma”, 16 March. About my research on labour market policy.
Mention,2012, La Repubblica, “La Fonderia Oxford e il Futuro del Paese”, 13 March. About
my research on labour market policy
Mention, 2012, Il Foglio page 4, “Perché in Italia la Disoccupazione colpisce di più gli outsider per colpa della politica”, 2 February 2012. About my research on labour market policy
Mention, 2011, Il Corriere della Sera page 6, “Mossa di Maroni a Capri ‘per ascoltare le imprese’, 23 October. About my intervention at the forum organised by Confidustria (Italian labour market challenges)
Mention, 2011, La Repubblica page 6, “L’Ovazione per Napolitano, l’asse con Maroni dopo
Silvio le imprese cercano nuovi alleati”, 23 October. About my intervention at the forum organised by Confindustria (Italian labour market challenges)
Editorial, 2011, Il Sole 24 Ore page 1, “L’urlo di chi fa e l’autoreferenza italiana”, 23 October. Editorial dedicated to my intervention at the forum organised by Confindustria (Italian labour market challenges)
Mantion, 2011, Il Manifesto, “Calabria, Europa. Quando Ulisse torna ad Itaca”, 4 May.
About my activity as spin doctor for Salvatore Scalzo’s electoral campaign
Mention, 2011, Il Corriere della Sera (Style) “Studio, Elite e Allogio”. About my experience as student at University of Turin
CONSULTING
For Public Agencies
Project Manager,2011,Client: Comitato elettorale per Salvatore Scalzo Sindaco, Catanzaro, Italy. Scope: elaboration of the political manifesto
Consultant,2010, Client: Istituto Regionale di Ricerca della Lombardia (IRER), Milan, Italy: 'Mining for gold'. Scope: Innovative labour market policy
Project Manager,2010, Client: Small Loans Company (SLC), Glasgow UK. Scope: defining social media strategy
Project Manager, 2010, Client: Look Ahead Housing and Care, London UK. Scope: personalisation of social services
Project Manager, 2009, London UK. Client: Conservative Party. Scope: evaluation Private Finance Initiative (PFI)
Project Manager,2009, London UK. Client: London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham. Scope: vision and core values
Project Manager, 2009, London UK. Client: Camden PCT Provider Services. Scope: business plan occupational health service
Project Manager, 2008, London UK Client: London Borough of Camden, Camden’s Housing Needs Group. Scope: pilot project ‘Pathways for all housing service’ (PFA)
Project Manager,2008, London UK Client: London Borough of Camden. Scope: increasing the profitability of leather lane market
Research Associate, 2006, Brussels Client: European Forum for the Arts and Heritage. Scope: assessing the impact of cultural policy on European economy
For Private Companies
Project Manager, 2009, London UK. Client: The Hyde Group. Scope: fostering long term renting during the economic crises
Project Manager, 2007, Turin Italy. Client: Photorec SPA. Scope: business plan for a new print on demand company
Research Associate,2007, London UK. Client: Hartley Investment Trust. Scope: analyze the equity-gap for the SME in the UK
Research Associate,2006, London UK. Client: Dr. Oetker. Scope: proposing the best entry strategy in the UK food service market
SKILLS AND INTERESTS
Languages: Italian (Mother tongue), French (Fluent), English (Fluent)
IT: Office Package, SPSS, STATA, MPLUS (advanced user)
Interest: Classical and Rock music, literature and poetry
