Elisabetta Ruspini is an Italian Sociologist, senior Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy. She holds a Ph.D. in Sociology and Social Research from the University of Trento (1997).
Education
Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology & Social Research, University Trento, Italy, 1997. Postdoc in Family Welfare State Europe, University Mannheim & University Goteborg, 1998. Postdoc in Sociology, University Padova, Italy, 1999.
Postdoc, European Center Analysis Social Sciences, University Essex, 2007. Bourse de Research de la Ville de Paris, University Paris I, Center de Sociologie Europeenne, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, National Center for Scientific Research, since 2009.
Career
Associate professor, sociology University Milano-Bicocca, since 2005, assistant professor, sociology, 2002—2005, responsible recognition CFU, 2004—2006, member, department sociology & social research, 2005—2008, coordinator, 2007—2008. Temporary professor, family sociology University Padova, 2000—2001. International visiting fellowship, social research methods, department sociology School Human Scis, University Surrey, England, 1999. Editorial board member Sociological Research Online, 2002—2005, Comparative Sociology, 2007—2008. Editorial board member Journal Sociological Research, Macrothink Institute.
Member of: Centro Interdipartimentale per gli Studi di Genere-ABCD (Interdepartmental Center for Gender Studies-abcd), University of Milano-Bicocca (Scientific Board).
Osservatorio LGBT (LGBT Observatory), Università di Napoli Federico II (Scientific Committee). AIFCOM-Associazione Nazionale Famiglie e Coppie Miste-Italian Blended Couples and Families Association (Scientific Board). Centro di Ricerca Interuniversitario-Interuniversity Research Center “Culture di Genere”:
Book Series “Generi, Culture, Sessualità-Gender, Culture, Sexuality”, FrancoAngeli Editore (Main Editor).“ETFI-Journal of Tourism Futures” (Editorial Board).
Her thesis “Women and Poverty: The Case of Germany and Great Britain” was based on longitudinal data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) and the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS). She has a relevant expertise in Gender Studies (both Women’s Studies and Men and Masculinity Studies), Gender Relations in Society, Sociology of Families, Generation Studies (Millennials and Gen Zers), and LGBT Studies, as wells as in gender-sensitive research and on how to strengthen the gender dimension of both social research and research programs in order to remove gender imbalances. She has functioned as a gender expert and adviser for diverse research stakeholders in Italy and Europe and has been actively involved in developing gender approaches in Universities, Associations, NGOs, and research policy in many roles and contexts. She has published a number of books, articles and contributed papers to several national and international conferences/seminars/workshops in these fields.
She is one of the Founders of the AIS Research Section ‘Studi di Genere’ (Gender Studies), that she has been coordinating between 2012-2018. The Research Section ‘Studi di Genere’ is part of the AIS (Associazione Italiana di Sociologia-Italian Sociological Association).
She is the National Coordinator of the Scientific Framework Convention ‘Gender and Religion’, Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of Milano-Bicocca. The Framework Convention is a confederation of around 30 Universities across Italy and 15 Research Centres/Associations located all over the country which banded together to study the nexus between gender, religion, and social change.
Since October 2018 she is the Director of the Centro Interdipartimentale per gli Studi di Genere-ABCD (Interdepartmental Center for Gender Studies), University of Milano-Bicocca.
Elisabetta Ruspini is a Board Member (2013-today) of the ESA-European Sociological Association Research Network 33 “Women’s and Gender Studies”.
“Journal of Gender Studies”, Routledge (Editorial Board Member).
Journal/Rivista “Religioni e Società-Religion and Society” (Scientific Board Member).
Journal/Rivista “GSI Gender/Sexuality/Italy” (Advisory Board Member).
“ISR Italian Sociological Review” (Scientific Committee).
Journal/Rivista “FuoriLuogo. Rivista di Sociologia del Territorio, Turismo, Tecnologia-FuoriLuogo. Journal of Sociology of Territory, Tourism, Technology” (Scientific Board Member).
Book Series “Contemporanea. Sfide Sociologiche e Ricerca Sociale”, Wolters Kluwer/Cedam (Scientific Committee).
Book Series “Collana di Studi Sociali sul Turismo nel Mediterraneo”, Aracne Editrice, Roma (Scientific Committee).
Book Series “Collana di Studi Sociali Liminalia”, Kaplan, Torino (Scientific Committee).
She is a member of:
• AIS-Associazione Italiana di Sociologia (Italian Sociological Association), Research Network “Studi di Genere-Gender Studies”;
• ESA-European Sociological Association, Research Networks RN13 “Sociology of Families and Intimate Lives”; RN30 “Youth and Generation”; RN33 “Women’s and Gender Studies”);
• ISA-International Sociological Association: RC06 - Family Research; RC22 - Sociology of Religion; RC32 - Women in Society.
Her research interests include: Social Change and Social Processes; The Social Construction of Gender; Gender Stereotypes and Gender Roles; Gender and the Generation Turnover; New Forms of Parenthood; Family Change; Family Policy; Men and Masculinities; Men who Work in ‘Non-traditional’ Occupations; Gender and Sexuality; LGBT Rights and Issues; Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Discriminations; Social Inequalities; Gender and Poverty; Gender and Economic Socialization; Gender and the Media; Gender and Religion; Religious Values and Beliefs across Generations; Gender and Tourism; Tourism and Generational Changes; Future Studies; The Future of Gender Studies. Within the methodological field: Longitudinal Research; How to Engender Longitudinal Research; Gender-sensitive Research.
Current Research Plans: Millennials and Generation Zers; Young People, Lifestyles and Living Conditions; Gender and the Generation Turnover; Men's Changing Commitments to Care; Women, Men and Work-Family Balance; Lone Motherhood and Lone Fatherhood; Family Diversity and Children’s Rights; LGBT Parenting; Trans Pregnancies; Social Policy and Heteronormativity; Fourth-wave Feminism; The Future of Families; The Future of Gender Studies; Gender and Poverty; Gender and Religion; Women and Interfaith Dialogue; Religious Values and Beliefs across Generations; Gender-sensitive Research; Futures Research Methodology and Related Issues.
Connections
Married with two children