September 2011
Barbera Filippo
Personal Data:
Address:
Department of Social Sciences,
University of Torino,
Via S. Ottavio 50, 10124 Torino
Telephone: 0039 11 6702660
Fax: 0039 11 6702612
e.mail:
Education:
2002: Ph.D in Sociology (University of Milano)
1998: M.A. in Political Science, University of Torino
Professional Experience:
From march 2010: Real Collegio Carlo Alberto (Moncalieri) affiliate
From october 2011 onwards: associate professor at the University of Torino (Faculty of Political Science, Department of Social Sciences)
Other Professional Activities:
From January 2010 onwards: member of the Ph.D programme in Sociology, Department of Social Sciences, University of Torino
Secretary of the Italian Sociological Association - Section Work, Economy and Organization
(2010-2012)
Editorial board: “La società italiana: continuità, resistenze, innovazioni”, Bonanno (2009 onward)
Editorial board: “Sociologica” (co-editor for the years 2007-2009)
Fellowships and Grants:
January-February 2006: Visiting Fellow at Gemas, Paris, Maison de Science de l’Homme.
May-June 2003: Visiting Fellow at the Nuffield College, University of Oxford (Jemolo Fellowship);
August-September 2002: Visiting Fellow at the Institute for European Studies, University of Cornell.
Books and main publications:
Sociology and development, what is at stake? In Sociologica, 1, gennaio-aprile 2010
Barbera F., Filandri M. e Negri N., Conclusioni: cittadinanza e politiche di ceto medio, in Negri N. e Filandri M. (a cura di), Restare di ceto medio, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2010
Social capital, welfare state and political legitimacy (con Roberto Albano), American Behavioral Scientist, 2010, 53, 5, pp. 677-690
Mercati, reti sociali, istituzioni. Una mappa per la sociologia economica contemporanea, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2008, (co-author with Nicola Negri).
Meccanismi sociali. Elementi di sociologia analitica, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2004
A Game of Mirrors. Economic Development and Social Cohesion in Piedmont and South Africa, Torino, Regione Piemonte, 2009 (co-editor with Elana Ochse).
J.L. Borges, Reduction of social complexity, in C. Edling e J. Rydgren (a cura di), Sociological Insights from Great Thinkers, Prager Publishers, 2011
Sociology and development, what is at stake? In Sociologica, 1, gennaio-aprile 2010
Social capital, welfare state and political legitimacy (con Roberto Albano), American Behavioral Scientist, 2010, 53, 5, pp. 677-690
Realism, Social Structure and the Theory of Action, in M. Cherkaoui e P. Hamilton (a cura di) Raymond Boudon: A Life in Sociology, Bardwell Press, 2009
A Star in born? The Authors, Principles and Objectives of Analytical Sociology, in “Papers. Revista de Sociologia”, n. 80, 2006, pp. 31-50.
L’innovazione economica tra exploration ed exploitation, in “Stato e mercato”, n. 81, 2007, pp. 475-506.
Narratives, Temporality, and Sociology, An Introduction, (con Marco Santoro), in "Sociologica", n. 3, 2007, doi: 10.2383/25955
Looking in the French Mirror, in “Sociologica”, n. 2, 2007, doi: 10.2383/24766.
Good Governance, in J. Beckert e M. Zafirosky, “International Encyclopedia of Economic Sociology”, London, Routledge, 2005
Community and Economy, in Beckert e M. Zafirosky, “International Encyclopedia of Economic Sociology”, London, Routledge, 2005
Social Networks, Collective Action And Public Policy: The Embeddedness Idea Revisited, in S. Koniordos (a cura di.), “Networks, Social Capital and Trust: Theoretical and Empirical Application from Europe”, London, Ashgate, 2005, pp. 119-141.
Economic Sociology in Italy: Past and Present, International Review of Sociology, vol. 12, 1, 2002
Courses taught:
M.A.
Local Development
Sociology of International Development
Ph.D
Sociological Analysis
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