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Veronica Riniolo

Curriculum Vitae

Veronica Riniolo

Ph.D. in Sociology & Social Research Methods

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano & ISMU Foundation

ITALY

Nationality: Italian

Date of birth: 24 September 1983

Languages: Italian (Native); English (Fluent); Portuguese (Fluent); French (Good)

E-mail: v.riniolo@ismu.org

EDUCATION

2015 Ph.D. in Sociology and Social Research Methods (Ph.D. with scholarship) from

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano.

Ph.D. thesis: “Migrant Integration Processes and Indicators of Citizenship

Practices. The Case of Sweden”.

2008 Master’s Degree in International Relations and European Integration with the

thesis “Toward an international regime for the protection and assistance to

internally displaced persons. Case study: Colombia" (110/110 cum laude)

2006 Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science with the thesis: “Le scelte del governo

italiano in materia di immigrazione” (110/110 cum laude)

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

2013-present Teaching Assistant in Sociology at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan,

Italy; Professor Rita Bichi

2009 – present Teaching Assistant in Sociology and Social Changes at Università Cattolica del

Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy; Professor Vincenzo Cesareo.

2008-2011 Teaching Assistant in Sociology at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan,

Italy; Professor Vincenzo Cesareo

ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE THE UNIVERSITY

ISMU FOUNDATION (2008 – present)

I work as researcher at Ismu Foundation, a private scientific research institute that promotes

research and projects on migration and ethnicity issues, with a specific focus on international

migrations. Among other activities, I am working/worked in the following projects:

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2013-2015: “Promoting digital literacy of Roma people toward their active citizenship”,

Lifelong Learning Programme, Grundtvig Learning Partnership, funded by European

Commission. Role: Scientific coordinator of the project.

2013-2015: “KING – Knowledge for Integration Governance”, funded by European

Commission, DG Home Affairs. Role: member of the Steering Group, elaboration of work

documents, organization of seminars and international events.

2013-2014: “International Metropolis Project”, member of the Organizational Committee of

the International Metropolis Project, an international network for comparative research and

public policy development on migration, diversity, and migrant integration. Role: member of

the Organization Committee for the Metropolis 2014 International Conference in Milan (3-7

November 2014). Role: in charge of the schedule of the 80 workshops and of the contacts

with organizers and presenters.

2011-2013: “RED Network Combating Racism, Xenophobia and Intolerance”, EU Funding

JLS/2009-2010/FRAC/AG, DG JFS. The RED network is composed by 27 research partner

organizations from 20 Member States of the European Union. Role: national coordinator.

REGIONAL OBSERVATORY FOR INTEGRATION AND MULTIETHNICITY (2009 – present)

I work as Assistant to General Coordinator at Regional Observatory for Integration and

Multiethnicity (ORIM) of Lombardy Region, organisation devoted to the study of migration flows

and their impact at local level. In addition to this, I participated in the following projects as

Assistant Scientific Coordinator:

2011-2012: project “Pathways toward immigrants’ integration and housing inclusion” funded

by Italian Ministry of Employment and promoted by Lombardy Region. Role: support to the

coordination of the project; in charge of the relation between Ismu foundation and Lombardy

Region Administration, organization of the final event, elaboration of work documents.

2009- 2010: project “Valore Lavoro. Pathways toward job inclusion of Roma people”, funded

by the Italian Ministry of Employment and promoted by Lombardy Region. Role: support to

the coordination of the project, in charge of the relation between Ismu foundation and

Lombardy Region Administration, organization of the final event, elaboration of work

documents, drafting of a chapter in the final publication.

2008-2010: project “RADICI. Rules for housing market: sharing information and

interventions” funded by Italian Ministry of Employment and promoted by Lombardy Region.

Role: support to the coordination of the project, in charge of the relation between Ismu

foundation and Lombardy Region Administration, organization of the final event, elaboration

of work documents, drafting of a chapter in the final publication.

2008-2010: project “Monitoring and assessing outcomes of integration interventions”, funded

by Italian Ministry of Employment and promoted by Lombardy Region. Role: support to the

coordination of the project, in charge of the relation between Ismu foundation and Lombardy

Region Administration, organization of the final event, elaboration of reports on project’s

outcome, drafting of a chapter in the final publication.

MEMBER OF EDITORIAL BOARDS

Member, editorial board Visioni LatinoAmericane (2013)

Member, editorial board Anuario Americanista Europeo (2013)

VISITING POSITIONS

April – May 2013

Visiting research student at Stockholm University (Sweden),

Department of Sociology

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August 2012 - October 2012 Visiting research student at Stockholm University (Sweden),

Department of Sociology

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

ESA (European Sociological Association)

AIS (Associazione Nazionale di Sociologia)

PUBLICATIONS

Articles in refereed journals

Riniolo V. (2013), Sul concetto di coesione sociale oggi, in Studi di Sociologia, 3-4, pp. 355-

364.

Riniolo V. & F. Marcaletti (2012), Active participation of Roma. An experience of

participatory planning toward labour integration, in Roma Rights Journal of the European

Roma Rights Centre, pp. 59-64.

Riniolo V. (2012), L’immigrazione femminile sudamericana in Italia, in Visioni

Latinoamericane, n. 6, pp. 91-98.

Marcaletti F., S. Pozzi S. & V. Riniolo (2011), Percorsi di empowerment e integrazione

lavorativa di Rom e Sinti: l’esperienza del progetto Valore Lavoro, in Autonomie Locali e

Servizi Sociali, pp. 287-300.

Book chapters

Riniolo V. & Bergnehr-Moscatelli P. (2014), Flussi migratori e politiche di integrazione in

Svezia: l’evoluzione dagli anni Novanta a oggi, in Ventesimo Rapporto sulle migrazione

2014, FrancoAngeli, Milano, pp. 271-285.

Bergnehr-Moscatelli P. & V. Riniolo (2013), La Svezia e le rivolte degli immigrati: fine di un

ideale di welfare e integrazione?, in Diciannovesimo Rapporto sulle migrazione 2013,

FrancoAngeli, Milano, pp. 215-227.

Riniolo V. (2013), “Uno studio di caso europeo: immigrazione e politiche abitative in

Svezia”, in A. Alietti A. & A. Agustoni, Integrazione, casa e immigrazione. Esperienze e

prospettive in Europa, Italia e Lombardia, Quaderni ISMU, Milan, pp. 89-101.

Alietti A. & V. Riniolo (2011), Analisi e prospettive dei processi di insediamento abitativo

dei migranti in Lombardia in Agustoni A. & A. Alietti (eds), Migrazioni, politiche urbane e

abitative: dalla dimensione europea alla dimensione locale, Osservatorio Regionale per

l’integrazione e la multietnicità, Fondazione ISMU, Regione Lombardia, Milano, pp. 130-

118.

Riniolo V. (2010), L’inclusione sociale dei rom nel contesto europeo e nazionale in

Marcaletti F. (ed.), Valore Lavoro: integrazione e inserimento lavorativo di rom e sinti,

Osservatorio Regionale per l’integrazione e la multietnicità, Fondazione ISMU, Regione

Lombardia, Milano, pp. 19-34.

Agustoni A., A. Alietti & V. Riniolo (2010), Processi insediativi, regole per il mercato

dell’alloggio e strategie di governante: il progetto Radici in Vergani A., F. Locatelli & V.

Riniolo (eds), Tra inserimento sociale e sostenibilità dei flussi migratori. Una

sperimentazione in Lombardia, Osservatorio Regionale per l’integrazione e la multietnicità,

Fondazione ISMU, Regione Lombardia, Milano, pp. 23-43.

Vergani A., F. Locatelli & V. Riniolo (2010), Il monitoraggio e la verifica degli interventi in

Vergani A., F. Locatelli & V. Riniolo (eds), Tra inserimento sociale e sostenibilità dei flussi

migratori. Una sperimentazione in Lombardia, Osservatorio Regionale per l’integrazione e la

multietnicità, Fondazione ISMU, Regione Lombardia; Milano, pp. 173-204.

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Riniolo V. (2009), Lo sfollamento interno, in Codini E., D'Odorico M., Gioiosa M (eds), Per

una vita diversa. La nuova disciplina italiana dell'asilo, Franco Angeli, Milano, pp. 191-212.

Edited works

Vergani A., F. Locatelli & V. Riniolo (eds) (2010), Tra inserimento sociale e sostenibilità dei

flussi migratori. Una sperimentazione in Lombardia, Osservatorio Regionale per

l’integrazione e la multietnicità, Fondazione ISMU, Regione Lombardia, Milano.

Conference Proceedings

Riniolo V. 2013, Imigrações femininas sulamericas para a Itália, Reforzar las relaciones

entre la Union Europea – America Latina y Caribe (2010-2012), Euro-Latin America

Parliamentary Assembly, Verona, pp. 101-104.

Book reviews

Marques E., Opportunities and Deprivation in the Urban South. Poverty, Segregation and

Social Networks in São Paulo, Ashgate, Surrey, 2012, pp. 186 in Visioni Latinoamericane,

no. 6, January 2013.

Casella Paltrinieri A., Sapori & Saperi. Cibi, ricette e culture del mondo, Editpress, Firenze,

2012, pp. 233 in Visioni Latinoamericane, no. 9, Luglio 2013.

Articles in non-refereed journals

Riniolo V. (2013), L’esclusione sociale e le sue conseguenze: le rivolte urbane in Svezia, in

Libertà Civili, Settembre-Ottobre, pp. 69-77.

Riniolo V. & P. Van Wolleghem (2013), Il dibattito internazionale sulle migrazioni:

Metropolis da Tampere e Milano, in Libertà Civili, Luglio-Agosto, pp. 87-95.

Alietti A. & V. Riniolo (2012), Italia vs razzismo, xenofobia e discriminazioni: luci e ombre

dal Rapporto RED, in Libertà Civili, Bimestrale di studi e documentazioni sui temi

dell’immigrazione, March-April, pp. 130-138.

Riniolo V. (2011), Il futuro dell’immigrazione e cambiamenti globali, in Libertà Civili,

Bimestrale di studi e documentazioni sui temi dell’immigrazione, September-October, pp. 83-

87.

Submitted publications

Marcaletti F. & V. Riniolo, A participatory governance model toward the inclusion of ethnic

minorities: an action research experience in Italy, in Revue Interventions économiques

Special Issue 2013.

INVITED LECTURES

2013 “Women and migration: integration processes of migrants in Italy”. Paper presented at

the conference L’Europa è per le donne, European Parliament - Milan Office, Italy,

March 28.

2012 “Integrazione e genere: l’immigrazione femminile sudamericana in Italia” (“Integration

and gender: female South-American migration to Italy”). Paper presented at the seminar

Percorsi di integrazione della comunità latino americana in Italia. Elementi per un nuovo

dialogo italo - latino americano, organized by IOM- International Organization for

Migration, Palazzo Chigi, Roma, Italy, October 9.

2012 “Uno sguardo europeo su immigrazione e integrazione in Italia” (“An European glance

on immigration and integration in Italy”). Paper presented at the conference L’Europa è

per le donne, European Parliament - Milan Office, Italy, March 30.

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2011 “Imigrações femininas sulamericas para a Itália”. Paper presented at the V Assemblea

Parlamentare Euro-Latinoamericana, Foro Euro-Latinoamericano delle Donne,

Montevideo, Uruguay, May 16.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

2014 Processi di integrazione dei migranti e indicatori delle pratiche di cittadinanza. Il caso

svedese. Paper presented at the XIV Incontro Giovani, Pontignano, Siena, Italy, July 5.

2014 Measuring migrant integration in Europe. Indicators of citizenship practices. Paper

presented at the 3rd Ruppin International Conference on Immigration and Social

Integration: Migration trends over the past quarter century, Ruppin Academic Center,

Netanya, Israel, May 19-20.

2014 Migrants’ trade union membership, employment status and citizenship practices. A

comparison of different European countries (with F. Marcaletti). Paper presented at the

CRIMT 2014 International Conference, Montreal, Canada, May 12-14.

2013 The evaluation of integration policies: outcome indicators of immigrants’ active

citizenship. Paper presented at the 2013 International Metropolis Conference, Tampere,

Finland, September 11.

2013 Social cohesion, integration and indicators of immigrants’ active citizenship.

The case of Sweden. Paper presented at ESA 11th Conference, PhD workshop, Turin,

Italy, August 26.

2013 Social cohesion, integration and indicators of immigrants’ active citizenship. The case

of Sweden. Paper presented at the Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden, May 20.

2012 Those who are not forever young. Implications of immigrant population ageing in

hosting societies (with F. Marcaletti). Paper presented at ESA RN 1 Mid-term

Conference Ageing in the light of crises, Umeå, Sweden, October 5.

2012 Dimensions affecting integration processes: age and length of immigrants’permanence.

The case of a local context in northern Italy (with F. Marcaletti). Paper presented at the

2nd Ruppin International Conference on Immigration and Integration: New Frontiers in

Research & Policy making, Ruppin Academic Center, Netanya, Israel, May 23.

2012 Active participation of Roma minorities. An experience of participatory planning in a

local Italian context (with F. Marcaletti). Paper presented at the 2nd nternational

Multidisciplinary Conference on Political and Civic Participation”, University of Surrey,

Surrey, UK, April 16-17.

2012 Combating Racism, Intolerance and Xenophobia. Paper presented at the seminar Una

rete contro il razzismo, Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, Milan, Italy, March 21.

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