Pierluca Birindelli, PhD – CV Email: [email protected] Website: http://pierluca-birindelli.blogspot.it/

Academic Qualifications 2016

2013 2010

2000-2003

1999-2001 1998-1999

1994-1998

Researcher (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow), Department of Social Research, University of Helsinki. Research Project: “The Cultural Experience of International Students: Narratives from North and South Europe”. Docent in Sociology, Department of Social Research, University of Helsinki. Qualification as Researcher in Social Sciences. Disciplines: Sociology and Cultural Anthropology, CNR (Italian National Research Council), Department of Cultural Identity, Rome. Doctorate (PhD) in Sociology (SPS/08, Sociology of Culture and Communication). Dissertation thesis: “Young Italians and Processes of Identity Construction: A Culture of Dependency?” 1st, 2nd and 3rd Doctorate Advanced School in Sociological Theory and Methodology, Italian Sociological Association, Viterbo, Italy. MA Media, Communication and Cultural Studies, University of Florence. Dissertation thesis: “Processes of Identity Construction in Low Modernity: Media, Self and Society”. Magna cum laude. BA in Political and Social Science. Discipline: Sociology of Culture and Communication, Faculty of Political and Social Science, University of Florence. Dissertation Thesis: “Young Adults and Processes of Identity Construction in Low Modernity: The Private Sphere, its Objects and the Narration of the Self”. Cum laude.

Fellowships, Grants and Awards 2016

2015 2013-2014 2008 2004-2006

2000-2003 2002 1999-2002 2001 2000

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship. Grant, European Commission, EU Research and Innovation Programme “HORIZON 2020 Excellent Science” – Social Sciences and Humanities. University of Helsinki, Department of Social Research. Grant for the preparation of a research proposal. Faculty Development Grant for the Research Project “The Passage from Youth to Adulthood: Narrative and Cultural Thresholds”, Gonzaga University in Florence. Visiting Professor (Research Grant), Faculty Seminars: “Italian, European and American Youngsters”, Department of Social Research, University of Helsinki. Post-Doctorate Research Grant, funded by Italian National Agency for Health Services, Department of Prevention and Epidemiology. Research Project: “Structural and Cultural Barriers to the Introduction of new Working Tools and Procedures”. Full Grant awarded by the Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Research, for the Doctorate in Sociology, University of Florence. “Adriano Olivetti” Honour Prize for outstanding student achievements. M.A. Media, Communication and Cultural Studies, University of Florence. Honor Fellow in: Sociology of Culture and Communication, Sociology of Deviance, Psychology of Communication and Culture. Faculty of Social and Political Science, University of Florence. PhD Visiting Fellow (Research Grant). Department of Communication and Cultural Studies, University of Texas at Austin. PhD Visiting Fellow (Research Grant). Institut d’Etudes Politiques, SciencePo, Université de Paris.

Current Positions 2016

Researcher (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow), Department of Social Research, University of Helsinki.

Previous Positions 2010-2016 (unpaid leave) Adj. Prof. – Sociology and Cultural Anthropology, International Studies Institute, Italy – affiliated with: University of Connecticut, Pennsylvania State University, University of Virginia, Arizona State University, Roger Williams University, Marywood University, University of Melbourne, Rutgers University. 2008-2016 Adj. Prof. – Sociology and Cross Cultural Communication. College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Sociology, Gonzaga University, Italy. 2015 Adj. Prof. – Sociology. Department of Sociology, Kent State University, Italy. 2010-2014 Adj. Professor – Sociology. School of Communications, Arts and Social Sciences, Richmond University in Florence. 2010-2011 Adj. Professor – Cultural Studies. Department of Sociology, CET Academic Program (Vanderbilt University), Italy. 2007-2008 Adj. Professor – Cultural Sociology. Department of Sociology, Georgetown University, Italy. 1999-2006 Adj. Professor – Sociology. Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Florence, Italy. Teaching Activities 2008-2016 Adj. Prof. – Cultural Globalization: a Euro-American Perspective; Sociology of Italian Culture; Cross Cultural Communication; Sociology of the Arts. Gonzaga University, Italy. 2010-2016 Adj. Prof. – Identity and Culture in Italy: A Comparative Approach; Sociology of the Arts. International Studies Institute, Italy. 2015 Adj. Prof. – Researching Society. Kent State University, Italy. 2010-2014 Adj. Prof. – Globalization: a European Perspective; Sports and Society. Richmond University, Italy. 2010-2012 Adj. Prof. – Identity and Culture: A Narrative Approach. Qualitative Methods Unit, REMS International Research Master’s in Social Sciences, University of Helsinki. 2010-2011 Adj. Prof. – Italian Cultural History. CET Academic Program (Vanderbilt University) Italy. 2008-2009 Adj. Prof. – Human Development in Culture. Arcadia University, Umbra Institute, Italy. 2007-2008 Adj. Prof. – Sociology of Culture. Georgetown University, Italy. 2006-2007 Adj. Prof. – Sociology of Generations. MA in Social Science Research, University of Florence. 2002-2003 Adj. Prof. – Sociology of Media and Collective Representations. MA in Media, Communication and Cultural Studies, University of Florence. 2001-2003 Adj. Prof. – General Sociology; Sociology of Organizations. University of Florence. 2001-2002 Adj. Prof. – Psychology of Culture and Communication; Sociology of Deviance. University of Florence. 2001 Adj. Prof. – Narrative Approach in Social Sciences. MA in Biography, History and Society, University of Rome La Sapienza. 2000 Docent in Qualitative Methods. 2nd Doctorate Advanced School in Sociological Theory and Methodology, Italian Sociological Association, Arzachena, Sardinia, Italy, 04–9/09. 1999-2001 Adj. Prof. – Cultural Sociology. Faculty of Political Science, University of Florence. 2001 Adj. Prof. – Autobiography and Auto-Ethnography in the Social Sciences. MA in Media, Communication and Cultural Studies, University of Florence. Publications Monographs 2016 (forthcoming) Cultural Experiences in Florence and Europe: Reality and Perpetuation of a Myth. Florence: Firenze University Press. 2014 The Passage from Youth to Adulthood: Narrative and Cultural Thresholds. Lenham, MA: University Press of America (Rowman & Littlefield). 2010 I giovani italiani tra famiglia e scuola: Una cultura della dipendenza. Trans. Young Italians between Family and Education: The Culture of Dependency, Rome: Aracne.

2010 Il futuro del distretto: Atteggiamenti, azioni e strategie degli attori locali. Trans. The Future of the District: Attitudes, Actions and Strategies of the Ruling Class. Rome: Aracne. 2008 Sé: Concetti e pratiche. Trans. Self: Concepts and Practices. Rome: Aracne. 2006 Clicca su te stesso: Sé senza l’Altro. Trans. Click on Yourself: Oneself without an Other. RomeAcireale: Bonanno. Peer-reviewed Articles and Book Chapters 2016 (forthcoming) Cultural Experiences in Florence and Italy, in “A Tale of Two Cities” Firenze University Press. 2014 Keeping it in the Family: The Absence of Young Italians from the Public Piazza. “Società Mutamento Politica”, 6 (10): 147-172. 2013 La difficoltà teorica nell'interpretare il rapporto soggetti-territorio: Firenze e l'area metropolitana. Trans. Theoretical Difficulty in Interpreting the Subjects-Territory Relationship: Florence and the Metropolitan Area. “Voyages: Rethinking Nature and its Expressions”: pp. 12. 2011 Playing as Reality: Youngsters Experience in Late Modernity, in M.F. Occhionero and M. Nocenzi (eds.) Youth and the Challenges of the Future. Rome: Aracne: 117-136. 2011 Il particulare italiano da Guicciardini a Banfield: Tra l’auto- e l’etero-riconoscimento. Trans. The Italian “Particulare” between Guicciardini and Banfield: Self and Other Recognition. “Società Mutamento Politica”, 2 (3): 67-94. 2010 How to do Words with Things. “Vulgo.Net.”, Multilingual European Review in Social Science, ISSN: 1213-5518: 1-17. 2010 Giovani sindacalisti e giovani lavoratori: profili identitari e di ruolo. Trans. Young Workers and Trade Unionists: Identity Profiles. “Vulgo.Net.”, Multilingual European Review in Social Science: 113. 2009 Dall’Io al Noi all’Altro: Allenarsi al riconoscimento sostanziale. Trans. From ‘I’ to ‘We’ to ‘Otherness’. “Lettera Fim”, 2: 10-17. 2008 Un modo ritrovato di fare esperienza: Una via di uscita per l’identità dei giovani. Trans. New Meanings for ‘Experience’: Escape Routes for Young Self-Identity. “Appunti di Cultura e Politica”, XXXl, 5: 31-38. 2008 L’assemblea del circolo politico: We Can solo se I Care. Trans. The Political Meeting: We Can only if I Care. “Appunti di Cultura e Politica”, XXXl, 3: 29-32. 2008 Giovani e adulti. Il guscio anomico della società italiana. Trans. Young and Adults: The Anomic Shelter of Italian Society. “Lettera FIM” I, 1: 29-37. 2007 Rinnovare la politica: la dimensione culturale e l’onestà intellettuale. Trans. Renewing Politics: Cultural Dimension and Intellectual Honesty. “Appunti di Cultura e Politica”, XXX, 6: 26-30. 2005 L’autonomia: quanto è difficile. Trans. Autonomy: How Difficult. “Lettera FIM”, 5/6: 21-25. 2003 Costruzioni identitarie di giovani adulti. Il racconto di sé, la sfera privata e i suoi oggetti. Trans. Young adults’ Identity Construction: The Private Sphere, its Objects and the Narration of the Self. “Rassegna Italiana di Sociologia”, XLIV (4): 609-624. 2003 Lo spettacolo del dolore oltre il senso del luogo: l’esperienza dell’11 Settembre. Trans. The Spectacle of Suffering Beyond the Sense of Place: The Experience of 9/11, in G. Bechelloni and A. Natale (eds.) Narrazioni mediali dopo l’undici settembre: Dialoghi e conflitti interculturali. Rome: Mediascape: 5766. 2003 Raccontarsi per ritrovarsi: dalle biografie di 50 giovani un circolo virtuoso. Trans. Narrating to Find Oneself: A Virtuous Circle from 50 Youngsters’ Autobiographies. “New Auxology”, VII, 2: 3-4. 2002 Le camere-Sé dei giovani adulti: spazi transizionali per l’autonomizzazione? Trans. Young Adults Self-Bedrooms: Transitional Spaces to Conquer Autonomy? “New Auxology”, VI: 4: 5. Research Reports 2011 Universal Values: Beyond Cultural Relativism. REMS, Research Master in Social Sciences, University of Helsinki: pp.10. 2008 Young Trade Unionists: Images, Perceptions and Identities. FIM-CISL trade union, Milan: pp. 58.

2006 The Future of Prato: Entrepreneur’s Cultures and Attitudes. PIN1, Laboratory of Applied Research: pp. 50. 2006 Urban Socio-Cultural Effects. “CityLab” Multidisciplinary Urban Research Center: pp. 29. 2005 Structural and Cultural Barriers to the Introduction of new Working Tools and Procedures. Department of Prevention and Epidemiology, Italian National Agency for Health Services: pp. 67. 2005 Inside School: Young People Educational Experiences. ASEL, Institute of Social and Economic Research: pp. 109. 2005 Subjects and the Metropolitan Area: Statistics, Cultures and Public Opinion. ASEL: pp. 51. 2005 The Sense of Identity of the Young: Values, Participation and Cultural Consumption. ASEL: pp. 40. 2004 Youngsters between School and Work: the Myth of Specialization. ASEL: pp. 81. 2002 Young People: Feelings and Actions. Social Observatory Pistoia Province: pp. 83. International Conference Presentations and Lectures 2016 Double Boundary and Cosmopolitan Experience in Europe. European Sociological Association – RN 15 (Global, Transnational and Cosmopolitan Sociology) – Mid-Term Conference “Globalization, supranational dynamics and local experience”, Milan, Italy 15–16/04. 2016 American Cultural Experiences in Florence and Europe: Reality and Perpetuation of a Myth. International Conference “A Tale of Two Cities: Florence and Rome from the Grand Tour to Study Abroad”, 1st Tuscan Anglo-American Festival in Florence, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, Italy, 9/3/2016. 2015 Cosmopolitan Cultural and Aesthetic Experiences: The Grand Tour Narrative in the 21st century. 12th Conference of the European Sociological Association “Differences, Inequalities and the Sociological Imagination” Prague, Czech Republic, 22–28/08. 2013 Human Existence in a Globalized World: Boundaries for the Cosmopolitan Dream. 3rd International Interdisciplinary Conference “Re-Imaging the Earth and Human Existence”, Gonzaga University, Florence, 22–23/02. 2011 Simmel’s Double Boundary and the Cosmopolitan Experience in Europe: Strangers, Wanderers and Blasé Individuals. International Conference “Classical Sociology Beyond the Nation-State? The Quest for Today’s Europe”, Italian Sociological Association, University of Salerno, Italy, 6–7/10. 2010 Contemporary Collective Representations of Florence. 1st Conference “The Myth of Florence: Conflict of Identities in a Changing Urban Landscape”, Lorenzo de’ Medici Institute and ASAUI Scientific Board, Florence, 24/11. 2010 Playing as Reality: Youngsters Experience in Late Modernity. International Conference “Youth and the Challenges of the Future”, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, 3–4/11. 2010 Youth and Politics. Doctorate Advanced Seminar Lecture, University of Florence, 20/04. 2009 Young Workers and Trade Unionists: Images, Perceptions and Identities. 4th International Conference Young People & Societies in Europe and Around the Mediterranean: “Young People, Europe, the Mediterranean: Territories, Identities, Policies”, International Sociological Association, Forlì, Italy, 26–28/03. 2009 How to do Words with Things. 2nd International Interdisciplinary Conference “Philosophy and Literature: Word & Disclosure”, Gonzaga University, Florence, 19–21/02. 2008 Self and Other Recognition in the Experience of Travel: Old and New Meanings. Gonzaga University, Faculty Pro-Seminar, Florence. 2003 The Adolescent Room, 1st Conference “Quo Vadis Juvenis: Erich Fromm and Beyond: Life Styles, Values and Character of the European Youth”. International Erich Fromm Society (Tubingen), Bologna. 03–05/10. 2007 The Social Representation of Young People. CISL Trade Union National Conference, Trento. 2003 The Young Italian: Oneself without the Other. 6th Conference of the European Sociological Association “Ageing Societies, New Sociology”, Murcia, Spain, 23–26/09. 2003 Cultural Conflicts in Interpersonal Communication. 2nd “Italo-Brasilian Conference in Media and Cultural Studies”, University of Florence, 13–14/06. 2003 The Ambiguous Intergenerational Communication. XV Florentine Conference “Communication as Antidote for Violence”, University of Florence and University of Siena, Florence, 13–14/06.

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ASEL, PIN, CITYLAB and Social Observatory are non-profit organizations with majority public share. Its main shareholders are the University of Florence, the Municipality of Florence, Prato and Pistoia (Metropolitan Area), the Chamber of Commerce, main Industrial Associations and other local private and public bodies.

2001 The Private Sphere, its Objects and the Narration of the Self. 5th Conference of the European Sociological Association “Visions and Divisions”, Helsinki, 28–30/08. 2001 Cross Cultural Communication: Theory and Methods. II Italo-Brasilian Science of Communication Conference “Controlling or Sharing: New Paradigms”, Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Florence, 15–17/01. 2000 University of Florence Doctoral Advanced Seminar Lecture. The Narrative Construction of Reality: Critical Introduction to Jerome Bruner – Book: Acts of Meaning: Four Lectures on Mind and Culture, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press 1990. Services to the academic community Institutional Responsibilities and Memberships of Scientific Societies 2016 International Sociological Association. Member of the Research Committees “Sociology of “Communication, Knowledge & Culture” and “Sociology of Youth”. 2015 European Sociological association. Member of the Research Networks: “Global, Transnational and Cosmopolitan Sociology” (board member); “Biographical Perspective on European Societies” (from 2001, board member 2001-2003); “Youth and Generations”; “Sociology of Culture”; “Qualitative Methods”. 2015 Italian Sociological Association. Member of the research network “Theories and Social Transformations”. 2009-2015 Member of ASAUI (Association of Scholars at American University in Italy) – 2009-2013, Executive Committee. 2001-2015 Member of the Permanent Seminary “Labyrinth: Philosophy of Social Sciences”. Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Florence. 2013 Member of the Scientific Committee “Citadim” International Conference on Computer, Information Technology and Digital Media, October 2013, Tehran, Iran. 2000-2002 Member of the Board, Curricula and Courses Manager. MA in Media, Communication and Cultural Studies, University of Florence. 2000-2001 Co-Organizer, constitution the “European Consortium in Media, Communication and Cultural Studies” (University of Florence, Université de Bourgogne, Universität Kassel, University of Bradford). 2000-2001 Co-Organizer, constitution of bilateral PhD cooperation agreements between the University of Florence and: Universiteit van Amsterdam; University of Texas at Austin. Editor and Reviewer I am currently a peer-reviewer for MIT Press (Sociology, Cross Cultural Studies) and editor and member of the board for the “Journal of Management and Training for Industries (JMTI)”, Institute of Industrial Applications Engineers, Japan. I am aassociate editor and reviewer for “The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Science” (Common Ground Publishing), University of Illinois Research Park, Champaign, IL, US. In the past I have been a Research Proposal Reviewer for the Programme Youth and Family, NWO (Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research – Social Sciences) and for “Young: Nordic Journal of Youth Research” (SAGE). Major Collaborations From 2003 to 2009 I have coordinated and carried out research in numerous projects. Among others:  CISL (Italian Trade Union Organization) in liaison with IG Metall (German Trade Union Organization). Themes: “Relationship among Generations”; “Youth, Work and Trade Unions”, “Social, Cultural and Economic Capital” “Youth: Social and Political Participation”; “The Social Impact of the Economic Crisis: Italian and German Youth”.  Italian National Academy of Tourism Training. Theme “Sociology of Travel and Tourism”.  ASEL, Institute of Social and Economic Research. Themes: “Young People Educational, Social and Cultural Experiences”.  Florence European Academy (non-profit organization, main activities: European Voluntary Service, Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs, Leonardo da Vinci Vocational Education and Training). Theme: “Working and Living Abroad: Intercultural Challenges”.