Born in Paris, 1952
1973: diplôme de l’Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris, Section Politique Economique et Sociale, with “Félicitations du Jury”
1973: licence en lettres modernes, Université de Paris X
1977: laurea in Scienze Politiche, Facoltà di Scienze Politiche “Cesare Alfieri” di Firenze
2013: “abilitazione” as Full Professor in “Sociologia dei processi economici, del lavoro e dell’ambiente”

Main Teaching Acticity

1984-1998: Ricercatore Confermato in the Faculty of Political Science “Cesare Alfieri” in Sociology , and successively in Urban Sociology
1992- 1998: Incaricato of Urban Sociology, Faculty of Political Science “Cesare Alfieri”
1994- 1998: Incaricato of Urban and Rural Sociology, Faculty of Architecture, Florence

1997-2005: Holder of the “Permanent Course Jean Monnet” “Local Politics and European Integration” in the same Faculty
2000- : Professore Associato in Urban Sociology, Faculty of Political Science “Cesare Alfieri”, Florence (“confermato” in 2003)

2004 – 2015 Steering Committee, Ph D Dottorato interuniversitario in Metodologia delle Scienze Sociali, promoted by the University of Florence and currently of the doctoral school in Scienze storico sociali into which it converged
2010- Jean Monnet Chairholder «La ville dans l’intégration européenne»

2014- Coordinator, Curriculum Studi Sociali, Bachelor Course in Scienze politiche, Scuola di Scienze Politiche “Cesare Alfieri”, Firenze
2015-2019 Chair, Master course in « Projecting and Managing Social Policies », Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e Sociali, University of Florence

2017-2018 Coordinator, master (I level) in “Management dei servizi di accoglienza per migrant, profughi e richiedenti protezione”
Presently, in the Scuola di Scienze Politiche “Cesare Alfieri” in Florence, teaches “Cities in the global arena” and “Territorial Analysis for Social Projecting”.