My article "Shaping Solidarity" with Lucciarini & Santurro is now available in #OpenAccess! It combines 20 years of ESS data with a case study on Italian #creativeworkers, showing how unions adapt their strategies in fragmented labour markets. Read here 👇👇👇 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Il lavoro creativo vive una tensione costante: promessa di autonomia ↔ rischio di precarietà. Un paradosso che riguarda il lavoro contemporaneo nel suo insieme. ("Professioni della creatività", Bellini & Lucciarini – Carocci, ottobre 2025) #lavorocreativo #autonomia #precarietà

Key questions for our "Professionalism beyond the Global North" CfPs on Current Sociology Monographs: • Precariousness & autonomy • Digital platforms & automation • State & market influence • Transnational expert labour Submit abstract by November 10 👉 www.isa-sociology.org/uploads/imge...

Perché la sociologia dovrebbe occuparsi di consulenti? Perché le PSFs non si limitano a implementare politiche, ridefiniscono il confine tra Stato e mercato. Vieni a #SISEC2026. sisec.it/wp-content/u...

How can govts use AI responsibly—with safeguards, training & consultation? Survey of ~2,000 APS staff finds optimism but major worries: lack of input, poor training, unclear rules, #risks to #trust #AIGovernance @designtrustnyc.bsky.social @australiainstitute.org.au doi.org/10.1177/0022...

#CfP Current Sociology | Special Issue: Professionalism beyond the Global North: a space for new theoretical developments. Abstract deadline: November 10, 2025 (minimum 500 words) Full paper submission: March 15, 2026 (maximum 7,000 words, including bibliography) 👇🏻 sisec.it/cfp-current-...

🚀 New article out in Economic and Industrial Democracy! Shaping Solidarity: A Mixed-Methods Approach to Unionisation Trends and Workers’ Strategies in the Creative Industries – the Italian Case in a European Context 📚 By Silvia Lucciarini, Andrea Bellini & Michele Santurro 🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0143...

#pubblicazioni Professionalitá studi: si segnala la pubblicazione del fascicolo n. 1/2025, dal titolo «La trasparenza delle competenze dei lavoratori: sfide aperte e recenti sviluppi in una prospettiva interdisciplinare». 👇🏻 sisec.it/professional...

📢 In arrivo a novembre il volume "Professioni della creatività. Mercati, lavori, organizzazioni", scritto con Silvia Lucciarini, per Carocci. Un viaggio nelle trasformazioni del #lavorocreativo: #professioni, #precarietà, nuove forme di #solidarietà.

CfPs – Professionalism beyond the Global North – #CurrentSociologyMonographs. We invite contributions on #Professions, #expertise & the #GlobalSouth. ✍️ Abstract deadline: November 10, 2025 🔗 drive.google.com/file/d/1dUtc... @isa-sociology.org @laramaest.bsky.social #CallForPapers #Sociology

Sono felice di co-coordinare con Silvia Lucciarini la sessione "Masterminds of policy" al X Convegno SISEC (Firenze, 28-31 gennaio 2026). Invitiamo contributi su PSFs, governance pubblica, procurement. Call aperta. Partecipa al dibattito! sisec.it/wp-content/u...

Coming back to work after holidays, so nice to have a new issue of #JPO to read: academic.oup.com/jpo/issue/12/1

The draft programme for the International Labour and Employment Relations Association (ILERA) European Congress is now available #ILERA2025. Durham, UK, 10-12 September 2025. See the programme at ilera2025.webspace.durham.ac.uk/wp-content/u....

#CfP Si segnala la Call for Papers della rivista Professionalità Studi promossa da Andrea Bellini e Lilli Casano dal titolo “La trasparenza delle competenze dei lavoratori: sfide aperte e recenti sviluppi in una prospettiva interdisciplinare. Deadline: 6/4/25. Info👇🏻 sisec.it/cfp-professi...

The International Sociological Association (ISA) deeply mourns the tragic passing of Michael Burawoy, a leading sociologist, Professor of Sociology at UC Berkeley, and the 17th President of ISA. Michael was fatally struck in a hit-and-run accident on February 3rd. His loss is immeasurable.

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#ISAforum25 Registration 📌 The 5th ISA Forum of Sociology will be an on-site event only, and we look forward to welcoming you onsite in Morocco! Registration info ➡️ www.isa-sociology.org/en/conferenc... Register now ➡️ isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/foru...?