I am Senior Lecturer in Economic Sociology at the DAStU in the Polytechnic of Milano, where I belong to the Laboratory of Social Policies. I am member of the Research group Analysis, Management and Evaluation of Public Policies at the IGOP/UAB. I am Secretary and Treasurer of the ISA RC52 Sociology of Professional Groups and Social Media Manager in the editorial staff of the Italian Society of Economic Sociology (SISEC).
I hold a PhD in Sociology and Social Research at University of Trento (Italy) and a MA in Applied Social Sciences at the Catholic University of Milan (Italy) with a specialization in methodology of social sciences. I was Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellow at the Institute of Government and Public Policies (IGOP) of the Universitat Autònoma Barcelona (2017-2019), studying gender and social vulnerability in an intersectional perspective (see VINE project). I have previously worked in EU Funded project FLOWS (2011-2014), WILCO (2011-2014) and CrESSI (2015/2016). In 2015, I was research fellow at the Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Foundation, in project Spazio Lavoro.
My main interests of research are focused on labour transformation in the post-industrial society, and in particular: marginalised groups in labour markets (women and young); social innovation; emerging professions. Outside academia, I have so many interests and activities that it would be unfair to cite just a few of them. But you can always write an email to me and I will be happy to chat a little bit with you in front of a good coffee.
I support the #openscience movement. My publications are available for free consultation and download on the Digital Document Deposit offered by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
Articles in peer-reviewed journals
- Maestripieri L., Giroletti T. and Podda A. (2018) Solidarity Purchasing Groups in Italy: a critical assessment of effects on the marginalisation of their suppliers, International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food, 24(3): 393-412.
- Maestripieri L. and Cucca R. (2018) Small is beautiful? Emerging organizational strategies among Italian professionals, Canadian Review of Sociology, 55(3): 362-384.
- Maestripieri L. (2018) A Job of One’s Own. Does Women’s Labor Market Participation Influence the Economic Insecurity of Households?, Societies, 8(7): 1-32.
- Maestripieri L. (2017) La dimensione territoriale dell’innovazione sociale. Il caso dei gruppi di acquisto solidale, Meridiana, 90: 199-230.
- Maestripieri L. (2017) Are solidarity purchasing groups a social innovation? A study inspired by social forces, Partecipazione e Conflitto – PACO, 10(3): 955-982.
- Maestripieri L. (2017) Does Social Innovation Reduce the Economic Marginalization of Women? Insights from the Case of Italian Solidarity Purchasing Groups, Journal of Social Entrepreneurship.
- Murgia A., Maestripieri L. and Armano E. (2017) The precariousness of knowledge workers (Part 2): forms and critiques of autonomy and self-representation, Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation, 11(1): 1-9.
- Maestripieri L. (2017) La professionalizzazione atipica della consulenza di management: il ruolo delle associazioni e delle organizzazioni, Quaderni di rassegna sindacale, 1-2017: 61-79.
- Kasearu K., Maestripieri, L. and Ranci C. (2017) The impact of labour market participation, family structure and local welfare systems on the economic insecurity of women, European Societies, 19(2): 202-221.
- Murgia A., Maestripieri L. and Armano E. (2016) The precariousness of knowledge workers (Part 1): hybridisation, self-employment and subjectification, Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation, 10(2): 1-8.
- Maestripieri, L. and Ranci, C. (2016) Non è un paese per laureati. La sovra-qualificazione occupazionale dei lavoratori italiani, Stato e Mercato, 108(2016/3): 425-450.
- Maestripieri, L. (2016) Professionalization at work: The case of Italian management consultants, Ephemera: theory and politics in organization, 16(2): 31-52.
- Maestripieri, L. (2014) Les jeunes consultants en management entre précarité et ambition, Recherches Sociologiques et Anthropologiques, 45(2): 127-147.
- Sabatinelli S., Maestripieri L., and Cucca R. (2014) Partecipazione femminile al mercato del lavoro e servizi alla prima infanzia. Uno sguardo comparato sul modello bolognese in transizione, Autonomie Locali e Servizi Sociali,37(2): 253-269.
- Cucca, R. e Maestripieri, L. (2014) Architects and Consultants between Formal Regulation and Organised Professionalism, CAMBIO, 4(7): 25-40.
- Maestripieri, L. (2012) The contemporary utopia of self-realization, Studies in Changing Societies, 2(3): 105-119.
- Bichi, R. and Maestripieri, L. (2012) Le narrazioni come metodo di indagine sociologica, M@gm@ – Numero Monografico dedicato al Convegno “Raccontare, ascoltare, comprendere. Metodologia e ambiti di applicazione delle narrazioni nelle scienze sociali”, Barbara Poggio – Orazio Maria Valastro (eds), M@gm@ vol.10 n.1 Gennaio-Aprile 2012.
Book reviews in Peer-Reviewed Journals
- Maestripieri, L. (2018) Au cœr des cabinets d’audit et de conseil. De la distinction à la soumision, di Sébastien Stenger. CAMBIO, 8(15): 183-186.
- Maestripieri, L. (2016) The Routledge Companion to the Professions and Professionalism. CAMBIO, 6(12): 287-289.
- Maestripieri, L. (2016) Alte Ceccato. Una banglatown nel nordest. Territorio, 76/2016: 162.
- Maestripieri L. (2011) ‘La condizione liminale della consulenza. Alla ricerca di un’identità professionale tra autonomia e impresa’, PhD Thesis Abstracts, Etnografia e ricerca qualitativa, 1, gennaio-aprile, 162-164.
Books
- Rizza, R. and Maestripieri, L. (2015) Giovani al lavoro: I numeri della crisi. Milano: Giangiacomo Feltrinelli editore.
- Maestripieri, L. (2013) Consulenti di Management. Il professionalismo organizzativo nel lavoro di conoscenza. Torino: L’Harmattan Italia.
Chapters in books
- Maestripieri L. and Leon M. (2019) ‘So close, so far? Part-time employment and its effects on gender equality in Italy and Spain’, in H. Nicolaisen, H. C. Kavli and R. Steen Jensen (eds.) Dualization of part-time work. The Development of Labour Market Insiders and Outsiders Bristol: Policy Press.
- Maestripieri L., Radin. A. and Spina E. (2019) ‘Methods of Sampling in Qualitative Health Research’, in Saks, M. & Allsop, J. (eds) Researching Health: Qualitative, Quantitative and Mixed Methods, 3rd edition, London: Sage.
- Firinu A. and Maestripieri L. (2019) ‘Lavoro Marginale’, in Croce C., Prevete R. and Zucca A. (eds) Porte girevoli. Contributi di ricerca e buone pratiche su lavoro marginale e le nuove vulnerabilità sociali. Milano: Giangiacomo Feltrinelli editore.
- Maestripieri L. (2016) ‘La professione dell’architettura tra lavoro dipendente e libera professione’, in Andreola F., Sullam M. and Villa R. M. (eds) L’architettura come lavoro concreto. Milano: Franco Angeli.
- Cucca R. and Maestripieri L. (2016) ‘Varieties of post-Fordist transitions and labour market inequalities’ in Cucca R. and Ranci C. (eds) Unequal cities. Abingdon and New York: Routledge, 21-44.
- Maestripieri, L. (2015) ‘Gendering Social Vulnerability. The Role of Labour Market De- standardisation and Local Welfare’, in D. Kutsar and M. Kuronen (eds) Local welfare policy making in European Cities, Berlin: Springer, 51-67.
- Cucca, R. and Maestripieri L. (2015) ‘Urban Economic Specialization and Women’s Integration into the Labour Market in 11 European Cities’, in D. Kutsar and M. Kuronen (eds) Local welfare policy making in European Cities, Berlin: Springer, 35-50.
- Maestripieri, L. and Sabatinelli, S. (2014) ‘Labour market risks and sources of welfare among European youth in times of crisis’, in L. Antonucci, M. Hamilton, S. Roberts (Eds) Young People and Social Policy in Europe: Dealing with risk, inequality and precariousness in times of crisis, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 147-168.
- Maestripieri, L. and Sabatinelli, S. (2014) ‘Young people experiencing work precariousness: risks and opportunities’, in Ranci, C., Brandsen, T. and Sabatinelli, S. (Eds) Social vulnerability in European cities. The role of local welfare in times of crisis, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 189-220.
- Maestripieri, L. (2013) ‘Forme plurali di professionalizzazione: storie di consulenti in Italia’, in M. La Rosa e U. Pallareti (eds) Lavoro e ricerca sociologica. Un confronto tra giovani ricercatori italiani. Milano: Franco Angeli, 151-165. Special edition of Sociologia del Lavoro journal, for the Young Authors prize 2013.
- Cucca, R. and Maestripieri, L. (2012) ‘Come cambiano le professioni tra vecchie regole e nuove strategie’, in Ranci, C. (ed) Partite IVA. Il lavoro autonomo nella crisi italiana. Bologna: Il Mulino Editore, 211-234.
- Maestripieri, L. (2012) ‘La condizione precaria della consulenza’, in Armano, E. and Murgia, A. (eds) Mappe della precarietà. I. Bologna: Odoya, 147-164.
- Maestripieri L. (2009) ‘I giovani tra flessibilità e precariato’ in Rauty R. (ed) La ricerca giovane. Percorsi di analisi della condizione giovanile, Edizioni Kurumuny, Calimera (Le), 271-279.
Editorship
- Murgia A., Armano E. and Maestripieri L. (2017) The Precariousness of Knowledge Workers: Hybridization, Self-Employment and Subjectification. Part II, Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation, 11(1).
- Armano E., Maestripieri L. and Murgia A. (2016) The Precariousness of Knowledge Workers: Hybridization, Self-Employment and Subjectification. Part I, Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation, 10(2).
- Maestripieri L. (2016) Giovani Né-Né. Oltre la condizione di NEET. Milano: Giangiacomo Feltrinelli editore.
- Maestripieri L. and Pais I. (2015) Professions, Bonds and Boundaries. Visioning a Globalising, Managed and Inclusive Professionalism. Part I, Studi di Sociologia, 2015(3).
Working Papers
- Maestripieri L. (2018) Spain. National context report using secondary data. PROMISE Working paper.
- Chiappero-Martinetti, E., von Jacobi, N., Maestripieri, L., Ziegler, R., van der Linden, M., van Beers, C. (2017) Comparison of four cases of social innovation in Europe: a statistical report. CRESSI Working Paper no. 40/2017.
- Maestripieri L. (2016) Part IV. Individual case study “Solidarity Purchasing Groups” in Scheuerle Thomas, Schimpf Gudrun-Christine, Glänzel Gunnar, Mildenberger Georg, Ziegler Rafael (eds.) Report on relevant actors in historic examples and an empirically driven typology on types of social innovation. CRESSI Working Paper 29/2016: 335-368.
- Ibáñez Garzarán Z., León Borja M., Maestripieri L. and Muñoz-Mendoza C. (2016) Empleo y maternidad: obstáculos y desafíos a la conciliación de la vida laboral y familiar. Projecto FUNCAS – Report n° 78
- Von Jacobi N., Chiappero Martinetti E., Giroletti T., Maestripieri L. and Ceravolo F. (2015) Toolkit (Methodology). CRESSI Working Paper 16/2015.
- Cerea, S. and Maestripieri, L. (2015) ‘La sovra-qualificazione della forza lavoro e un bilancio degli strumenti per contrastarla’. Rapporto Milano Produttiva 2015, Camera di Commercio di Milano, 143-151.
- Maestripieri L. (2014) Analysis of the Labour Market Integration of Women in Bologna. FLOWS Working Papers, n° 9.
- Flaquer L., Ranci C., Cucca R. and Maestripieri L. (2014) The structure of employment opportunities for women in 11 European cities. FLOWS Working Papers, n° 13.
- Cucca R., Maestripieri L. and C. Ranci (2014) Local production system in Bologna. FLOWS Working Papers, n° 21.
- Cucca R., Maestripieri L. and C. Ranci (2014) Local welfare system supporting female employment in Bologna. FLOWS Working Papers, n° 28.
- Maestripieri, L. (2013) Impact of local welfare systems on female labour force participation and social cohesion. The case of Bologna. DAStU Working Papers, n. 05/2013, ISSN 2281-6283.
- Ranci C., Maestripieri L., Manfredini F., Torri R., (2008) ‘Coesione sociale e competitività: Milano si confronta con l’Europa’. Rapporto Milano Produttiva 2008, per Camera di Commercio di Milano, 243-264.
- Canino P., Angiari B e Maestripieri L. (2006) ‘Ottavo Rapporto sul servizio civile in Italia. Progettualità degli enti, effetti su comunità e volontari’. Realizzato da IRS per CNESC.
Science popularisation
- Maestripieri L. (2017) Stiamo ancora parlando di donne e lavoro?, La nostra città futura, Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli.
- Maestripieri, L. (2017) Che tutto cambi, perché nulla cambi, La nostra città futura. Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli.
- Maestripieri, L. (2017) Per essere single bisogna vivere in Danimarca, InGenere.
- Maestripieri, L. (2017) Women at risk: A comparison between seven European cities, WorkInProgress.
- Maestripieri, L. (2017) Il volto femminile dell’insicurezza económica, Viaromagnosi, 20/2017.
- Maestripieri, L. (2015) Sabot, o del rapporto tra tecnologia e lavoro, Viaromagnosi, 16/2015.
- Maestripieri, L. (2015) Women at Work, Viaromagnosi, 14/2015.
- Maestripieri, L. (2015) La precarietà come condizione esistenziale, Viaromagnosi, 9/2015.
- Maestripieri, L. (2015) ‘Management consultants: Organizational Professionalism in Knowledge Work’, ISA Sociology.
- Maestripieri, L. (2015) ‘Quanto vale una laurea in Italia? Ce lo dice l’OCSE’, Huffington Post.
- Maestripieri, L. (2014) ‘Marienthal e la grande depressione’, Radio Popolare.
- Maestripieri, L. (2014) ‘Welfare locale e occupazione femminile: il progetto FLOWS”, Secondo Welfare.
- Maestripieri, L. (2013) ‘Freelance Professionals in Italy’, Sociology of Professional Groups Blog.
- Maestripieri L. (2012) ‘La solitudine delle partite EVA’, InGenere.
- Maestripieri L. (2012) ‘The Fifth State of Freelance’, No way to Make a Living.
- Maestripieri L. (2010) ‘Work at the times of Knowledge Workers’, No way to Make a Living.
