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elena.pirani@unifi.it
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Ricevimento studenti: il mercoledì, dalle 10.15 alle 11.45
Il ricevimento si svolge presso il DIPARTIMENTO DI STATISTICA, INFORMATICA, APPLICAZIONI "G. Parenti", Viale Morgagni 59.
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Office hour: on wednesday, from 10.15 to 11.45
The office hour is at the Department of Statistics, Computer Science, Applications, Viale Morgagni 59.
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Personal information
Name Pirani Elena
E-mail elena.pirani@unifi.it
Nationality Italian
Current position
Since July 2019: Associate Professor in Demography – Department of Statistics, Computer Science, Applications, “G. Parenti” – DiSIA, University of Florence
Education
Jan. 2006 – Dec. 2008 : PhD in Applied Statistics, Department of Statistics “G. Parenti”, University of Florence.
Sept. 1996 – Dec. 2001: Degree in Economics (mark: 110/110 cum laude), Faculty of Economics “Marco Biagi”, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Research and professional experience
December 2012 - July 2019: Assistant Professor in Demography (Temporary position) – Department of Statistics, Computer Science, Applications, “G. Parenti” – DiSIA, University of Florence
Oct. 2011 – Dec. 2012: Research Assistant in Statistics, IRPET – Tuscany Institute for Economic Planning
Mar. 2009 – Sept. 2011: Post-doc in Demography, project “Health conditions in Tuscany”, Department of Statistics, Computer Science, Applications, “G. Parenti” – DiSIA, University of Florence
June – Sept. 2010: Collaboration to the research project “Family and Social Subjects: criticality of working patterns, on a gender perspective” Department of Statistics “G. Parenti”,University of Florence
Jan. – March 2008: Collaboration to the research project “Family models and structures in Tuscany” Department of Statistics “G. Parenti”, University of Florence
Publications
See the section Publications of the website.
In addition to publication on scientific journals, I preapared brief articles for the web sites www.ingenere.it and www.neodemos.it
Institutional roles and responsibilities
2018-current: member of the Library Committee of the University of Florence (Comitato biblioteche)
2018-current: member of the Commission for Research Activities Monitoring of DiSIA
2016 – current: Elected member of the Department Committee (“Giunta”) of the Department of Statistics, Computer Science, Applications “G. Parenti” – DiSIA, University of Florence
2016 – current: Responsible of the study plan and of the evaluation of enrolment applications for the Master Program in Design of sustainable tourism systems, University of Florence
2016 – current: Member of the Didactic Activities Committee of the Master Program in Design of sustainable tourism systems, University of Florence
Roles and membership in Scientific Societies
2017-current: Elected member of the Scientific Council of the Italian Association for Population Studies (AISP), demographic section of the Italian Statistical Society (SIS), with the role of Secretary
Memberships: AISP (Italian Association for Population Studies); EAPS (European Association for Population Studies); SIS (Italian Statistical Society), IUSSP (International Union for the Scientific Study of Population).
Review activity
Advances in Life Course Research; Bulletin of Economic Research; Demographic Research; Demography; European Journal of Public Health; European Sociological Review; Genus; International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; Journal of Population Research; Journal of the Royal Statistical Society - Series A; Plos One; Population Research and Policy Review; Social Indicators Research; Social Science and Medicine; Springer Book "Studies in Theoretical and Applied Statistics", Selection of papers presented at the 45th Scientific Meeting of the Italian Statistical Society - SIS 2010; Statistica Applicata – Italian Journal of Applied Statistics; The Social Science Journal.
Research projects
2017-19: Member of the research unit of the project CREW – Care, REtirement and Wellbeing of older people across different welfare regimes funded y the European Community Joint Programming Initiative “More Years, Better Lives” – JPY MYBL (coordinator: Prof. G. De Santis)
2017-22: Senior collaborator in the project Economic Uncertainty and Fertility in Europe, ERC-Consolidator Grant 725961 (P.I.: Prof. D. Vignoli)
2017-18: Responsible of the project Individuals’ and families’ well-being in contemporary societies, funded by the University of Florence
2015-17: Member of the research unit of the project FaBe – Famiglie e Benessere in Italia: Dinamiche e Relazioni, funded by the University of Florence (coordinator: Prof. D. Vignoli)
2014-15: Responsible of the Research project Ex 60% "Individual and family behaviors: demographic, social and economic determinants and consequences ", financed by the University of Florence (duration: 12 months)
2013-14: Responsible of the Research project Ex 60% "Population & business dynamics in developed countries: causes & consequences of demographic, social and economic changes", financed by the University of Florence (duration: 12 months)
2011-2014: Research assistant in the project FamChIP – Family Change in Italy and Poland, Project financed by the Polish Ministry of Education; Institute of Statistics and Demography, Warsaw School of Economics and Department of Statistics “G. Parenti”, University of Florence (resp. Prof.ssa Irena E. Kotowska).
2009-11: Research fellow in the project “Health conditions in Tuscany”, financed by Tuscany Region (resp. Prof. Silvana Salvini)
2008-2010: Research fellow in the project “Life Course Dynamics between context and strong ties” PRIN-MiUR, resp. Prof. Francesco C. Billari.
2008: Research fellow in the project “Family models in Tuscany”, financed by Tuscany Region, in collaboration with the Department of Statistics “G. Parenti”, University of Florence (resp. Prof. Silvana Salvini).
Teaching
Academic courses lecturer
A.A. 2017/18-current: Demography, Bachelor in Political Sciences, University of Florence
A.A. 2016/17-current: Social statistics (in English), Master Program in Design of sustainable tourism systems, University of Florence
A.A. 2012/13- 2017/18: Social demography, Bachelor in Statistics, University of Florence
Academic courses collaboration
A.A. 2013/14-current: Business demography (in English), Master Program in Design of sustainable tourism systems, University of Florence
A.A. 2012/13-current: Demographic models, Master Program in Statistics, Actuarial, and Financial Sciences, University of Florence
A.A. 2012/13-current: Demography, Bachelor in Statistics, University of Florence
Supervision of graduate students
- Co-tutor of various master theses, Master Program in Statistics, Actuarial and Financial Sciences, University of Florence.
- Co-tutor of various master thesis, Master Program in Development of Sustainable Tourism Systems, University of Florence.
Training and visiting
May 2012: Theory and Practice of Program Evaluation (Fonds National de la Recherche of Luxembourg and CEPS/INSTEAD). Prof. Guido Imbens (Harvard University), Prof. Fabrizia Mealli (Florence University), prof. Alfonso Flores-Lagunes (State University of New York - Binghamton)
June – Sept. 2008: Visiting student, Department of Methodology and Statistics, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences – Tilburg University (NL)
January 2008: SIS school: Statistical models for the evaluation of educational programs, Department of Statistics, University of Florence.
June 2007: Binary Outcome models, multinomial models, tobit and selection models, Prof. Colin Cameron, Cattolica University, Piacenza.
Sept. 2007: Workshop on Latent Variables Modeling with Mplus, proff. Bengt O. Muthén and Linda Muthén, Department of Statistics, University of Florence.
Organization of scientific appointments
- Member of the Scientific Committee of the XIII Edition of the Population Days – AISP, Italian Association for Population Studies, 24-26 January 2019, Milano
- Member of the Organizing Committee of the 2017 Meeting of the Italian Statistical Society (SIS) “Statistics and Data Science: New Challenges, New Generations”, 28-30 June 2017, Florence
- Member of the Organizing Committee and of the Scientific Committee of the XII Edition of the Population Days – AISP, Italian Association for Population Studies, 8-10 February 2017, Florence
- Member of the Organizing Commitee of the 1st Conference "AIQUAV - Qualità della vita. Territorio e Popolazioni", Italian Association for the Quality of Life Studies, 29-31 july 2013, Firenze
- Member of the Organizing Commitee of the Conference "YOUPOP – Incontro tra giovani studiosi di popolazione", 22-23 september 2011 – Firenze.
- Member of the Organizing Commitee of the XLVI Scientific Meeting SIEDS, 28-30 may2009 – Firenze.
- Family structures, social support nets.
- Quality of life, poverty and social exclusion.
- Individual health and social inequalities.
Legenda
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