RAFFAELLA MONIA CALIA

Raffaella Monia Calia, PhD in “Sociology, and Social Research” (University of Naples “Federico II”), is a Postdoc Researcher and Adjunct Professor at La Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Communication, and Social Research. She is Editorial Board Member of SRO Sociological Research On line (SAGE Ed.) https://journals.sagepub.com/editorial-board/SRO

and Member of the Scientific Committee of the “Sociologie” series (Mimesis Edition) https://www.mimesisedizioni.it/catalogo/collana/548

She is Director of the Editorial Series: “Globalmente. Culture e Scienze Sociali” (Edizioni Il Papavero). Her main research interests are: topics related to gender, migrations and refugees integration, qualitative methods, relationship between cultural processes and fashion, development of inner areas, street art, myths, rituals, and youth lifestyles. She has published, on these themes, in 4 books, and a number of peer reviewed articles and essays. She has organized several conferences, in the framework of funded projects by European Union; she has participated, as invited speaker, to conferences and talks, organized by private and public Institutions. She is Coordinator and President of YOUTHINK, research association and of inclusion and integration of asylum seekers. She has twenty years of experience in the field of European Fund, as Grant Writer and Project Coordinator.