ALESSANDRA DE ROSE

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Alessandra De Rose è professoressa ordinaria di Demografia presso la facoltà di Economia di Sapienza Università di Roma. E’ stata Presidente dell'Associazione Italiana per gli Studi sulla Popolazione, Direttrice del Dipartimento di Metodi e modelli per l'economia, il territorio e la finanza del proprio Ateneo, titolare della Cattedra UNESCO in “Population, Migration, and Development”. E’ stata Presidente della Commissione per l’abilitazione scientifica nazionale (ASN) settore 13/D3 negli anni 2012-13 e 2021-23. Attualmente, è coinvolta nel programma nazionale PNRR-PE8 “Age-It Ageing well in an ageing society”, coordinando per Sapienza le ricerche relative all’impatto dell’invecchiamento demografico sulle forze lavoro.

Alessandra De Rose holds the position of full professor of Demography at Sapienza University of Rome. She serves as the Editor-in-chief of Genus - Journal of Population Sciences, published by Springer Verlag, and is the Director of the Annals of the Department of Methods and Models for Economics, Territory, and Finance. Her past roles include chairholder of the UNESCO Chair in “Population, Migrations and Development,” president of the Italian Association for Population Studies (AISP-SIS) from 2011 to 2015, and dean of the European Doctoral School in Demography (EDSD) for the academic years 2015-16 and 2016-17. She has also been the President of the Italian National Committee - ASN (National Scientific and Teaching Qualification) for Demography and Social Statistics for the years 2012-13 and 2021-2023.

Her research primarily focuses on fertility and family behaviors, gender inequalities, and the impact on population ageing on economy and society. Currently, she is the Principal Investigator for Sapienza in the PNRR-PE8 Project “Age-It. Ageing well in an ageing society,” Spoke1, that concentrates on the demography of ageing with an emphasis on workforce ageing and intergenerational care.

She has contributed to esteemed journals in the fields of demography and sociology, including Population Studies, Demographic Research, European Journal of Population, Genus, European Sociological Review, and Social Indicators Research. Her scholarly contributions encompass over 60 peer-reviewed journal articles, 40 chapters in national and international books, and numerous papers in international conference proceedings. Her H-index stands at 20, according to Google Scholar as of March, 5 2025.

Recent project as PI or local unit coordinator:
2023-2026: PNRR-PE8: Age-It Ageing well in an ageing society (PI: Daniele Vignoli, Università degli studi di Firenze, Responsible for Sapienza Team, Spoke1)
16-2020: JPI - More Years Better Lives (MYBL): project: Age-Specific Wellbeing and Transfer Accounts: Evaluation Intergenerational Support -AgeWellAccounts (PI: Alexia Fürnkranz-Prskawetz, VID, Wien) responsible for the Italian Team.
2019-2021: Sapienza University: The economic and social sustainability of population aging: the challenges of the Silver Economy in the digital age.
2016-2018: Sapienza University: project Population Dynamics and Climate Changes: a Micro - Macro Analysis of Reciprocal Influences.
2014-2016: Sapienza University: The Impact of the economic crisis on longevity and health: new challenges for the welfare state.
2015: Ministry of Health&Angelini S.p.A. Piper – No-pain weekend, a survey on pediatric pain treatment.

List of selected publication (back to 2015):
- Lorenti, A., De Rose, A., & Racioppi, F. (2025). Volunteering during early retirement reduces depression. Social Science & Medicine, vol. 367, 2025, n. 117790 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.117790
- De Rose, A, Racioppi, F., & Barbi, E. (2024). Settlement in the reclaimed Pontine Marshes during fascism in Italy: evidence form an unexplored archive. Annali del Dipartimento di Metodi e Modelli per l'Economia, il Territorio e la Finanza, vol. 2024, 89-102. https://doi.org/10.13133/2611-6634/1695
- Zannella, M., De Rose, A., Aloè, E., & Corsi, M. (2024). Paid and Unpaid Work in Pandemic Times. A Study on the Division of Household Labour and the Subjective Well-Being of Working Mothers in Italy. In: Bini, M., Balzanella, A., Masserini, L., Verde, R. (eds) Advanced Methods in Statistics, Data Science and Related Applications. SIS 2022 (pp.101-112). Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, vol 467. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-65699-6_21
- Alderotti, G., De Rose, A., & Tocchioni, V. (2024). Employment uncertainty and parenthood: quantifying the mediating role of union formation. Journal of Population Research 41, 27 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12546-024-09347-w
- Moretti, M., Cisotto, R., & De Rose, A. (2024). Uncovering disability-free grandparenthood in Italy between 1998 and 2016 using gender specific decomposition, Demographic Research, vol.50(429. 1247-1264, DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2024.50.42
- Juárez Carcaño, F.M., De Rose, A., & Testa, M. R. (2024). La relación entre la educación y las preferencias de la fecundidad en México: Lecciones de Italia, Estudios Demográficos y Urbanos, 39)1), pp. 1-41 http://dx.doi.org/10.24201/edu.v39i1.2192
- Lo Conte, M., Corsetti, G., De Rose, A., Marsili, M., Meli, E. (2023). The Future of the Italian Family: Evidence from a Household Projection Model. In: Schoen, R. (eds) The Demography of Transforming Families (pp.93-118). The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis, vol 56. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-29666-6_6
- Guarneri, A., Rinesi, F., Fraboni, R., De Rose, A. (2021), On the magnitude, frequency, and nature of marriage dissolution in Italy: insights from vital statistics and life-table analysis. Genus 77, 28 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s41118-021-00138-2
- Zannella M., De Rose (2019), Stability and change in family time transfers and workload inequality in Italian couples, Demographic Research, 40, pp. 49-60, DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2019.40.3, ISSN 2363-7064
- De Rose A., Racioppi F., Checcucci P., Arezzo M.F., Polli C. (2019). The Workforce Aging and Challenges for Policy and for Business. The Case of Italy, Review of European Studies, 11(4), p.10.5539/res.v11n4p60
- Giudici C., Polettini S., De Rose A., Brouard N. (2019), Which Aspects of Elderly Living Conditions are Important to Predict Mortality? The Complex Role of Family Ties at Home and in Institutions, Social Indicators Research, 142(3), pp.1255–1283 DOI:10.1007/s11205-018-1945-9.
- Ciritel A., De Rose A., Arezzo MF. (2019), Childbearing intentions in a low fertility context: the case of Romania, Genus, 75(4), pp.25, DOI:10.1186/s41118-018-0046-6, ISSN:2035-5556
- Arima S., Demurtas P., De Rose A., La Valle E., Menniti A., M.R. Sebastiani, (2018), The gender gap at home and in the labour market: the case of Italy, Sodemomed, in Bloss Thierry, Widmer Bloss Isabelle, Ambrosetti Elena, Pages Michèle, Oliveau Sébastien (Edited by) Ageing, Lifestyles and Economic Crisis: The New People of the Mediterranean, Routledge, pp.195-224, ISBN: 978113804026-7
- De Rose A., Fraboni R. (2016), Educational assortative mating in Italy: what can Gini’s homogamy index still say?, Genus, LXXI(2-3), p. 53-71.
- De Rose A., Testa M.R. (2016), Climate change and reproductive intentions in Europe, in Strangio D., Sancetta G. (eds), Italy in a European Context: Research in Business, Economics, and the Environment, Palgrave-MacMillan, p. 194-212, ISBN 9781137560766
- De Rose A., Strozza S. (a cura di) (2015). Rapporto sulla popolazione. L’Italia nella crisi economica, Bologna: Il Mulino.

Email address: alessandra.derose@uniroma1.it
Website: https://sites.google.com/uniroma1.it/profalessandraderose/bio
ORCID: 0000-0001-7533-1435
Updated: March 2025