Calenda Davide

 

Biographical note

Davide Calenda took his Degree (Laurea) in Political Science (concentration: national identity and nationalism in Catalonia) at the University of Florence. He obtained his Ph.D. in Political Sciences (Doctoral program: Information Society) from the University of Florence (2003).

He is currently Research Assistant at Cross-Regional Information System  (CRIS) on the reintegration of migrants in their countries of origin, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS). Previously, he was research fellow at the Political Science and Sociology Department, the University of Florence.  He has over ten years of experience as scientific consultant and project manager of several national and international research projects and studies in the field of regional development, information society, citizens’ participation, new technologies and immigration.

 

Research interests

His research interests focus on migration, integration, development, new forms of social and political participation, information society, social research methods, and surveillance.

 

Selection of publications

1. Books

   (with C. Fonio, eds.), Sorveglianza e Società [Surveillance and Society], Acireale-Roma, Bonanno, 2010.

   (with R. Leonardi), L’orizzonte globale dello sviluppo locale. Sfide e opportunità degli investimenti esteri per il territorio fiorentino [The global view of local development. Challenges and opportunities of foreign direct investments in the Florentine area], Milano, Franco Angeli, 2009.

2. Chapters in books

   (with L. Leonardi), 'L’innovazione nell’incertezza. La politica della donazione e del trapianto di organi in Toscana', in F. Alacevich, ed., Cogliere le opportunità. Il ruolo dell’attore individuale nei processi di policy making [Taking the opportunity. The role of the individual actor in policy making processes], Burno Mondadori, Milano, 2011, pp. 45-77.

   (with A. Meijer), ' Digital encounters and ‘easy’ politics. Results of a web survey among young people in three European Countries, in T. Häyhtiö and J. Rinne, eds., Net working/Networking: Politics on the Internet, Tampere, Tampere University Press, 2008, pp. 205-221.

   (with L. Mosca), 'Youth online: Researching the political use of the Internet in the Italian context', in B. Loader (ed.), Young Citizens in the Digital Age: Political Engagement, Young People and New Media, London, Routledge, 2007, pp. 82-97.

   'La sorveglianza elettronica nel mercato della rete: il caso della personalizzazione online' [Electronic surveillance in the network market: the case of online personalization], in D. Calenda and C. Fonio (eds.), Sorveglianza e Società , Acireale-Roma, Bonanno, 2010, pp. 63- 81.

3. Articles in Scientific Journals

   (with A. Meijer), Political Individualization. New Media as an Escape from Family Control on Political Behaviour  Information Communication & Society, 14 (5), 2011, 1-24.

    (with L. Mosca), Researching online participation, Editorial Comment, Information, Communication & Society, 12 (6), 2009, 767-69.  

   (with A. Meijer), Young People, the Internet and Political Participation. Findings of a web survey in Italy, Spain and The Netherlands, Information, Communication & Society, 12 (6), 2009, 879-98.

   Appunti sulle conseguenze individuali e sociali della separazione tra capitale e lavoro nella nuova economia postfordista, [Notes on social and individual consequences of the 'divorce' between capital and labour in the new economy], Millepiani, 35, 2009, 59-68.

   L’individualizzazione del controllo[The individualization of control ], Millepiani, 34, 2008, 43-57.

   (with L. Burroni), La “nuova” governance delle politiche locali del lavoro [The new governance of local labour policies], Sociologia del Lavoro, 109, 2008, 101-16.

   (with D. Piana), Le scale della comunicazione globale [The scale of global communication], Millepiani, 33, 2008, 81-95.

   La società dell’informazione nelle regioni del mezzogiorno: sfide, visioni e performance [The Information Society in the Italian southern regions: challenges, visions and performance], Polis, XXI (1), 2007, 65-94.

   (with L. Mosca), The political use of the Internet: some insights from two surveys of Italian students, Information, Communication & Society, 10(1), 2007, 29-47.

   Internet, giovani e politica: spunti di dibattito da un'indagine su un gruppo di giovani studenti europei [The Internet, young people and politics: evidences from a survey on European students], Democrazia e Diritto, 4, 2006, 95-110.

   (with D. Lyon), Tecnologie di controllo e tecnologie di libertà: riflessioni sul potere nella società della rete [Technologies of control and technologies of freedom: reflections on power in the network society], Rassegna Italiana di Sociologia, 4, 2006, 583-612.

   Il dibattito internazionale sui limiti e le tendenze delle politiche per la tutela della Privacy in Internet [The International debate on privacy protection patterns in the age of Internet], Rivista Italiana di Diritto Pubblico Comunitario, 3/4, 2001, 531-51.

4. Published working papers and research reports (selected)

   ‘New media, migrants and integration in Europe’, Bridge-IT, Research report March 2011.

   (with C. Bonaccorso), 'Determinants, key actors and impact of FDI on four selected regions (Campania, Lombardy, Sardinia and Tuscany)', in Foreign Direct Investment in Italy: What are the causes of the current low level?, R. Leonardi and V. Termini, eds., March 2008, Dipartimento della Funzione Pubblica e Laboratorio di Regolazione, Pubblica Amministrazione e Sviluppo socio-economico in Europa, RePALab, Roma

   (with U. Pascucci and R. Leonardi), L’ Innovazione nell’area fiorentina come leva di sviluppo: valutazione e identificazione delle reti e dei modelli d’innovazione [Innovate to develop in the florentine area: assessment and identification of innovation networks and models], London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and Provincia di Firenze, December 2009

   Regional Information Society Strategies, in Mid Term Evaluation of the Italian Community Support Framework, Objective 1 2000/2006, Italian Ministry of Treasury, LSE and Vision & Value, eds., 2006

 

International education

2011 (May), guest researcher at the Instituto de Investigaciones Gino Germani, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Topic: transnational migration.

2008 (June), guest researcher at the Department of Sociology, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain. Topic: labour market policy.

2002-2003 (semester), visiting PhD student at the European Institute of The London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. Topic: social cohesion and regional development.

2002 (semester), visiting PhD student at the Department of Sociology of Queen's University, Canada. Topic: surveillance.

 

Academic membership

Member of the Labour Science Laboratory, PIN –Polo Universitario Cittá di Prato, since 2006.

Member of the European Research Network “LIVING IN SURVEILLANCE SOCIETIES (LISS)” funded by the European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research (http://www.liss-cost.eu/), since 2008.

Member of the Standing Group on Forms of Participation, European Consortium for Political Research, since 2007.

External research member of the Economic and Social Cohesion Laboratory at the European Institute of The London School of Economics and Political Science,  from 2003 to 2009.

 

Teaching appointment

He has considerable experience using both instructional (didactic) and constructional (group discussion) teaching methods. He has taught in both English and Italian and has also played a significant lead role in organising numerous seminars and workshops. He has supervised student dissertations.

He is adjunct lecture in Sociology at the Political Science Faculty of the University of Florence, since 2008.

 

Grants and Prizes

2006-2011, research fellowship granted from Department of Political Science and Sociology, Florence.

2000-2003, grant awarded for PhD study at the University of Florence.

2001, Young Researchers Prize, grant awarded at the University of Florence for an innovative empirical research on social and political aspects of Internet use by young people.

2005 (one year), fellowship granted from the National Research Council and Tuscany Region for a research support to a project on ICTs, Public Administration and immigration.