He received his Ph.D. in sociology and social research from the University of Trento. He has taught at the faculty of sociology of the University of Bielefeld, Germany, from 1998 to 2001 and at the UNED, Spain, from 2001 to 2010. Between 2007 and 2009 he was senior researcher on social stratification and inequality at the Juan March Institute, Madrid. Since 2013 he is the elected Chair of the Board of the European Consortium for Social Research (www.ecsrnet.eu).

Supervisees

Conte Keivabu, Risto
Ferrara, Alessandro
Galos, Diana
Immonen Hagley, Marcus
Cañizares Espadafor, María
Chabot, Timothée
Ghirardi, Gaia

Research Interests

Inequality
Inequality in educational opportunities and educational returns
Intergenerational social mobility and income inequality
Family and labour market dynamics and inequality
Research design and methodology (quantitative)