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Fabio Sabatini - didattica

Fabio Sabatini is Associate Professor of Economics at Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Economics and Law, where he also serves as Director of the European PhD Programme in Socio-Economic and Statistical Studies.

He is Research Fellow at IZA - Institute of Labor Economics and Associate Researcher at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow.

Fabio obtained the Italian national scientific qualification (abilitazione scientifica nazionale) as Full Professor (professore ordinario) of Political Economy (sector 13/A1), Economic Policy (13/A2), Public Economics (13/A3) and Applied Economics (13/A4).

He is founding editor of the Social Capital Gateway, website providing resources for social sciences and co-editor of the International Review of Economics

Fabio's Google Scholar Citation Profile is here (H-Index = 25 as of February 2019, citations = 2520). His personal RePEc statistics are here.

Fabio occasionally writes op-eds in the Italian newspaper Il Foglio and in the Italian magazine Strade on topics of economics and policy. From 2011 to 2015 he wrote blogs and op-ed articles in the Italian newspaper Il Fatto Quotidiano and in the Italian magazines MicroMega and Pagina 99.

Contact

Email: [email protected].
Address: Sapienza Università di Roma, Facoltà di Economia, via del Castro Laurenziano 9, 00161, Roma, Italy.
Web. Personal: Facebook, Twitter | Academic: Ideas, Scholar, Academia.edu, ResearchGate
My Google Site: fabiosabatini.site.uniroma1.it

Current Position

• Associate Professor of Economic Policy, Department of Economics and Law, Faculty of Economics, Sapienza University of Rome.

• Director of the European PhD Programme in Socio-Economic and Statistical Studies.
 

Other appointments and affiliations

Research Fellow IZA - Institute of Labor Economics

• Research Associate, Laboratory for Comparative Social Research of the National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia.

• Research Associate, Grupo de Investigaciòn Capital Social y Series Temporales, Universidad Zaragoza.

• Member of the Italian Observatory for Human Rights Guarantees on the Internet (Osservatorio delle garanzie dei diritti fondamentali della persona su Internet) at the Italian Authority for Communications Guarantees (Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni, Agcom).

• Member of the Health, Econometrics and Data Group, University of York.

• Member of the Social Capital Working Group of the International Initiative for Promoting Political Economy (IIPPE), University of London.
 

Editorial activities

Founding editor of  Social Capital Gateway, web site providing resources for the study of social capital acknowledged by the Journal of Economic Education as an exemplary material for teaching and learning economics.

Co-Chief Editor of the International Review of Economics (Springer).

Member of the editorial board of the Journal of Comparative and International Social Policy (Taylor & Francis), of Impresa Sociale (Consorzio CGM), and of the Journal of Entrepreneurial and Organizational Diversity (Euricse), for which I served as Founding and Co-Chief Editor until 2016.

• Editor of the NEP (New Economics Papers) Report on Social Norms and Social Capital within the RePEc Project.

Reviewer for the following peer-reviewed journals (only journals for which I review at least twice per year are listed): American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Applied Economics, BMC Public Health, British Journal of Sociology, Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society, Chaos, Comparative Political Studies, Computers in Human Behavior, Economic Modelling, Economics Bulletin, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, European Economic Review, European Journal of Political Economy, European Sociological Review, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, Journal of Cultural Economics, Journal of Development Studies, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Journal of Economic Psychology, Journal of Economic Surveys, Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research, Journal of Happiness Studies, Kyklos, Metroeconomica, Organization Science, Organization Studies, Oxford Economic Papers, Plos One, Regional Studies, Review of Economics of the Household, Review of Income and Wealth, Review of Network Economics, Review of Social Economy, Small Business Economics, Social Indicators Research, Social Networks, Social Science and Medicine, Voluntas, World Development.

I occasionaly review book proposals for Edward Elgar, Oxford University Press, and Routledge.

On average, I perform a review every twoo weeks.

Education

• Laurea in Economics, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, 2001. Summa cum laude.

• PhD in Political Economy, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, 2006.
 

Articles in international refereed journals

In co-authored works, the corresponding author is marked with *.

• Antoci, A., Bonelli, L., Paglieri, F., Reggiani, T., *Sabatini, F. (2019). Civility and trust in social media. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, accepted.
Media coverage: IZA Newsroom, La Repubblica.

• Coppier, R., *Sabatini, F., Sodini, M. (2018). Social capital, human capital and fertility. Macroeconomic Dynamics, accepted.

• Antoci, A., *Sabatini, F. (2018). Online Networks, Social Interaction and Segregation: An Evolutionary Approach. Journal of Evolutionary Economics 28(4): 859-883.

• *Sabatini, F., Sarracino, F. (2018). Online social networks and trust. Social Indicators Research 142(1): 229–260.

• *Sabatini, F., Sarracino, F. (2017). Online networks and subjective well-being. Kyklos 70(3): 456-480.
Media coverage (selection): The MIT Technology Review, The Telegraph,  Business Standard, La Repubblica, Il Sole 24 Ore,  Wired , El Pais, El Pais Uruguay, The Financial Express, India Today, China Daily, The Register, Vita, Engadget.

• *Antoci, A., Delfino, A., Paglieri, F., Panebianco, F., Sabatini, F. (2016). Civility vs. Incivility in Online Social Interactions: An Evolutionary Approach. PLoS ONE 11(11): e0164286.

• Degli Antoni, G., Sabatini, F. (2016). Social cooperatives, social welfare associations and social networks. Review of Social Economy 9, 1-19.

• Sabatini, F. (2015). Review of Immigrant Networks and Social Capital. By Carl L. Bankston III. Cambridge and Malden, MA.: Polity Press, 2014. Journal of Economic Literature 53 (2), 371-374.

• *Andriani, L., Sabatini, F. (2015). Trust and Prosocial Behaviour in a Process of State Capacity Building: the Case of the Palestinian Territories. Journal of Institutional Economics 11 (4), 823-846.

• Antoci, A., *Sabatini, F., Sodini, M. (2015). Online and offline social participation and social poverty traps. Journal of Mathematical Sociology 39 (4), 229-256.

• Sabatini, F., *Yamamura, E. (2015). The impact of the media on voters' attitude toward Junichiro Koizumi and his policy. Japan and the World Economy 34-35, 24-32.

• Fiorillo, D., *Sabatini, F. (2015). Structural social capital and health in Italy. Economics & Human Biology 17, 129-142.

• *Sabatini, F., Modena, F., Tortia, E. (2014). Do cooperative enterprises create social trust? Small Business Economics 42 (3), 621-641.

• Modena, F., Rondinelli, C., *Sabatini, F. (2014). Economic insecurity and fertility intentions: The Case of ItalyReview of Income and Wealth 60 (1), 233-255.

• Sabatini, F. (2014). The relationship between happiness and health: evidence from Italy. Social Science and Medicine 114, 178-187.

• Antoci, A., *Sabatini, F., Sodini, M. (2013). Bowling alone but tweeting together: the evolution of human interaction in the social networking EraQuality & Quantity  48 (4), 1912-1927.

• Antoci, F., *Sabatini, F., Sodini, M. (2013). Economic growth, technological progress and social capital: the inverted U hypothesis. Metroeconomica 64 (3), 401-431.

• Antoci, A., *Sabatini, F., Sodini, M. (2012). The Solaria Syndrome: Social Capital in a Hypertechnological Growing Economy. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 81 (3), 802-814.
Media coverage: The Daily Beast.

• Sabatini, F. (2012). Who Trusts Berlusconi? An Econometric Analysis of the Role of Television in the Political Arena. Kyklos, 65: 111–131.
Media coverage: The Guardian, Il Fatto Quotidiano, Economic Logic.

• Modena, F., *Sabatini, F. (2012). I Would if I Could: Precarious Employment and Childbearing Intentions in Italy. Review of Economics of the Household 10 (1), 77-97.
Media coverage: Il Sole 24 Ore.

• Antoci, F., *Sabatini, F., Sodini, M. (2012). See You on Facebook! A framework for analyzing the role of computer-mediated interaction in the evolution of social capital. Journal of Socio-Economics 41, 541–547.

• Fiorillo, D., *Sabatini, F. (2011). Quality and quantity: the role of social interactions in individual health. Social Science and Medicine, 73, 1644-1652.

• Fiorillo, D., *Sabatini, F. (2011). An Exploratory Analysis of the Relationship Between Social Interactions, Income and Health in Italy. Economics Bulletin, 31 (2), 1336-1352.

• Sabatini, F. (2009). Social Capital as Social Networks: a New Framework for Measurement and an empirical analysis of its determinants and consequences. Journal of Socio-Economics, 38 (3), 429-442.
Media coverage: Il Venerdì di Repubblica, Vita.

• Sabatini, F. (2009). The relationship between trust and networks. An exploratory empirical analysis. Economics Bulletin 29 (2), 674-685.

• Sabatini, F. (2008). Social Capital and the Quality of Economic Development. Kyklos, 61 (3), 466-499.

• Sabatini, F. (2008). Does Social Capital Improve Labour Productivity in Small and Medium Enterprises?. International Journal of Management and Decision Making 9, (5), 454-480.
 

Working Papers

• Gualtieri, G., Nicolini, M., *Sabatini, F., Zamparelli, L. (2019). Repeated shocks and preferences for redistribution. MPRA Paper No. 91477.
Media coverage: LSE Business Review.

• Geraci, A., *Nardotto, M., Reggiani, T., Sabatini, F. (2018). Broadband Internet and social capital. IZA Discussion Paper 11855. Submitted.
Media coverage: IZA Newsroom, LSE Business Review, IQ Italia, Gli Stati Generali.

• Argentiero, A., Cerqueti, R., *Sabatini, F. (2018). Does social capital explain the Solow residual? A DSGE approach. MPRA Paper No. 87100. Submitted.

• Cerqueti, R., *Sabatini, F., Ventura, M. (2017). Civic capital and support for the welfare state. EERI Research Paper 2017/13. Submitted (3nd round).

• *Sabatini, F., Ventura, M., Yamamura, E., Zamparelli, L. (2017). Fairness and the unselfish demand for redistribuion by taxpayers and welfare recipients. EERI Research Paper 2017/14. Submitted (2nd round).

• *Sabatini, F., Sarracino, F. (2016). Keeping up with the e-Joneses: Do online social networks raise social comparisons? MPRA Paper 69201. Submitted (2nd round).
Media coverage: Il Corriere della Sera, Rete 105.

Please check my profile on Ideas for a complete list of my working papers.
 

Articles in Italian refereed journals

• Sabatini, F. (2009). Il capitale sociale nelle regioni italiane: un’analisi comparata. Rivista di Politica Economica 99 (2), 167-220.

• Sabatini, F. (2007). Un atlante del capitale sociale italiano. QA, Rivista dell'Associazione Rossi Doria 1/2007, 41-73.

• Sabatini, F. (2004). Il concetto di capitale sociale nelle scienze sociali. Una rassegna della letteratura economica, sociologica e politologica. Studi e Note di Economia 2/2004, 73-105.
 

Books

• Garofalo, G., Sabatini, F. (eds) (2008). Homo Oeconomicus? Dinamiche imprenditoriali in laboratorio. Bologna, Il Mulino.

• Cecchi, C., Grando, S., Sabatini, F. (2008). Campagne in sviluppo. Capitale sociale e comunità rurali in Europa. Torino, Rosenberg & Sellier.

• Cecchi, C., Sabatini, F. (2007). Il capitale sociale per la pianificazione e gestione dei servizi pubblici locali. Roma, Officina Edizioni.
 

Book Chapters

• Sabatini, F. (2011). Il capitale sociale in Provincia di Trento. Comparazione con le regioni italiane mediante analisi in componenti principali. In Borzaga, C. (Ed). Relazioni di qualità: il capitale sociale in Provincia di Trento. Trento: Edizioni 31.

• Sabatini, F. (2009). The Labour Market. In Svendsen, G.T. and G.L.H. Svendsen (eds). Handbook of Social Capital. The Troika of Sociology, Political Science and Economics. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA.

• Cecchi, C., Molinas, L., Sabatini, F. (2008). Is Social Capital a Policy Tool Against Poverty and Inequality? A Discussion of Development Strategies in Rural India. In Basile, E. and I. Mukhopadhyay (eds). Institutional Perspectives on Rural India. London, New York, Delhi, Anthem Press.

• Sabatini, F. (2008). Capitale sociale, imprese sociali, spesa pubblica. In Pelligra, V. (ed). Imprese sociali. Scelte individuali e interessi comuni. Milano, Paravia Bruno Mondadori.

• Sabatini, F. (2008). Capitale sociale, fiducia e crescita economica. In Garofalo, G, F. Sabatini (eds). Homo Oeconomicus? Dinamiche imprenditoriali in laboratorio. Bologna, Il Mulino.

• Sabatini, F. (2008). Misurare il capitale sociale. In Garofalo, G, F. Sabatini (eds). Homo Oeconomicus? Dinamiche imprenditoriali in laboratorio. Bologna, Il Mulino.

• Sabatini, F. (2008). Guida pratica alla misurazione del capitale sociale. In Garofalo, G, F. Sabatini (eds). Homo Oeconomicus? Dinamiche imprenditoriali in laboratorio. Bologna, Il Mulino.

• Sabatini, F. (2008). Capitale sociale e fiducia: un'analisi econometrica. In Garofalo, G, F. Sabatini (eds). Homo Oeconomicus? Dinamiche imprenditoriali in laboratorio. Bologna, Il Mulino.

• Sabatini, F. (2007). The Empirics of Social Capital and Economic Development: a Critical Perspective. In Osborne, M., Sankey, K. e Wilson, B. (eds). Social Capital, Lifelong Learning Regions and the Management of Place: an international perspective. London and New York, Routledge.
 

Other publications

• Degli Antoni, G., Sabatini, F. (2013). Cooperative sociali, motivazioni intrinseche e creazione di network. Impresa Sociale 1 2013.

• Borzaga, C., Ferri, G., Sabatini, F. (2012). EditorialJournal of Entrepreneurial and Organizational Diversity 1 (1), 1-6.

• Sabatini, F. (2011). Se la TV non sposta un voto, perché invaderla? Un'analisi econometrica del ruolo della televisione nella costruzione del consenso. Micromega.

• Sabatini, F. (2011). Capitale sociale. Entry in the Garzanti Encyclopedia of Economics. Milano, Garzanti.

• Sabatini, F. (2007). Capitale sociale, imprese sociali, spesa pubblica e sviluppo in Italia. Impresa sociale 2 (76), 192-234.

• Sabatini, F. (2005). Resources for the Study of Social Capital. Journal of Economic Education, 36 (2), 198.

• Sabatini, F. (2005). Uganda: l'allievo modello della Banca Mondiale? Le nuove contraddizioni della cooperazione allo sviluppo. Disuguaglianze, Trimestrale per l'analisi dei processi di sviluppo e sottosviluppo  5 (5), 122-134.

• Sabatini, F. (2004). Che cosa è il capitale sociale. Disuguaglianze, Trimestrale per l'analisi dei processi di sviluppo e sottosviluppo  3 (4), 41-55.

• Sabatini, F. (2003). Review Essay of Ben Fine, "Social Capital versus Social Theory: Political Economy and Social Science at the Turn of the Millenium". Economic Notes, 32 (3), 403-408.
 

Invited presentations as keynote speaker or as member of the scientific committee (selection)

• 2017, 4-6 settembre: invited speaker al workshop "ICTs and well-being", Oslo, Norvegia.

• 2016, December 12-13: invited speaker at the conference "Social Capital", Fukuoka, Japan.

• 2015, October 23-24: member of the scientific committee and invited speaker at the Conference "Social capital". Konya, Turkey.

• 2015, July 23-27: invited speaker at the Sino-German Symposium on "Informal Institutions, social capital and economic development". Tianjin, China.

• 2015, June, 18: invited speaker at the Monday Lunch Seminar, University of Zaragoza, Department of Economics.

• 2015, May 12: invited speaker at the Research on Monday seminar, Tinbergen Institute, Erasmus University of Rotterdam.

• 2014, October 24: invited speaker at the workshop "Social capital, instutions and economic development ". Valencia, Spain.
Download the presentation "Social capital and trust in the Internet age".

• 2014, October 12: invited speaker at the workshop: " Arguing on social media ", within the Italian Internet Festival, Pisa, Italy.
Download the presentation (in Italian).

• 2014, September 7: invited speaker at the Global Economic Symposium "Restructuring Economies, Transforming Societies". Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

• 2012, November 13: invited speaker at the Conference "Micro-Level Socialisation through Civic Engagement? Institutions, Associations and Trust". Brussels, Belgium.

• 2012, June 21-23: member of the Organizing Committee of the Association for Social Economics 2012 World Congress. Glasgow, UK.

• 2011, October 26: keynote speaker at the Conference "Knowledge-Based Development: Enterprises, Cities and Countries". Vale dos Vinhedos - Bento Gonçalves, Brazil.

• 2010, July 7: invited speaker at the conference "The Economic Effects of Trust". Santander, Spain.

• 2010, March 12: invited speaker at the workshop "Poverty, inequality and social protection in Africa". Brussels, Belgium.

• 2009, December 2-5: member of the scientific committee of the Conference "From GDP to Well-Being: Economics on the Road to Sustainability". Ancona, Italy.

• 2009, September 24: invited speaker at the Conference "Urban Policies and Social Capital". Lindköping and Gothenburg, Sweden.

• 2009, September 4: invited speaker at the Conference "Civil society, social capital and economic development". Stockholm, Sweden.

• 2007, November 8: invited speaker at the Conference: "Social capital and job creation in rural Europe". Lisbon, Portugal.

• 2007, June 1, invited speaker at the conference "The role of nonprofit organizations and social enterprises in the formation of social capital". Trento, Italy.

• 2007, March 4: invited speaker at the Conference "Social Networks, Transactional Economy, and Knowledge-Based Economy in Regional Development". Moscow, Russia.

• 2006, November 18: invited speaker at the Conference "Reviewing OECD experience in the social enterprise sector". Trento, Italy.

• 2006, October 18-19: organizer and chair of the Conference "Social Capital and Crime". Ottaviano (Naples), Italy.

• 2006, June 30: invited speaker at the Conference Social Capital, Sustainability and Socio-economic Cohesion within the EU MLG structure in development policy. London, UK.

• From 2007 to 2014 I have been member of the scientific committee of the Annual Workshop for Young Economists on Social Economy, which takes place every year in Forlì (Bologna, Italy) under the organization of the University of Bologna.
 

Paper presentations (selection)

• 2014, November 10-15, presentation of the paper "Inherited tolerance and economic growth" at the 4th International Annual Research Conference "Cultural and Economic changes under cross-national perspective", Saint Petersburg, Russia.

• 2014, March 30, presentation of the paper "Internet use, social capital and subjective well-being" at the Conference: Social and Cultural Changes in Cross-National Perspective: Values and Modernization, Moscow, Russia.

• 2013, November 14, presentation of the paper "Will Facebook save or destroy social capital? An empirical investigation into the role of online interactions in the evolution of trust and networks" at the Conference "Cultural and Economic changes under cross-national perspective", Moscow, Russia.

• 2013, April 28: presentation of the project "The Internet, social capital and subjective well-being" at the Third LCSR International Workshop, Saint Petersburg, Russia.

• 2012, October 5: presentation of the paper "Structural social capital and health in Italy" at the Workshop Social Capital and Health. Padua, Italy.

• 2012, September 22: presentation of the paper "Employment instability, economic insecurity and fertility intentions: the case of Italy" at the Conference of the European Association of Labour Economists. Bonn, Germany.

• 2011, November 23: presentation of the paper "Economic Insecurity and Fertility: The Case of Italy" at the IARIW-OECD Conference on Economic Insecurity. Paris, France.

• 2009, December 5: presentation of the paper "The Solaria Syndrome: Social Capital in a Growing Hypertechnological Economy" at the Conference "From GDP to Well-Being: Economics on the Road to Sustainability". Ancona, Italy.

• 2009, June 25: presentation of the paper "Will growth and technology destroy social interaction? The inverted U-shape hypothesis" at the Conference "The evolution and formation of social networks". Paris, France.
 

Previous positions

• March 2011 - December 2015: Assistant Professor (Ricercatore a tempo indeterminato), Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Economics and Law.

• November 2010 - June 2012: Senior Researcher (Ricercatore a tempo determinato), University of Trento, European Research Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprises (Euricse).

• November 2006 - October 2010: Research Fellow, University of Siena, Department of Economics and Faculty of Political Sciences.

• July 2006 - July 2007: Holder of a Research Grant funded by the Food and Agriculture Organization for the research project The Role of FAO and IFAD in Building Social Capital in Rural Areas, University of Padua, Department of Economics Marco Fanno.

• October 2005 - November 2006: Research Fellow, University of Cassino, Department of Economics.
 

Teaching

• 2018/2019: Applied Economics. European PhD Programme in Socio-Economic and Statistical Studies

• 2018/2019: Economics and Policy of Networks. Sapienza University of Rome, Faculty of Economics.

• 2018/2019: Public Economics. Sapienza University of Rome, Faculty of Economics.

• 2017/2018: Applied Economics. European PhD Programme in Socio-Economic and Statistical Studies

• 2017/2018: Economics and Policy of Networks. Sapienza University of Rome, Faculty of Economics.

• 2017/2018: Public Economics. Sapienza University of Rome, Faculty of Economics.

• 2016/2017: Economics and Policy of Networks. Sapienza University of Rome, Faculty of Economics.

• 2016/2017: Public Economics. Sapienza University of Rome, Faculty of Economics.

• 2015/2016: Advanced Public Economics. Sapienza University of Rome, Faculty of Economics.

• 2014/2015: Advanced Public Economics. Sapienza University of Rome, Faculty of Economics.

• 2013/2014: Advanced Public Economics. Sapienza University of Rome, Faculty of Economics.

• 2013/2014: Public Economics. Sapienza University of Rome, Faculty of Economics.

• 2012/2013: Public Economics. Sapienza University of Rome, Faculty of Economics.

• 2012/2013: Political Economy (TA). Sapienza University of Rome, Faculty of Economics.

• 2011/2012: Public Economics. Sapienza University of Rome, Faculty of Economics.

• 2011/2012: Political Economy (TA). Sapienza University of Rome, Faculty of Economics.

• 2009/2010: Mathematical Economics. University of Siena, Faculty of Political Science.

• 2009/2010: Social Capital and Development Processes. University of Siena, Faculty of Political Science.

• 2008/2010: Development Economics. University of Siena, Faculty of Political Science.

• 2008/2009: European Economic Policy. University of Siena, Faculty of Political Science.

• 2008/2009: Economics of Monetary Union. Università Telematica Guglielmo Marconi, Faculty of Economics.

• 2007/2008: Economics of Monetary Union. Università Telematica Guglielmo Marconi, Faculty of Economics.

• 2006/2010: Economic Policy (TA). University of Siena, Faculty of Political Science.

• 2006/2010: Political Economy (TA). University of Siena, Faculty of Economics.

• 2006/2010: Business Economics (TA). Siena University for Foreigners, Faculty of Economics.

• 2006/2007: Economics of Monetary Union. Università Telematica Guglielmo Marconi, Faculty of Economics.

• 2005/2006: Economics of Monetary Union. Università Telematica Guglielmo Marconi, Faculty of Economics.

• 2003/2004: Advanced Economic Policy (TA). Sapienza University of Rome, Faculty of Economics.

• 2003/2004: Economic Policy (TA). University LUISS Guido Carli, Faculty of Economics.
 

Op-Ed Articles (in Italian)

I collaborate with the Italian newspaper Il Foglio e the Italian magazine La Voce on topics of economics, policy, and research. I previously wrote blogs and op-ed articles on the Italian newspaper Il Fatto Quotidiano, and the Italian magazines MicroMega and Pagina 99.

• Op-eds for Il Foglio: Il trionfo dell'antiscienza. Il M5S mette le Iene a guardia dell'università (September 4, 2018), Il declino di Roma ha come simbolo una tettoia diroccata (February 22, 2017), Roma è una città meravigliosa. Per chi non ci vive, (February 18, 2017), Con il no della Raggi allo stadio è la città a "prenderla sui denti" (February 7, 2017), Favori ai poteri forti e ritorno del marciume: ecco il governo grillino a Roma (February 4, 2017), Trump: dalla fantascienza all'anti-scienza (November 10, 2016), Merito e competizione, i primi segnali di Renzi sull'Università (October 24, 2016).,Le cattedre Natta non sono la panacea, ma un sasso nell'università stagnante (October 13, 2016).

• Contributions to La Voce: Stato sociale? Tutti lo vogliono se non c’è evasione (with Roy Cerqueti e Marco Ventura) (August 19, 2016), Insider e outsider: cosa cambia con l'Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale (with Tommaso Reggiani, Matteo Rizzolli and Francesco Sarracino) (March 25, 2014).

• Contributions to Strade: No, il reddito di cittadinanza non farà crescere i salari (February 6, 2019), Il tempo delle deportazioni (January 23, 2019), Italia e Francia: dire che l'UE applica due pesi e due misure è sbagliato (October 13, 2018), L'Italia autarchica verso l'uscita dall'Euro (October 2, 2018), Il vicolo cieco (August 31, 2018), L'università è più trasparente e meritocratica di quanto crediate (27 settembre 2017), Orazi & Strazi: Virginia Raggi e gli scontrini di Marino, due anni dopo (24 febbraio 2017), Niente investimenti, siamo Romani: il magico mondo di Berdini e del M5S (February 13, 2017).

 
• Contributions to L'Espresso: Bannato da Facebook per quella foto che tutti dovremmo guardare (July 20, 2018).

• Selected posts and op-eds for Il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian): Corruzione: senza fiducia non c'è sviluppo  (July 24, 2014), Università, se la disinformazione è di moda (May 11, 2014), Università: come rendere i concorsi più trasparenti (March 11, 2014), Che cosa è diventato il Movimento 5 Stelle? (February 3, 2014), Social network: le conseguenze dei commenti odiosi in rete (January 7, 2014), Elezioni europee: alcune considerazioni sui sette punti della grillonomics (January 5, 2014), Se Facebook distrugge la fiducia (December 2, 2013), Agcom alla svolta generazionale? Tra gli intrighi tocca al Pd (November 8, 2013), Immigrati: l'economia ha bisogno di accoglienza e integrazione (October 10, 2013), Altroché Imu: ripartire da una politica più women-friendly (September 3, 2013), Diritti civili e omofobia, la vera emergenza (with Barbara Befani) (August 13, 2013), Concorsi truffa: il massacro dei ricercatori (July 8, 2013), L’antieuropeismo da bar di Berlusconi nel sonno di Pd e M5S (June 18, 2013),  Femminicidio, l'insopportabile retorica del lutto e dello shock (with Barbara Befani) (May 28, 2013) Tagliate altre tasse, non l'Imu (May 5, 2013), Matrimonio gay, è il momento di agire (with Carlo D'Ippoliti) (April 24, 2013), Intanto l'economia si spegne (April 10, 2013), M5S tra meritocrazia e le mille balle blu (March 24, 2013), M5S, i voti che non tornano e qualche vecchio vizio (March 21, 2013), M5S e Pd: non sprecate questa occasione storica (March 11, 2013), Movimento 5 Stelle, Google non basta (March 5, 2013), Una maggioranza, vi prego, contro il conflitto di interessi (February 26, 2013), Tu quoque, Oscar Giannino (February 19, 2013), La demagogia di Berlusconi e la necessità di una nuova agenda europea per la sinistra (January 11, 2013), Valentina e Ilaria, ricercatrici unite contro i baroni (December 20, 2012), Berlusconi si può battere (December 9, 2012), Investire nella scuola e nell'università fa bene all'economia (December 7, 2012), Questa politica economica distrugge la coesione sociale (November 16, 2012), Diritti civili e omofobia, il ritardo dell’Italia non fa bene all’economia (November 8, 2012), L’apologia di fascismo è ancora un reato (November 6, 2012), Il berlusconismo non è finito, prepariamoci (October 27, 2012), Berlusconi si ritira: inutile se non si elimina il conflitto di interessi (October 25, 2012), Invece di colpire la cooperazione sociale tagliamo qualche F-35 (October 20, 2012), La legge di stabilità stabilizza soltanto le disuguaglianze (October 15, 2012).

• Selected posts and editorials for MicroMega (in Italian): L'incredibile scandalo della tutina rosa di mia figlia (April 4, 2015). I limiti del programma di Grillo per l'Europa (January 9, 2014), Economisti dappertutto? (November 20, 2013), Femminicidio: microfisica di un problema sistemico (with Barbara Befani) (May 30, 2013), L'aumento dell'Iva e la spesa pubblica (May 28, 2013), Decrescita, recessione e felicità: contro le semplificazioni di Beppe Grillo (with Luciano Canova) (April 15, 2013), Pd, 24 ore per tornare alla ragione (ed evitare l'autodistruzione) (April 17, 2013), Monti, una sobria e rispettabile scelta politica. Di destra (January 9, 2013), Lo spread e il governo che verrà (December 12, 2012), Non si esce dalla crisi distruggendo la coesione sociale (18 novembre 2012), Se la politica economica dimentica i consumatori (October 16, 2012), La rete è vita (August 30, 2012), L'incredibile odissea di una ricercatrice contro i muri di gomma universitari (June 10, 2012), La de-feudalizzazione dell'Università (May 23, 2012), Hollande, una speranza per l'Europa e una lezione per la sinistra italiana (May 6, 2012), Università, la rivolta dei ricercatori contro i concorsi manipolati (May 2, 2012), L'economia del pene (April 15, 2012), Pareggio di bilancio e declino del welfare, dov'è la sinistra? (April 11, 2012), Lavoro, la fine del Pd (March 21, 2012), Bindi, il Pd e i matrimoni omosessuali (March 12, 2012), Un'altra brutta storia sui concorsi universitari (February 19, 2012), Il posto fisso, che noia, la precarietà, che tragedia (February 2, 2012), Istruzioni per salvare l'economia dagli economisti (January 20, 2012).

• Selected posts and editorials for Pagina 99 (in Italian):  Stamina: se la politica promuove la truffa  (June 13, 4014), L'omofobia uccide, i diritti salvano vite (March 25, 2014), Università: truccare i concorsi sarà più difficile (March 9, 2014), La scienza economica tra rigore e autismo (March 5, 2014).

• Selected editorials in online magazines: Il ruolo della Tv nella costruzione del consenso e l'urgenza di regole sul conflitto di interessi "nelMerito.com, June 10, 2011), Perché in Italia si fanno sempre meno figli (Neodemos, 19 gennaio 2011, con Francesca Modena), Lavoro e culle vuote: quanto pesa la precarietà (inGenere, January 11, 2011).

• Interviews at "Lezioni dalla crisi", Rai Tre (in Italian): Le imprese italiane nella crisi (May 29, 2012), Un'economia moderna e dinamica (June 14, 2012).

• Interview at "Report", Rai Tre (in Italian): Secs Appeal (October 7, 2012).

• Interview at BBC: The Italian Connection (February 23, 2013).

Interview at Tagadà, La7 (February 6, 2017). Interview at Radio Anch'io, Radio Uno (February 15, 2017).
 

Other professional experience

• January 2008 - August 2009: Consultant of the Department of Economics of the University of Trento within a research project on the measurement of social capital in the Province of Trento.

• October 2007 - December 2007: Consultant of the Associazione Studi e Ricerche per il Mezzogiorno within the Research Project "Capitale sociale e sviluppo economico nel Mezzogiorno italiano" (Social capital and economic development in the Italian Mezzogiorno).

• September 2007 - December 2007: Consultant at the International Project Office of the Università Telematica Guglielmo Marconi for the development of research projects to be submitted to the European Commission, with particular regard for the 7th European Framework Programme (7FP). Responsible for the development and management of the Collaborative project SOCIAL NET, ‘The role of social capital and public policy in determining EU development trajectories’, submitted to the 7FP.

• January 2006 - January 2007: Consultant of the University of Tuscia, Faculty of Economics, within the research project on "Social capital and local development: the case of Tuscia".

• July 2006 - November 2006: Consultant of the Organisation for the Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Task: preparing a paper to be used at the seminar on Social Enterprise and Social Capital organised by the OECD LEED Centre for Local Development and the World Bank, Trento, 15-18 November 2006.

• August 2006 - October 2006: Consultant of Pol.i.s. Campania (Agency of the Campania Regional Government) for the organization of a Conference on Social capital and crime, held in Ottaviano (Naples).

• January 2006 - June 2006: Consultant of the University of Padua, Department of Economics “Marco Fanno”, within the research project on "Civil Economy and Microcredit".

• January 2006 - June 2006: Consultant of the RESTRIM Project (Restructuring in Marginal Rural Areas: the role of social capital in rural development), a European Commission Framework Five funded project that examines the role of civil society in promoting economic competitiveness and quality of life for rural residents.

• June 2004 - May 2005: Consultant of the Research Group of the University of Rome La Sapienza, Faculty of Economics, on "A Plan of Services for Managing City", co-funded by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR).
 

Social Capital Website

Fabio Sabatini is the author and the editor of Social Capital Gateway, web site providing resources for the study of social capital and social interactions which has been acknowledged by the Journal of Economic Education as an exemplary material for teaching and learning economics. Social Capital Gateway is linked as a useful resource for social sciences by hundreds of research institutions all over the world, among which the World Bank, Harvard University, Princeton University, and the London School of Economics.

Affiliation

Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Economics and Law

The Department of Public Economics was established in 1984, by pooling together the human and academic resources of the Institutes of Economics, Economic Policy, Agricultural Economics & Policies and - later on - Public Finance. The first Head of the Department, F. Caffè, was...

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