Personal Dates

Name: Piotti
First name: Geny
Date of birth: October, 11th 1970
Place of birth: Florence/Italy

School/Education

1996:
Master (laurea) in Political Science (specialization Soziology) at the Faculty "Cesare Alfieri" ( University of Florence). Thesis in Economic Sociology (Prof. Carlo Trigilia). Title: "German Factory and Italian Factory: Industrial Reorganization and institutional context".

1997:
Grant for one year in Germany, financed by the University of Florence. Participation in the Graduate School: "The Future of the European Social Model" at der University of Goettingen.

1998:
Grant for a Ph.D in Economic Sociology at the University of Brescia (Italy). At the same time associated Member of the German Graduate School. Assistent at the Faculty of Poltical Science at the University of Florence. Seminars and tutorship whithin the course of „Economic Sociology“ (Prof. Carlo Trigilia).

18. February 2002:
Discussion of the Ph.D in Economic Sociology at the University of Brescia (Supervisors: Prof. Lorenzo Bordogna and Prof. Leonardo Parri). Title: "Mezzogiorno and Eastern Germany: Policies, Social Capital and Local Economic Development in the 90s". The work has been evaluated as publication worthy by the examinating commission.
On 22.06.2003 It has been awarded as the best Ph.D on Southern Italy (Saraceno Prize) by the Association for Industrial Development in the Mezzogiorno“ (SVIMEZ).

July 2001-July 2002:
research grant of the Dipartment for Political Science and Sociology at the University of Florence.


Since March 2003:
Postdoc at the Graduate School „The Future of the European Social Model“ at the University of Goettingen.

Further qualifications

1999-2001:
Participation in the SPSS course basic and advanced (Prof. Roberto Fideli) at the Department for Poltical Science and Sociology (University of Florence).

27-28. April 2001:
Participation in the course "Group interview und Focus Groups" within the course on " Techniques of social research " organized by SoIS (Italian Society of Sociology).

4.-10. February 2002:
Participation in the "IV Winter Week for Method for the Human Sciences ", organized by the Ph.D. Program " Method for Social Sciences " (University La Sapienza, Rome) and the Italian Association for Sociology (AIS). Thema of the Seminar: "The Construction of the Questionnaire".

Participation in further qualification, conferences and study experiences abroad

March-September 1994:
Erasmusstudent at the University of Kassel. Collection of material for the Thesis and realization of qualitative interviews in two German medium-sized enterprises.

August 1998:
Participation in the "Summer School in Comparative Social Science Studies" an der Universität Oslo. Seminars attended: "State and Society in Development " (Prof. Peter Evans), und "Comparative Methodology: the Logic of "case-oreinted" Research" (Prof. Charles Ragin).

August 1999:
participation at the Conference of the European Sociological Association (ESA) on "Will Europe work?". Paper presented: "European Integration, Political Change and the Problem of Economic Dualism: The case of Italy ".

January 2000:
Participation at the Conference on "Corporate Citizenship", organized by the "Center for Corporate Citizenship" (Catholic University of Eichstett) an BASF-Centre in Ludwigshafen. Paper presented: "State Intervention and Social Capital in the Local Economic Development of the Italian Mezzogiorno".

November 2002:
Participation in the Conference „Regional Actors – regional Capacity of Action“ organized by the Brandenburg-Berlin Institute for
Social Science Studies (BISS). Paper presented: „Ressourcen and Blockades for the Economic Development Wirtschaftsentwicklung in Eastern germany and Southern Italy: the case studies of Bautzen and Caserta.

June 2003:
Participation at the Conference of the „Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics“ (SASE). Paper presented: „Eastern Germany and Southern Italy: Different Challenges, Diffferent Policies?

December 2003:
Participation at the Workshop on „Watching Eastern Germany Catching-Up: A Mezzogiorno Perspective“ at the Institute Economic and Social Sciences (University of Neaples). Paper presented: „East Germany and the Mezzogiorno: Some Challenges for Economic Policies“.

Research experiences

1996 -97:
Research Assistent in the research project on "Political Strategies for the Economic Development in Eastern Germany and Southern Italy", koordinated by Prof. Carlo Trigilia (University of Florence) and Prof. Richard Locke (MIT).

2000:
Research Assistent for the realisation of the OECD "Territorial Review " on Italy, koordinated by Dr. Mario Pezzini (OECD), Prof. Carlo Trigilia (University of Florence) and Prof. Gianfranco Viesti (University of Bari), in co-operation with the Italian Statistical Office (ISTAT) and the Italian Department for Economy.

2001-2003:
Research Assistent in the research project "Social Capital und local Development", financed by the Italian Department for Education, University and Research, co-ordinated by Prof. Carlo Trigilia (University of Florence), Prof. Francesco Ramella (University of Urbino), Prof. Antonio Chiesi (University of Trient ) and Prof. Antonio Mutti (University of Pavia).

2003
Researcher in the research project „Modelli innovativi di Governance in Europa“ (Innovative Models of Governance in Europa), promoted by Formez (Centro di Formazione e Studi- Rome).

2003
Researcher in the project „Beyond Rigidities of National Innovation- and Production Systems: `Productive Incoherences´ in the Governance of Local Economies” financed by the VW-Stiftung, koordinated by Prof. Colin Crouch (IUE-Florenz) and Prof. Helmut Voelzkow (University of Osnabrück).

Languages
Italian, English, German

Computer skills
MS Office, SPSS, Archview

Research interests
Comparative industrial organization and restructuring processes, local economic development, comparative local and national development policies governance processes. New technologies, social capital and economic evelopment.

Further occupations

April-May 2002:
Teaching in „Sociology“ within the qualification course for socio-sanitary operators, promoted by the Tuscany Region.

November 2002:
Teaching within the Project „Impresa Sensibile“ for the Integration of disabled persons in the firms, promoted by CNA (National Confederation of Handicraft). Seminar for Social assistents on: „The offer of Ausbildung by firms und the Integration of the disabled persons: Methods for the development of a research prject in Tuscany.

Mai 2003:
Seminar for Union officials promoted by CGIL-FILTEA (Union for textile industry) in Prato. Thema of the Seminar: Economic Sociology of Welfare State: an Analysis of Welfare States in Europe“.