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Eleonora De Stefanis

Postdoctoral Researcher

Eleonora De Stefanis is a sociologist and PhD in Economic Sociology and Labor Studies at the University of Milan (Italy). She is also a Researcher at Percorsi di secondo welfare, a research and information Laboratory linked to the University of Milan aiming at developing and deepening the understanding of Italian welfare dynamics and practices. She deals with work-life balance and gender equity policies, school-to-work transition, as well as youth and migration studies. She has carried out research and teaching activities on related topics at the University of Milan, Percorsi di secondo welfare, and the University of Bologna, preferring a gendered, intersectional, and postcolonial approach.

Eleonora is part of the Research Team in the Department of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Milan for the AspirE project. She initially joined the local team in February 2024 to cover a maternity leave and continued her work until June 2024, focusing on WP3 activities. She remained in the project for an extended collaboration that will run until December 2025.