Past, Present and Future of the study of European Values

The Italian team of the European Values Study/World Values Survey hosts the annual General Assembly of EVS, the meeting of the Liaison Committee of EVS-WVS, and the international scientific event “European Values and the Values of Europe” alongside the Third Italian conference of EVS/WVS data users “Crisis after Crisis: Values Change in Italy”.

The event takes place at the University of Bergamo on (28)- 29-30 September 2022 with the following program for the sessions open to the public:

Thursday September 29th:

Morning session: “European Values and the Values of Europeans”

9.00-9.30 Welcoming speeches

Sergio Cavalieri, Rector of the University of Bergamo

Ruud Luijkx, Chair of the European Values Study

Chair: Vera Lomazzi, University of Bergamo

Keynote sessions: European values and social identities

9.30 – 10.15 Plamen Akalyiski (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid): A community of shared values? Dimensions and dynamics of cultural integration in the European Union.

10.15 – 11.00 Simona Guglielmi (University of Milan): Co-nationals, first! How national and European identities matter in native favouritism

        11.00 – 11.30 Coffee Break           

11.30 – 13.00 Roundtable: Studying values in turbulent Europe

Ruud Luijkx, Chair of the European Values Study

Ksenyia Kizilova, General Secretary of World Values Survey

Gabi Lombardo, Director of the European Alliance for the Social Sciences and Humanities (EASSH)

Andrea Bonaccorsi, Professor at the University of Pisa and Senior Research Fellow at IRVAPP-FBK

Chair: Michael Ochsner (FORS, Switzerland)President of European Network for Research Evaluation in the Social Sciences (ENRESSH)

13.00- 14.30 Light Lunch

“Crisis after Crisis: Value Change in Italy”

Third Italian conference of EVS/WVS data users

Chair: Paolo Segatti (University of Milan)

14.30 – 15.00  Ferruccio Biolcati (University of Milan), Vera Lomazzi (University of Bergamo), Ruud Luijkx (Tilburg University, University of Trento) & Giancarlo Rovati (Catholic University of Milan): Introduction to the Third Italian conference of EVS/WVS data users

15.00 – 16.00  Polarization and values

Ferruccio Biolcati, Riccardo Ladini, Francesco Molteni and Cristiano Vezzoni (University of Milan): Can we talk about growing religious polarization? Italy in comparative perspective.

Andrea Turković, Dominik Balažka (University of Milan): In God we trust: Inter-religious othering, religiosity, and political orientation in Italy.

                 16.00- 16.30 Coffee break

16.30 – 17.30 Gender equality and self-determination

Vera Lomazzi (University of Bergamo): Europeans’ gender equality values and cultural orientations. Where do Italians stand?

Giulia Dotti Sani & Jessica Rosco (University of Milan): The role of political ideology and religiosity in shaping attitudes towards abortion: Italy in a comparative global perspective

17.30 – 18.00 The EVS Beyond academic research

Ruud Luijkx, Inge Sieben and Uwe Krause (Tilburg University): EVALUE: European Values in Education

 20.00 Dinner in the Upper Town (Restaurant: TBC)

Friday September 30th (Working language: Italian)

Venerdì 30 Settembre

Chair: Giancarlo Rovati

9:00– 09:15 Marco Lazzari, Director of the Department of Human and Social Sciences, University of Bergamo: Saluto introduttivo

9:15– 09:45 Keynote Session

Stefano Tomelleri (Università degli Studi di Bergamo): Valori e agire sociale  

09.45 – 11.15  Coesione sociale e fiducia nelle istituzioni

Riccardo Ladini (Università degli Studi di Milano): Tra convergenza e divergenza: Come l’orientamento politico può spiegare il cambiamento della fiducia nelle istituzioni tra gli italiani

Gozzo Simona, D’Agata Rosario (Università di Catania): L’impatto dei sistemi di welfare sui modelli di coesione sociale

Giancarlo Rovati (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore): Immigrazione, sviluppo, cittadinanza: cinque paesi europei a confronto

11.15 – 11.45 Coffee break

11.45 – 13.15 Famiglia, Giovani e Valori

Sara Mazzucchelli, Maria Letizia Bosoni, Letizia Medina (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore): Il cambiamento dei valori relativi a famiglia, matrimonio e ruoli di genere

Dario Verderame (Università di Salerno): Il cosmopolitismo dei giovani europei alla prova delle crisi

Matteo Moscatelli, Chiara Ferrari (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore): L’agency relazionale dei giovani italiani. Evidenze dalla quinta edizione della ricerca EVS

13.15 – 13.30 Ferruccio Biolcati (Università di Milano), Vera Lomazzi (Università di Bergamo), Ruud Luijkx (Tilburg University, Università di Trento) & Giancarlo Rovati (Università Cattolica of Milano): Conclusioni 

Organizing Committee
Ferruccio Biolcati (University of Milan)
Vera Lomazzi (University of Bergamo)
Ruud Luijkx (Tilburg University, University of Trento)
Giancarlo Rovati (Catholic University of Milan)

Advisory Committee EVS-WVS Italy
Rita Bichi (Catholic University of Milan)
Ferruccio Biolcati (University of Milan)
Antonio M. Chiesi (University of Milan)
Vera Lomazzi (University of Bergamo)
Ruud Luijkx (Tilburg University, University of Trento)
Marco Maraffi (University of Milan)
Giancarlo Rovati (Catholic University of Milan)
Paolo Segatti (University of Milan)

Read the general schedule of the event here and the program of the conference of 29-30.09 here below.