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.