Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Academic board

Faculty Board

The PhD in Sociological theory and applied research has a Faculty Board made up of scholars from various disciplines (general sociology, economic sociology, sociology of work and organisations; sociology of cultural processes, education and communication; sociology of the family; sociology of welfare and migration; sociology of development; research methodology; economic policy, anthropological disciplines), most of whom are members of the Department of Sociology of Università Cattolica and are part of important national and international research networks, as well as being involved in the professions and the third mission. A number of lecturers from foreign universities are also members of the board.

The Faculty Board plans, organises and delivers the educational offer; it guides and accompanies - also by means of collegial checks and discussions - the progress of the doctoral students' research work.

The following tenured professors and researchers at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore or in another Italian or foreign university are part of the Faculty Board.

Rosangela Lodigiani - Coordinator
Linda Lombi - Contact person for teaching activities planning

Gian Paolo Barbetta
Lucia Boccacin 
Maria Letizia Bosoni
Donatella Bramanti
Elisabetta Carrà
Marco Caselli
Maddalena Colombo 
Mario De Benedittis
Michele Filippo Fontefrancesco
Fabio Introini
Carla Lunghi
Mauro Magatti 
Cecilia Manzo
Monica Martinelli
Giovanna Mascheroni
Sara Mazzucchelli
Massimiliano Monaci
Emanuela Mora
Ivana Pais
Cristina Pasqualini
Nicoletta Pavesi 
Veronica Riniolo
Mariagrazia Santagati
Simone Tosoni
Laura Zanfrini


Elisa Bellotti, University of Manchester (UK)
Alessandro Bergamaschi, Université de Lorraine (F)
Ana Marta Gonzales, Universidad de Navarra (ES)
Oscar Romo Molina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona – UAB (ES)