Services
Five areas of work, often combined into a single process: a study that opens a training course, a training course that becomes supervision.
Research
Empirical research on poverty, services and volunteering, from research design to public dissemination of findings.
- Action research, practice research and participatory research conducted inside services
- Qualitative and quantitative research, systematic literature reviews
- Data analysis with MAXQDA, SPSS, QGIS
- Research reports, dossiers and scientific publications
Selected work
2025—2026“Percorsi di speranza”: research on severe marginalisation in 14 Italian cities, Caritas Italiana (forthcoming)
2021—2025PhD thesis: “Se sei con me mi sento più forte”. New anti-poverty practices in Caritas of the diocese of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan PubliCatt ↗
2016“Approdi”: study of solidarity food stores in Emilia-Romagna, Emilia-Romagna Region PDF ↗
Training
Courses for social workers, educators, volunteers and organisational managers, built on the participants' own working reality.
- Relational and anti-oppressive social work
- The Poverty-Aware Paradigm: how poverty is seen
- Community social work
- Culture and interculture in social work
- Volunteering: roles, motivations, representations
Selected work
2023—Trainer for Centro Studi Erickson on poverty, relational and anti-oppressive social work, community social work
2005—Training programmes with schools, with Caritas volunteers and staff, and with practitioners in public social services and the third sector
ClientsCentro Studi Erickson · Caritas Italiana · Fondazione Accademia Casa di Popoli, Culture e Religioni (Sassari) · Cooperativa La Piccola Carovana (Bologna) · Caritas Sicily regional office · Cooperativa Creativ · Fondazione Caritas Bari-Bitonto ETS · Emporio della Val Pellice (Torre Pellice) · Franciscan Friars Minor (Assisi) · Fondazione Modeo (Crema)
Organisational consulting
Support for public bodies and third-sector organisations in rethinking services and structures.
- Redesign of services and operational units
- Impact evaluation of projects and policies
- Co-design between public bodies and the third sector
- Design and reporting of funded projects
Selected work
2026“Abitare la soglia”: an accompaniment process with Caritas of the diocese of Sassari
2021—2022“La cucina collaborativa”: co-designing circularity in the food donation system, with the Design Policy Lab, Politecnico di Milano Book ↗
2014Consultancy for the NGO RTM – Volontari nel mondo on the project “Reti comunitarie per la salute mentale, la prevenzione e la riabilitazione neuropsichiatrica” (AID 010154/RTM/MDG), Madagascar
Team supervision
Regular spaces for re-reading practice, for professional teams and volunteer groups.
- Supervision of cases and work processes
- Re-reading the mandate and boundaries of a service
- Conflict management in work groups
- Facilitation of mixed staff-volunteer groups
Selected work
2018—Supervision of anti-poverty service teams and volunteer groups
Teaching and talks
University teaching, lectures in master's and advanced courses, conference papers and seminars.
- Anthropology of religions — Università Cattolica, Brescia
- Lectures in master's and advanced courses
- Conference papers and seminars for universities, organisations and local networks
- Public talks on poverty, volunteering and social work
Selected work
2023—Anthropology of Religions, MA in Social Work, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Brescia Unicatt ↗
2025Paper at the conference “Working with communities”, Centro Studi Erickson, Trento
2025Paper at the conference “Invisible lives. Social work with people living on the street”, Centro Studi Erickson
2022—2023Teaching assistant in Social Work Methodology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Brescia
How we work together
- A first conversation. You tell me about the situation, the open questions, the time and resources available. It also helps us understand whether working together makes sense.
- A written proposal. I send you a tailored proposal with objectives, activities, timeline and costs, to be discussed and adjusted together.
- The process. It may be a series of training sessions, regular supervision, consulting on an organisational transition or an action-research project over several months. These forms are often combined.
- Feedback and hand-over. Every process ends with a feedback session, so that what has emerged stays with the organisation and helps it decide.