EDUCATION
University education
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2010: Ph.D. in “Sociologia: processi culturali e comunicativi” [Sociology: cultural and communication processes].
Ph.D. obtained at the University of Padova, with a dissertation titled: I sacri crismi della scienza. La scienza come spiritualizzazione religiosa della comprensione della vita [The sacred world of science. The role of religious spiritualization in science’s understanding of life]. Supervisor: Prof. Enzo Pace (Sociology of religion) As first work of its kind in Italy, findings are published in a monograph (Sbalchiero, 2012) 2006: Master's degree in Sociologia [Sociology].
I obtained a two-year specialisation laurea degree (second level) in Sociology at the University of Padova with a dissertation titled: La scienza controversa. Autismo e comunicazione facilitate [A scientific controversy. The case of Autism and Facilitated Communication]. With this thesis in Sociology of Science I analyzed the role of scientific controversy and boundary construction of scientific knowledge. I achieved the maximum grade (110 magna cum laude). Supervisor: Prof. Federico Neresini (Sociology of science) Findings of this work were published (Sbalchiero, Neresini, 2008). 2004: Bachelor's degree in Scienze Sociologiche [Sociological Sciences]
I obtained a three-year laurea degree (first level) in Sociological Sciences at the University of Padova with a dissertation titled: Italiani, italiane: abbiate fiducia. Analisi dei discorsi di fine anno dei presidenti della Repubblica italiana [Italians: have trust. An analysis of the end-of-year messagges of the Italian Republic Presidents]. To draft his thesis, I used software for statistical analysis of textual data (Taltac, Lexico), R, Spad-T for Correspondence Analysis. I achieved the maximum grade (110 magna cum laude). Supervisor: Prof. Arjuna Tuzzi (Social Research Methods) |
Other achievements
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a.y. 2016/2017: Cultore della materia [Member of the board examiner] in "Metodologia della ricerca siociale [Social Research Methods]
a.y. 2014/2015: Cultore della materia [Member of the board examiner] in Statistica sociale [Social Statistics]
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Other education - training
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2016: Summer School
International Summer School in ‘Public Policy: Institutions & Policy Change’, Department of Political Science, Law and International Relations (SPGI), University of Padova, 18-23 July 2016. 07/2013-08/2013: Intensive english Course Training
(two months - 06/07/2013 to 30/08/2013). General course (20 Hrs/Wk) plus ono-to-one (6 Hrs/Wk), Southbourne School of English, Bournemouth, Dorset, United Kingdom. Languages
Italian: native speaker English: fluent speaking, reading, and comprehension French: proficient reading and comprehension Spanish: basic comprehension and reading. |