Education

2005 - PhD in Economic Sociology, From Damage to Social Change. Social Responses to the Seveso Disaster, University of Brescia

1997 - Degree in Economic and Social Disciplines (Laurea in Discipline Economiche e Sociali), Università "L.Bocconi" - Milano (Italy)

Teaching

01-10-09 to 20-01-10 - Governance, Knowledge and Public Participation (7,5 ECTS). Seminar of the PhD Programme "Governance, Knowledge, and Innovation"

01-01-06 to 01-02-06 - Lecturer in the MSc Program “Local Development and Social Quality”, University of Milan-Bicocca

Academic and professional activities

2008-05-02 - Researcher in the Observatory on New Public Risks (OSIRIS), Centre for Social Studies (CES), University of Coimbra

2006-11-01 to 2008-04-07 - Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Social and Political Studies, University of Milan

2005-11-01 to 2006-06-30 - Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (Bourse Internationale de la Ville de Paris) at the Groupe de Sociologie Politique et Morale, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (Paris, France)

Other Activities

2010-10-01 - Co-Coordinator of the Research Group NECES

2010-09-01 - Co-coordinator of the OSIRIS Observatory

2010-01-01 - Co-Coordinator of "Ciencia Viva" activities in CES

2009-09-01 to 2009-10-01 - Visiting Researcher at IRIS (Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire sur les enjeux sociaux. Sciences sociales, politique, santé)/Université Paris XIII, invited by professor Annie Thébaud-Mony

2009-09-01 - Co-coordinator of the CES Seminars "Young Social Scientists"

2008-07-01 - Referee for the International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

2008 - Member of the Editorial Board of CES web journal E-CADERNOS

2007-11 to 2008-04 - Visiting Post-Doc at the Institut TELECOM/TELECOM ParisTech, Département Sciences Economiques et Sociales, Sophia Antipolis (France)

2006 - Chercheur Associé of the GSPM (EHESS-CNRS), Paris

2003 - Associated member of "Sui Generis" Center of Sociology of Public Action), Department of Sociology, Università degli Studi di Milano – Bicocca

2002-11 to 2003-06 - Visiting PhD student at the Groupe de Sociologie Politique et Morale (EHESS, CNRS) and the Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation (Ecole des Mines) - Paris

Field of specialisation

Economic Sociology

French Pragmatic Sociology

Sociology of Environment

STS - Science and Technology Studies

Current research interests

Sociology of Risk

Governance of natural resources

Environment and value pluralism: decision beyond incommensurability

Books

Centemeri, Laura; Caldas, José Castro (orgs.) (2016), Valores em conflito : megaprojetos, ambiente e território. Coimbra: Almedina.

Centemeri, Laura (2006), Ritorno a Seveso. Il danno ambientale, il suo riconoscimento, la sua riparazione. Milano: Bruno Mondadori.

Centemeri, Laura (2000), Non è l’età. Storie di anziani alla ricerca della città relazionale. Milano: FrancoAngeli.

Book chapters

Centemeri, Laura; Caldas, José Castro (2016), A incomensurabilidade dos valores e a decisão pública, in Laura Centemeri, José Castro Caldas (org.), Valores em conflito : megaprojetos, ambiente e território. Coimbra: Almedina, 25-59.

Centemeri, Laura; Caldas, José Castro (2016), Notas conclusivas: A incomensurabilidade como oportunidade, in Laura Centemeri, José Castro Caldas (org.), Valores em conflito : megaprojetos, ambiente e território. Coimbra: Almedina, 227-237.

Centemeri, Laura (2016), Quarenta anos de conflitos em torno da expansão do aeroporto de Malpensa, in Laura Centemeri, José Castro Caldas (org.), Valores em conflito : megaprojetos, ambiente e território. Coimbra: Almedina, 151-187.

Draetta, Laura; Centemeri, Laura (2011), La régulation des Déchets d'Equipements Electriques et Electroniques (DEEE) en France et en Italie: traductions et trahisons du principe de responsabilité élargie des producteurs, in Nicole Barthe and Jean-Jacques Rosé (org.), RSE. Entre globalisation et développement durable. Bruxelles: De Boeck , 58-83.

Centemeri, Laura (2011), L’innovazione politica come articolazione di livelli di coinvolgimento degli abitanti: la riparazione del danno ambientale a Seveso, in Podestà N., Vitale T (org.), Dalla proposta alla protesta, e ritorno. Conflitti locali e innovazione politica. Milano: BrunoMondadori.

Centemeri, Laura (2011), What kind of knowledge is needed about toxicant-related health issues? Some lessons drawn from the Seveso dioxin case , in Boudia S., Jas N. (org.), Powerless Science? The Making of the Toxic World in the Twentieth Century. Oxford and New York: Berghahn Books.

Centemeri, Laura (2010), De « radicaux » à « enracinés ». Réflexions sur l’engagement environnementaliste local , in Fanny Colonna, Loïc Le Pape (org.), Traces : désir de savoir et volonté d’être. L’après colonie au Ma ghreb. Paris: Sindbad/ Actes Sud.

Centemeri, Laura (2010), The Seveso disaster’s legacy, in Marco Armiero and Marcus Hall (org.), Nature and History in Modern Italy. Athens (OH): Ohio University Press & Swallow Press, 251-273.

Centemeri, Laura (2007), La contrattualizzazione del governo del territorio : versioni diverse dei Piani di Zona e loro implicazioni, in Raffaele Monteleone (org.), La contrattualizzazione nelle politiche sociali. Forme ed effetti. Roma: Officina Edizioni.

Laura Draetta; Centemeri, Laura (2007), Le devenir des équipements électriques et électroniques : le cas italien, in Flipo F., Draetta L., Boutet I., Deltour F., (org.), Ecologie des infrastructures numériques. London: Hermes Science Publication.

Massimo Bricocoli; Centemeri, Laura (2005), Abitare: tra l’alloggio e la città. Quando le politiche entrano in casa, in Lavinia Bifulco (org.), Le politiche sociali. Temi e prospettive emergenti. Roma: Carocci.

Book reviews

Centemeri, Laura (2011) critical review to João Arriscado Nunes, Ricardo Roque (2008), Objectos Impuros. Experiências em Estudos sobre a Ciência, Porto: Edições Afrontamento, 328, in Tecnoscienza. Italian Journal of Science & Technology Studies.

Centemeri, Laura (2008) critical review to Jacqui Gabb (2008), Researching Intimacy in Families , Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, in Sociological Research.

Papers in scientific journals

Centemeri, Laura (2011), "Retour à Seveso. La complexité morale et politique du dommage à l’environnement", Annales. Histoire, Sciences Sociales, 66 , 1, 213-240.

Centemeri, Laura (2009), "Environmental Damage as Negative Externality: Uncertainty, Moral Complexity and the Limits of the Market", E-Cadernos CES, 5, 22-41.

Lavinia Bifulco; Centemeri, Laura (2008), "Governance and Participation in Local Welfare. The Case of the Italian Piani di Zona (Area Plans)", Social Policy and Administration, 42, 3, 211-227.

Centemeri, Laura (2008), "Rispondere al disastro tecnologico. La lezione di Seveso", Quaderno del Programma Emergenze di Massa - ISIG Gorizia, 1.

Lavinia Bifulco; Centemeri, Laura (2007), "La partecipazione nei Piani sociali di zona: geometrie variabili di governance locale ", Stato e Mercato, 80.

Centemeri, Laura; Raffaele Monteleone; Ota de Leonardis (2006), "Amministrazioni pubbliche e Terzo Settore nel welfare locale. La territorializzazione delle politiche sociali tra delega e cogestione", Studi organizzativi, 1, 145-169.

Papers in conference proceedings

Centemeri, Laura (2009), "A Sociological Analysis of Dioxin Pollution in Seveso (Italy): Workers and Inhabitants at Stake" Taipei (Taiwan): College of Public Health, National Taiwan University - French Centre for Research on Contemporary China, Taipei Office, Panel Two, pp. 1-10.

Presentations in scientific events

Centemeri, Laura (2011), Les conflits sur l'extension de l’aéroport de Malpensa (Milan, Italie): décision publique, expertise et incommensurabilité(s) , paper presented at SOCIOCIRAD, CIRAD, Montpellier (France), 03 to 03 October.

Centemeri, Laura (2011), Crise écologique et dynamique locale. Un avenir pour les métiers du social ?, paper presented at 4ème congrès de l’Association Internationale pour la Formation, la Recherche et l’Intervention Sociale (AIFRIS), Genève, 05 to 08 July.

Centemeri, Laura (2011), A “bad” or a “well” thought out airport? Expertise and “necessity” in the controversy over Malpensa expansion , paper presented at ESEE 2011 - 9th Conference of the European Society for Ecological Economics, Istanbul, 14 to 17 June.

Centemeri, Laura (2011), Les conflits sur l’extension de l’aéroport de Malpensa : expertise, nécessité, alternative. , paper presented at Seminar "De l’alerte au conflit, la sociologie argumentative et la balistique des causes collectives", EHESS, Paris (France), 20 to 20 May.

Centemeri, Laura (2010), Régimes d'engagement et incommensurabilité(s), paper presented at Séminaire del'EHESS "Sociologie des engagements: pouvoirs et oppressions", EHESS, Paris, 29 to 29 November.

Centemeri, Laura (2010), Incommensurability: an object for social sciences? , paper presented at The Revival of Political Economy: prospects for sustainable provision, Coimbra, 21 to 23 October.

Centemeri, Laura (2010), Analyzing communities response to disasters: historicity, controversies and realism, paper presented at International Symposium Disaster and risk: from empiricism to criticism, CERI, Sciences Po, Paris, 17 to 18 June.

Centemeri, Laura (2010), What Kind of Knowledge for CMR Related Health Issues? Some Lessons Drawn from the Case of Dioxin in Seveso., paper presented at Carcinogens, Mutagens, Reproductive Toxicants: the Politics of Limit Values and Low Doses in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, Université de Strasbourg - IRIST (Strasbourg, France), 29 to 31 March.

Centemeri, Laura (2010), The “conventional” objectivity of public space: how to think about the questionability of what we need to be unquestionable., paper presented at 2nd CES International Seminar on the Foundations of Economics Facts, Values and Objectivity, CES, 19 to 20 March.

Centemeri, Laura (2009), Remembering the Seveso disaster. The controversial construction of a ‘discreet memory’, paper presented at ESA Conference , Lisboa, 02 to 05 September.

Centemeri, Laura; Castro Caldas, José Maria ; Costa, Ana; Arriscado Nunes, Joao (2009), Ontologies of deliberation embodied in participatory procedures: the place for moral dilemmas, paper presented at Colloque “Evaluations morales des technologies controversées dans les conférences citoyennes” , 14 to 15 May.

Centemeri, Laura (2009), A sociological analysis of dioxin pollution in Seveso (Italy): workers and inhabitants at stake*, paper presented at International Conference on Industrial Risks, Labor and Public Health: An Interdisciplinary Analysis by Social Sciences and Epidemiology, National Taiwan University, College of Public Health, Taipei , 14 to 15 May.

Centemeri, Laura (2009), Economic Sociology and Environment: some research questions, paper presented at Goldsmiths Winter Workshop on Economic Sociology, London, 13 to 15 January.

Centemeri, Laura (2008), Les dommages environnementaux comme atteintes au propre; incommensurabilités et critique des 'externalités’, paper presented at Extension de l’Economie Politique : Fascination, oppression, dépression, EHESS, Paris, France, 08 to 08 December.

Centemeri, Laura (2008), How can the question of goods (material and immaterial) for well-being be taken into account in the work to develop indicators with citizens/communities? , paper presented at Involving citizens/communities in measuring and fostering well-being and progress: towards new concepts and tools, organised by the Council of Europe in partnership with OECD and Provincia Autonoma di Trento, Strasbourg, France, 27 to 28 November.

Centemeri, Laura (2008), Environmental damage as negative externality: a pragmatic sociological perspective, paper presented at ISA Forum of Sociology, 05 to 08 September.

Centemeri, Laura (2008), Toxic contaminated communities coping with chronic chemical risk: the case of Seveso, paper presented at ISA Forum of Sociology, 05 to 08 September.

Centemeri, Laura; , Laura Draetta (2008), La régulation européenne des Déchets d’Équipements Électriques et Électroniques (DEEE) en France et en Italie : traductions et trahisons du principe de responsabilité élargie des producteurs, paper presented at AISLF Congrès, Istanbul.

Centemeri, Laura (2007), Victimes et catastrophes, des objets de recherche légitimes. Perspectives pragmatiques à partir de terrains comparés, paper presented at Seminaires du GSPM, GSPM (EHESS-CNRS), Paris.

Centemeri, Laura (2007), Des radicaux aux enracinés: l'engagement environnementaliste entre changement de cultures politiques et nouvelles formes de régulation, paper presented at Seminar "Composer avec des engagements pluriels, de l'intime au public", EHESS, Paris.

Centemeri, Laura (2007), Incertezza scientifica e danno ambientale, paper presented at Seminar “Science & Technology Studies”, University of Padova.

Centemeri, Laura (2006), Da radicali a radicati: l’impegno locale ambientalista, tra cambiamento delle culture politiche e nuovi scenari della regolazione. Il caso del circolo Legambiente “Laura Conti” di Seveso, paper presented at Annual Symposium of SISP (Italian Society for Political Science), Bologna, 12 to 14 September.

Centemeri, Laura (2006), Visibilités et invisibilités d’un désastre industriel: le cas de Seveso, paper presented at Seminar "Organisation Du Travail, Rapports Sociaux Et Santé Des Travailleurs Quelles Connaissances En Santé Au Travail ? Approches Comparées", EHESS, Paris.

Centemeri, Laura (2005), Taking Care of an Injured Environment. A Feminist Way to Recover after Disaster: Evidences from the Seveso Case, paper presented at 7a ESA Conference “Rethinking Inequalities”, Torun, Poland, 09 to 12 September.

, Lavinia Bifulco; Centemeri, Laura (2005), Governance and Institution Building in Local Welfare. The Case of the Italian “Piani di zona" (Area Plans), paper presented at ESPAnet Conference “Making social policy in the postindustrial age”, University of Fribourg.

Centemeri, Laura (2005), L'accident au coeur de la communauté. Dimensions publiques d'un désastre: mobilisations, dédommagements et recueillement. Le cas Seveso, paper presented at Seminar "Habiter, appartenir, accueillir", EHESS, Paris.

Centemeri, Laura (2004), How to make environment a public matter: the case of the Seveso accident and its aftermath, paper presented at Workshop “Environment as a Public Good”, University of Milano-Bicocca.

Reports

Draetta L., Delanoë A., Centemeri, L. (coord.); Draetta, Laura ; Delanoe, Alexandre ; Centemeri, Laura (2009), Radiofréquences : identification des sources de controverse. Le cas de la RFID , Sophia Antipolis (France): Fondation Santé et Radiofréquences.

Marie de Paris, France (coord.); Centemeri, Laura (2006), L'environnement urbain entre nature et ville: perspective comparative sur les tensions entre attaches locales et détachement public, Paris: Marie de Paris, 50.

Working papers

Centemeri, Laura (2004), "Esternalità e processi di apprendimento istituzionale ", DSS PAPERS, University of Brescia, 02-04.

Translations

Thévenot, Laurent (2010), AUTORITES ET POUVOIRS A L'EPREUVE DE LA CRITIQUE- l'opprimant du "gouvernement par l'objectif", Autorità e poteri alla prova della critica. L'oppressione del governo orientato all'obiettivo.. Bologna: Rassegna Italiana di Sociologia.

Other Publications

Centemeri, Laura (2010), "Seveso, o desastre e a directiva", Laboreal (Santé et Travail) .

Organisation of scientific events

Organization of 2nd Critical Economics Summer School "Environmental Values and Public Policies", Lousa , 12 to 15 July by 2011.

Organization of Special Session "Decision-making on megaprojects: contested numbers, contested democracy" , ESEE Conference, Istanbul , 14 to 17 June by 2011.

Organization of BECOM Seminar - What does intergenerational justice require, substantively and procedurally?, CES-Lisboa, 08 to 08 November by 2010.

Organization of Special Session and Public Decision » in the International Conference The Revival of Political Economy: prospects for sustainable provision" , Coimbra, 21 to 23 October by 2010.

Advanced training courses

Centemeri, Laura (2010), mentor in A Economia dos Bens Communs (The Economy of Common Goods), CES Lisboa, CES.

Centemeri, Laura (2010), coordination of O ambiente como bem comum: experiências de conflito, acção colectiva e decisão pública , CES-Lisboa, CES.

Centemeri, Laura (2009), participation in Summer Course "Critical Economics", Coimbra (Portugal), CES.

Centemeri, Laura (2007), coordination of Workshop "Environment and Social Movements. Doing research on the new forms of urban and territorial conflicts", University of Milano.

Centemeri, Laura (2003), participation in Les Cosmopolitiques. Entre Aménagement et Environnement , Cerisy (France), Centre Culturel International de Cerisy.

Research Projects

2010-01-01 - 2012-12-31 - "BeCom - Choice beyond (in)commensurability: controversies and public decision making on territorial sustainable development", as coordinator researcher, sponsored by FCT.

2010-01-01 - 2012-12-31 - "Nuclear Portugal: Physics, Technology, Medicine and Environment (1910-2010)", coordinated by Tiago Figueiredo Saraiva, sponsored by FCT.

2010-01-01 - 2012-12-31 - "SCRAM – Crises, risk-management and new socio-ecological arrangements for forests: a perspective from science and technology studies ", coordinated by Rita Serra, sponsored by FCT.

2008-01-01 - 2008-06-30 - "Radiofréquences : identification des sources de controverse. Le cas de la RFID", coordinated by Laura Draetta, sponsored by Fondation Santé et Radiofréquences.

2006 - 2009 - "Sociology of the Production of Knowledge About Work Related Illness", coordinated by Annie Thébaud-Mony, sponsored by ANR, France.

2003 - 2005 - "Activation Policy and Local Services Planning", coordinated by Ota de Leonardis, sponsored by MIUR, Italy.

2002 - 2004 - "Do Environmental conflicts have an end? Crisis of the representation, forms of mediation and closure of controversies about uses of nature in France and Europe", coordinated by Bruno Latour, sponsored by CNRS, France.

2000 - 2002 - "Urban Welfare and Social Quality Standards", coordinated by Ota de Leonardis, sponsored by MURST, Italy.