Michela Giovannini
Biography
Michela Giovannini is a Marie Sklodowska Curie fellow at the CES, integrating the research group POSTRADE (Social Policies, Labour and Inequalities) and its sub-group on Solidarity Economy (ECOSOL). She holds a PhD in Local Development and Global Dynamics at the University of Trento, Italy (2014) and a Laurea (equivalent to an MA) in Political Science (University of Padova, 2001). Her main studies focused on social and solidarity economy organizations in Latin America, such as indigenous grassroots initiatives in Mexico and their contribution to buen vivir, and recyclers' organizations in Chile. Her current research project is devoted to analyze the political dimension of social and solidarity economy organizations connected to anti-austerity social movements in Spain and Portugal. Her research interests focus on social and solidarity economy in Latin America and Europe, indigenous socioeconomic initiatives, community development, anti-austerity social movements.
ORCIDLatest Publications
Book Chapter
Giovannini, Michela (2018), El nuevo cooperativismo en Chile entre autogestión y compromiso comunitario, in Nicolás Gómez, Howard Richards, Michela Giovanni, Mayeli Ochoa y Andrés Monares (org.), Las economías de los invisibles: miradas y experiencias de economía social y solidaria. Santiago de Chile: RIL Editores
Article in Scientific journal
Giovannini, Michela; Huybrechts, Benjamin (2017), "How inclusive is inclusive recycling? Recyclers' perspectives on a cross-sector partnership in Santiago de Chile", Local Environment, 1-13
Book Chapter
Giovannini, Michela; Vieta, Marcelo (2017), Co-operatives in Latin America, in Michie, J., Blasi, J., and Borzaga, C. (org.), Handbook of Co-operative and Mutual Business. Oxford University Press, 335-347