Education and Emergency in Italy

Maddalena Colombo is Full Professor in Sociology of Cultural and Communicative Processes at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan. She coordinated the Italian Sociological Association’s Sociology of Education section (AIS-EDU) from 2018 to 2021. Her research interest are educational inequalities, training and socialization processes and supply, education systems, impacts of migration in schools and the curriculum, social changes in teachers’ role, and intercultural competences.Marco Romito is Assistant Professor at the Department of Sociology and Social Research at the University of Milano-Bicocca. He is member of the Scientific Committee of the Italian Sociological Association’s Sociology of Education section (AIS-EDU) and member of the editorial board of the journal Scuola democratica. He researches educational inequalities in schools and higher education, on educational transitions and on the digitalization of education.Massimiliano Vaira is Associate Professor of Sociology of Economy at the University of Pavia. He is member of the Consortium of Higher Education Researchers (CHER) and of the Scientific Committee of the journal Scuola democratica. His research interests are comparative analysis of higher education systems, the academic profession and work conditions, university and industry relationships, the Third Mission of universities and public engagement. He was a member of the Scientific Committee of the Italian Sociological Association’s Sociology of Education section (AIS-EDU) from 2018 to 2021.Martina Visentin is Assistant Professor at the University of Padua, where she teaches Sociology and Social Policies. Her academic research focuses on social innovation, youth studies and cultural transformation. She has collaborated as a researcher and as a consultant for several services and universities. She was a member of the Scientific Committee of the Italian Sociological Association’s Sociology of Education section (AIS-EDU) from 2018 to 2021.

• List of Figures and TablesNotes on ContributorsIntroduction: Social Needs, Emergency Policies and Solidaristic Attitudes throughout the Italian Education System: Sociological Research during the Covid-19 Pandemic OutbreakMaddalena Colombo, Marco Romito, Massimiliano Vaira and Martina Visentin1 Challenges for Early Childhood Professionals: An Empirical Research Project on the Strategies, Practices and Effects of LEADsRita Bertozzi and Tatiana Saruis2 Rethinking the Role of No Schooling during the PandemicMaurizio Merico and Fausta Scardigno3 Rhetoric, Problem or Necessity? A Study of Parental Involvement during Covid-19Mariagrazia Santagati and Paolo Barabanti4 From Classroom to Screen: An Exploratory Study of University Students in Sicily during the Covid-19 LockdownUmberto Di Maggio5 A New World Is Open? Distance Teaching in Italian Universities during the Covid-19 EmergencyFrancesco Ramella and Michele Rostan6 Young Europeans, Distance Learning and Trust in Educational Institutions: A Comparative Analysis after Covid-19Diego Mesa7 Inside the Emergency: Digital Teaching from the Point of View of TeachersEduardo Barberis, Nico Bazzoli, Domenico Carbone and Joselle Dagnes8 Distance Learning/Teaching during the Covid-19 Emergency: The Perspective of School PrincipalsStefania Capogna, Maria Chiara De Angelis and Flaminia Musella9 The Platformization and Commodification of Italian Schools during the Covid-19: Crisis Implications for Policy and Future ResearchGianna CappelloA Post-Commentary from the UK: Educational Challenges after the Covid-19 PandemicSpyros ThemelisIndex