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UnFamiLiC - Uncertainty and the Family Life Course

Description

In contemporary globalized societies, phenomena such as economic crises, natural catastrophes, and armed conflicts have become pervasive, exacerbating the unpredictability of the future and the perception of a widespread uncertainty. Such uncertainty is likely to hold an enormous influence on family formation and life courses, for this reason it has emerged as a topic of critical concern in social research. Economic uncertainty, in particular, is deemed to delay young people from leaving their parents’ home, negatively affecting union formation processes and childbearing prospects. However, recent global events underscore that the economy is not the sole force that is able to shape our vision of the future and the possible perception of uncertainty. However, recent global events underscore that the economy is not the sole force that is able to shape our vision of the future and the related perception of uncertainty.

Hence, this project aims to explore the influence of emerging forms of uncertainty— i.e., the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and recent armed conflicts —on family life courses —i.e. fertility, union formation and dissolution—. Furthermore, it develops a specific focus on how media shape imaginaries about the future and the perception of uncertainty.

DiSIA personnel

Carla Rampichini, scientific supervisor
Patrizio Lodetti, team leader
Victoria San Juan Bernuy, team member
Sara Tafuro, team member

 

Progetto finanziato con il “Bando di Ateneo per il finanziamento Progetti di Ricerca di giovani ricercatori indipendenti nell'ambito delle tematiche del PNR” - (D.R. n. 346 del 18/03/2022), a valere sulle risorse di cui al D.M. 737/2021 del 05/08/2021, che si inserisce nelle iniziative finanziate dall’Unione Europea – Next Generation EU. CUP B55F21007810001