Francesca Vianello, PhD, Current position: Associate Professor in Sociology of Law, Deviance and Social Change at the University of Padua, Italy; Director of the Master program in “Critical criminology”, University of Padua and University of Bologna; Delegate of the Rector for the ‘University in Prison’ Project, Committee coordinator of the University Section inside the local Prison.

RESEARCH ACTIVITY AS SCIENTIFIC COORDINATOR
EUROPEAN PROJECTS
2014-2015 Scientific coordinator of the research project Unit of the University of Padua, funded by the European Union, “Community bonding for sentenced people supervision” (JUST/2013/JPEN/AG), Coordinator Consortium Tenda, Solidarity and Cooperation, Montichiari (Bs), Italy
2013-2015 Scientific coordinator of the research project Unit of the University of Padua, funded by the European Union, “European Prison Observatory. Detention conditions in the European Union” (JUST/2011-2012/JPEN/AG), Coordinator Associazione Antigone, Roma, Italy
NATIONAL PROJECTS
2020-2022 Scientific coordinator of the research project (progetti di eccellenza Cariparo) "Punished Mothers. Women with children serving sentences"
2019-2021 Scientific coordinator of the research project (Prat) "Mental health and prison: an ethnography in a women's prison", funded by the University of Padua
2016-2017 Scientific coordinator of the research project (Prat) “One jail, two sexes and three genders: the struggle concerning the gender binarism in Italian prisons”, funded by the University of Padua
2008-2019 Scientific coordinator of the research projects funded by the University of Padua on: “Women in Prison: norms, codes and conduits” (2019); “Legal Cultures and legal professions inside the prison” (2018); “Conservation and change: a sociological approach to the prison law” (2017); “Prison life and correctional surveillance” (2016); “Universities in prison: experiences and perspectives” (2015); “Inmate’s Culture and Codes” (2014); “Prison Officers in the Venetian Area” (2013); “Local Observatory on Prison Conditions” (2012); “Schools Go to Jail: How to Inform Students Outside the Stereotypes” (2011); “Prison life and Social Re-entry. A local study” (2010); “Prison and Alternatives in the Prevention of Recidivism. A local observatory” (2009).

RESEARCH ACTIVITY AS MEMBER OF THE RESEARCH GROUP
EUROPEAN PROJECTS
2017-2019 Scientific expert in the research project Unit of the University of Turin, funded by the European Union, European Prison Observatory. Prison de-radicalization strategies, programs and risk assessment tools in Europe" Coordinator Associazione Antigone, Roma, Italy
2014-2015 Scientific expert in the research project Unit of the University of Turin, funded by the European Union, “European Observatory on Alternatives to Imprisonment” (JUST/2013/JPEN/AG), Coordinator Associazione Antigone, Roma, Italy
NATIONAL PROJECTS
2019-2021 Principal Investigator (BIRD) funded by the University of Padua on “Mental health and prison cultures: ethnography of a prison for women”
2016-2017 Principal Investigator (PRAT) funded by the University of Padua “One jail, two sexes and three genders: the struggle concerning the gender binarism in Italian prisons"
2013 Researcher in the Project “Working in Prison”, funded by the University of Padua, Scientific coordinator professor Maria Giovanna Mattarolo.

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