A Journal of Open
and Democratic Sociology

The lab's quarterly
Scientific Journal Area 14 Class A Anvur
sectors 14/C1 and 14/C2

The Lab’s Quarterly is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes research on contemporary social issues since 1999. It is recognized by the ANVUR as an academic journal in Area 14 of the Italian university system. The journal promotes dialogue among social sciences and welcomes submissions from young researchers. The journal covers topics such as epistemology, methodology, and theory of social sciences. The Lab’s Quarterly is an open access journal that allows free access to all its content.

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A Journal of Epistemology, Methodology, and Theory in the Social Sciences

The Lab’s Quarterly covers a wide range of topics in the social sciences, such as epistemology, methodology, and theory. The journal explores how human knowledge is produced and used in different contexts, how data is collected and analyzed in social research, and how sociological theories explain contemporary social phenomena.

New volume - 2024, XXVI, 2 (April-June)

Don Lorenzo Milani and His International Impact in Education and Beyond

Don Lorenzo Milani and His International Impact in Education and Beyond

Author: Peter Mayo Abstract In this article, I shall first demonstrate the extent of Don Milani’s and his students’ resonance in various contexts outside Italy, no-tably Spain, Malta, Turkey, Latin America and North America, Australia and the UK. I will…

The Searchers: Gramsci, Freire and Williams’ Contributions to Popular Education

The Searchers: Gramsci, Freire and Williams’ Contributions to Popular Education

Author: Emilio Lucio-Villegas Abstract Connections between education and Social Justice are very present in the long tradition of Popular Education. In this line, the three authors selected – coming from…

Paulo Freire e l’educazione alla giustizia sociale tra storicità e dialogo

Paulo Freire e l’educazione alla giustizia sociale tra storicità e dialogo

Author: Emiliana Mangone Abstract For Paolo Freire, education is political action that aims to implement social justice. The intent was to build an educational practice (praxis) that would allow the…

Critical Education Between Social Justice and Dialogic Cultural Action

Critical Education Between Social Justice and Dialogic Cultural Action

Author: Lucia Picarella Abstract Education considered as a critical social practice and as a tool for the formation of active citizenship can play a fundamental role because it is most…

La centralità dell’educazione nell’Agenda 2030: giustizia sociale e sostenibilità

La centralità dell’educazione nell’Agenda 2030: giustizia sociale e sostenibilità

Author: Francesca Cubeddu Abstract The article, in the first part, aims to analyse the centrality of educational processes within the 2030 Agenda from a general view of sociocultural changes through…

L’emancipazione dalle disuguaglianze: il contributo della digital literacy

L’emancipazione dalle disuguaglianze: il contributo della digital literacy

Author: Elvira Martini Abstract Reducing inequalities is a decisive pathway to full participation in contemporary society and, given the changing nature of digital contexts, the reduction of digital inequalities takes…

Educazione e comunicazione per lo svilupposociale nelle comunità liminali. Problemi e prospettive di azione

Educazione e comunicazione per lo svilupposociale nelle comunità liminali. Problemi e prospettive di azione

Author: Andrea Volterrani Abstract Rooted in empirical studies conducted in liminal and marginal communities in southern Italy as part of a training project for managers of third sector organizations in…

Colombo Maddalena, Romito Marco, Vaira Massimiliano, Visentin Martina (2022, Eds), Education and Emergency in Italy. How the Education System Reacted to the First Wave of Covid-19

Colombo Maddalena, Romito Marco, Vaira Massimiliano, Visentin Martina (2022, Eds), Education and Emergency in Italy. How the Education System Reacted to the First Wave of Covid-19

Author: Marianna Coppola Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic represented a real “general and deep crisis” that affected every sphere of human and social life, from the health system – the main…

Estrella Gualda (2020. Ed.), Teorías de la conspiración y discursos de odio en línea en la sociedad de las plataformas

Estrella Gualda (2020. Ed.), Teorías de la conspiración y discursos de odio en línea en la sociedad de las plataformas

Author: Miriam Matteo Abstract Entering into the study of today’s society implies recognising its salient traits that can be traced in terms of hypercomplexity (Dominici, 2011) such that, while on…

EDITORIAL

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If you are a researcher or a student interested in submitting your work to our Journal, you should know that our Scientific Board consists of permanent reviewers who ensure the quality and originality of every article. You can contact them at: thelabs@sp.unipi.it.

To submit an article, please follow the guidelines in the SUBMIT page.

We use a double-blind peer review process to guarantee fairness and impartiality in our evaluations.

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SCIENTIFIC

BOARD

Françoise

Albertini

(University of Corsica Pasquale Paoli)

Massimo

Ampola †

(University of Pisa)

Gabriele

Balbi

(University of Svizzera Italiana)

Matteo

Bortolini

(University of Padova)

Massimo

Cerulo

(University of Naples Federico II)

Franco

Crespi †

(University of Perugia)

Sabina

Curti

(University of Perugia)

Gabriele

De Angelis

(Nova Univeristy Lisbon)

Paolo

De Nardis

(Sapienza University of Rome)

Ricardo A.

Dello Buono

(Manhattan College New York)

Teresa

Grande

(Univesity of Calabria – Cosenza)

Roberta

Iannone

(Sapienza University of Roma)

Anna Giulia

Ingellis

(University of València)

Mariano

Longo

(University of Salento)

Domenico

Maddaloni

(University of Salerno)

Stefan

Müller-Doohm

(University of Oldenburg)

Gabriella

Paolucci

(University of Firenze)

Massimo

Pendenza

(University of Salerno)

Eleonora

Piromalli

(Sapienza University of Roma)

Walter

Privitera

(University of Milano – Bicocca)

Cirus

Rinaldi

(University of Palermo)

Antonio

Viedma Rojas

(UNED Madrid)

Vincenzo

Romania

(University of Padova)

Ambrogio

Santambrogio

(University of Perugia)

Simon

Susen

(City University of London)

Giovanni

Travaglino

(Royal Holloway University of London)

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