A Journal of Open
and Democratic Sociology
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.
Since 1999
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 - 2022, XXIV, 4 (October-December)
L’impatto del Covid-19 nella gestione dei tempi di vita e di lavoro delle donne in Italia
Author: Marianna Chirivì, Grazia Moffa Abstract The measures to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic emergency in early 2020 have reshaped the times of daily life: those that are required for the domestic and care unpaid work and paid work. The…
Quand l’habit fait le moine. Vers un ethnoscape corse?
Author: Jeanne Ferrari-Giovanangeli Università di Corsica Abstract Using an anthropological approach to communication, this article examines the processes that lead an island community to a quest for symbols that carry…
Jürgen Habermas. The New Digital Public Sphere
Author: Leonardo Ceppa Abstract The digital public sphere creates a shortcut in the normative tension between what is and what ought to be. The digital public sphere fills the cognitive…
Ruggero D’Alessandro (2022) L’utopia in movimento. Herbert Marcuse e le lotte sociali (1964-1979)
Author: Francesco Giacomantonio Abstract Tra gli esponenti della Scuola di Francoforte, Herbert Marcuse è forse quello rimasto più iconico nell’immaginario collettivo anche ben al di là di ambiti strettamente accademici,…
Andrea Millefiorini (a cura di, 2022) Democrazie in Movimento. Contributi a una teoria sociale della democrazia
Author: Francesco Bertuccelli Abstract La sociologia politica è una disciplina particolarmente dedita allo studio del rapporto fra trasformazioni sociali e processi di democratizzazione. Questo è ciò che ribadiscono gli autori…
EDITORIAL
BOARD
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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)