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 - 2023, XXV, 3 (July-September)
Student protests and youth activism in Italy. Mobilisation, resistance and resilience before and after the pandemic. A case-study
Author: Lidia Lo Schiavo Abstract The most recent global cycle of protests from the early 2000s, appears to have brought back the paradigm of students’ and youth activism. In fact, drawing on a more inclusive concept of politics within a…
Innovazione “for benefit”. Un’analisi di sfondo dell’esperienza italiana
Authors: Vanessa Russo e Mara Maretti Abstract The term B Corp, or Benefit Corporation, refers to a type of business or-ganisation that is committed to pursuing a positive social and…
Postdemocrazia e regimi ibridi. Il caso cileno
Author: Angela Onorato Abstract In the context of the current phase of the latest wave of democratization, the test examines the forms of hybridization that occur in the transitions of…
Valeria Verdolini (2022) L’istituzione reietta. Spazi e dinamiche del carcere in Italia
Author: Jennifer Malponte Abstract L’interrogativo cardine di tutta la riflessione operata da Valeria Verdolini nel suo testo L’istituzione reietta (Carocci 2022) può essere così sintetizzato: che tipo di istituzione è…
Luca Micaloni (2023) Inconscio e critica. Psicoanalisi, società e politica nella Scuola di Francoforte
Author: Francesco Giacomantonio Abstract Tra i grandi riferimenti teorici e tra le correnti di pensiero che hanno contributo alle formulazioni della sociologia critica della Scuola di Francoforte, la psicoanalisi freudiana…