Sociology · Research · Territories

Studying change.
Making it public.

Researcher in General Sociology (GSPS-05/A), University of Salerno · Associate researcher, CeRIES — Université de Lille · Italian National Scientific Qualification for Associate Professor · French Qualification, Section 19

Giovannipaolo Ferrari is a sociologist, researcher and lecturer working between Italy and France. His work spans digital society, sport and well-being, health, research methods and public sociology.

ASNAssociate Professor
General Sociology
Sect. 19Qualification
France
Salerno · Lillecurrent
affiliations
Giovannipaolo Ferrari speaking at an academic conference

Sociologist
and researcher

Salerno ⇄ Lille

Digital methods◆Sociology of sport◆Public sociology◆Health and welfare◆Contemporary China
Profile

A sociology across worlds

Research as a rigorous, comparative and public practice: a Global Sociology that interprets social change across worlds and returns knowledge to communities.

A sociologist and researcher in General Sociology, field GSPS-05/A (formerly SPS/07), at the Department of Human, Philosophical and Educational Sciences (DISUFF), University of Salerno, Giovannipaolo Ferrari founded and coordinates DiSoSWLab and is an associate researcher at CeRIES—the Centre for Research ‘Individuals, Experiences, Societies’—at the University of Lille.

He holds the Italian National Scientific Qualification (ASN) for Associate Professor, second level, in General Sociology — field GSPS-05/A — and the French Qualification for Maître de conférences, Section 19 — Sociologie et Démographie.

He has taught in Italy, France and China, and within the British university system through the University of Nottingham Ningbo China. He also spent a period as a visiting scholar in the United States at Middlebury College, Vermont. He has taught as a Visiting Professor at the Bamberg Graduate School of Social Sciences, University of Bamberg, Germany, and has delivered seminars and courses at numerous other Italian universities. His work combines qualitative and quantitative social research, digital methods, policy analysis and public sociology.

University of Salerno

Sociologist and researcher — DISUFF

DiSoSWLab

Founder and scientific coordinator — Digital Society, Sport & Well-being Social Research Lab

University of Lille

Associate researcher at CeRIES; enseignant vacataire and chargé de cours at FaSEST (Faculty of Economic, Social and Territorial Sciences) and IUT de Lille (Lille University Institute of Technology), a constituent institute of the University of Lille, Roubaix–Tourcoing

Parthenope University

Adjunct lecturer in Sociology

2026

French Qualification for Maître de conférences, Section 19 — Sociologie et Démographie

2026

Italian National Scientific Qualification for Associate Professor in General Sociology, GSPS-05/A

2016

International dual doctorate and Doctor Europaeus label

Research

Four perspectives on the present

Projects

From theory
to intervention

National and European programmes bringing together research, teaching and public impact.

2025—2027

PARTECIPA

Scientific coordination: public sociology, digital citizenship and civic participation in Campania

2025—2028

PERSEO

Editorial team, Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Module, European Commission

2023—2026

Dis-ability!

Researcher: Paralympic sport, media representations and disability stigma

Publications

Research output

Books, edited volumes, chapters, articles, proceedings, translations and reports. Forthcoming work is clearly marked.

Featured

Public Sociology

The Italian translation of Michael Burawoy’s work, edited with Paolo Diana: a bridge between sociological theory and its publics.

Record
Contact

Connecting research,
institutions and territories.

Institutional emailgiferrari@unisa.it
OfficeCampus di Fisciano · Edificio D · Stanza 054
ProfileUniversità degli Studi di Salerno
Social and research profiles
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