LUMINE Seminars
Explore seminars connected to the LUMINE project, focusing on labour unions, migrant workers, ethnic inequalities, migration and labour rights
June 16, 2026
How Immigration Policy, Labour Rules and Training Systems Shape Technology Adoption and Migration in Horticulture
1:30 PM- 3:00 PM
Presenter:
Andreea Maria Ferenț, PhD candidate at the European University Institute
Discussants:
Camilla Macciani, Università di Trento
Maria Antonietta Maneschi, Università di Trento
Location: Palazzo di Sociologia, Via Verdi 26, Trento — Meeting room, 3rd floor
Chair: Katia Pilati, University of Trento
June 11, 2026
When the Subcontractor Is Bangladeshi: Racialised Fragmentation of Work in Italian Shipyards
1 PM- 2:30 PM
Presenter:
Nicola Quondamatteo, Università di Trento
Discussants:
Norma Baldino, Università di Trento
Andrea Signoretti, Università di Trento
Location: Palazzo di Sociologia, Via Verdi 26, Trento — Meeting room, 2nd floor
Chair: Katia Pilati, University of Trento
May 21, 2026
Presenter:
Camilla Macciani, Università di Trento
Discussants:
Ester Gallo, Università di Trento
Nicola Quondamatteo, Università di Trento
Location: Palazzo di Sociologia, Via Verdi 26, Trento — Meeting room, 2nd floor
Chair: Katia Pilati, University of Trento
May 12, 2026
Migrant Precarious Workers, power resources and the ambivalent Space of Trade Union Representation
1:30 PM- 3:00 PM
Presenter:
Stefania Marino, Manchester University
Discussants:
Lucia Amorosi, Università di Trento
Andrea Signoretti, Università di Trento
Location: Palazzo di Sociologia, Via Verdi 26, Trento — Meeting room, 3rd floor
Chair: Katia Pilati, University of Trento
Aprile 15, 2026
Exploited Lives: Methodological Nationalism and the Infrastructure of Labour and Migration
1 PM- 2:30 PM
Presenter:
Marlene Spanger, Aalborg University
Discussants:
Paolo Boccagni, Università di Trento
Nicola Quondamatteo, Università di Trento
Location: Palazzo di Sociologia, Via Verdi 26, Trento — Meeting room, 3rd floor
Chair: Katia Pilati, University of Trento
April 9, 2026
Noxiousness as a contested terrain. Workers’ ecological agency and toxic labour regimes at the Taranto Steel Plant
1 PM- 2:30 PM
Presenter:
Francesco Bagnardi, Università di Trento
Discussants:
Camilla Macciani, Università di Trento
Natalia Magnani, Università di Trento
Location: Palazzo di Sociologia, Via Verdi 26, Trento — Meeting room, 2nd floor
Chair: Katia Pilati, University of Trento
March 5, 2026
Researching at the Margins: Methodological Issues of Access, Trust-Building and Role Negotiation in Romani Communities
1 PM- 2:30 PM
Presenter:
Norma Baldino, University of Trento
Discussants:
Lucia Amorosi, Università di Trento
Chiara Bassetti, Università di Trento
Location: Palazzo di Sociologia, Via Verdi 26, Trento — Meeting room, 2nd floor
Chair: Katia Pilati, University of Trento
February 5, 2026
Intersectionality and Trade Unions
1 PM- 2:30 PM
Presenter:
Lucia Amorosi, University of Trento
Discussants:
Francesco Bagnardi, Università di Trento
Aurora Perego, Università di Trento
Location: Palazzo di Sociologia, Via Verdi 26, Trento — Meeting room, 2nd floor
Chair: Katia Pilati, University of Trento