The IneqPer project

Socio-economic status, gender and immigration in Italy

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IneQuality between reality and Perception

This is the first comprehensive study of perceptions of inequality in Italy!

The IneqPer project (2023–2025) investigates:

Whether, and to what extent, people perceive inequalities related to socio-economic positions, gender, and immigration status as a relevant societal issue.

How people perceive their own position in society in relation to such inequalities.

Which individual and contextual factors correlate to people’s perceptions of inequality.

We aim to:

1.     Develop a survey for a representative sample of the Italian adult population.

2.     Design and implement survey experiments that assess social (mis) perceptions and test how they can be challenged.

3.     Analyse the main determinants

Team

Ineqper is formed of a partnership between University of Pavia, University of Bologna and the Catholic University Milan
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The IneqPer Team hosts Thomas Hinz from the University of Konstanz
The IneqPer team and the University of Pavia had the pleasure of hosting Professor Thomas Hinz from the University of Konstanz.
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18th ESPAnet Italy Conference 2025 at Polytechnic University of Turin (16-18 September 2025)
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18th ESPAnet Italy Conference 2025 at Polytechnic University of Turin (16-18 September 2025)
Debora Mantovani, Loris Vergolini, and Eleonora Clerici presented in the 18th ESPAnet Italy Conference 2025 at Polytechnic University of Turin. Link: https://www.espanet-italia.net/index.php/programma-della-conferenza-conference-programam
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Seminar at UCA – Universidad Católica Argentina in Buenos Aires on June 18, 2025
Nevena Kulic has been invited to present the results of experiment on climate change, titled "Trust, Distance, and Equality: Explaining Public Preferences for Climate Policy in Italy", at the UCA - Universidad Católica Argentina
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New Publication: “A Comprehensive Overview of a Large-Scale Survey on Inequality Perceptions (IneqPer) in Italy”
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New Publication: “A Comprehensive Overview of a Large-Scale Survey on Inequality Perceptions (IneqPer) in Italy”
We’re excited to share that our first article, "A Comprehensive Overview of a Large-Scale Survey on Inequality Perceptions (IneqPer) in Italy", has just been published! Read it here: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsoc.2025.1620096
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2 ottobre   2025

Final Conference IneqPer

The INEQPER Final Conference included presentations and discussions on the project and its findings from the questionnaire and experiments, enriched by valuable contributions from external scholars.

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2 ottobre   2025

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Final Conference IneqPer

The Final Conference INEQPER will take place at the University of Bologna on October 2nd, 2025.

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11 giugno   2024

Second project meeting

Second project meeting took place at the Catholic University of Milan.

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