Thesis Title "Italian Universities Across Time. A longitudinal analysis of the diffusion of Italian universities."

Thesis Abstract:
The dissertation deals with the expansion of the endowment of higher education institutions in Italy and the driving forces behind this process. The focus has been mainly on macro level variables, observing how the aggregate number of universities and satellite universities evolved through time, since the unification of Italy to nowadays. The dissertation has been organized on the basis of two main objects of analysis: the first part deals with the increase of universities operating in the country, while the second part deals with the diffusion of satellite universities. For each of the two objects of analysis we had both a descriptive and analytic purpose: at first we concentrate on describing how the process of founding of new universities (and afterwards, their modern extension, satellite universities) developed through time. On a second stage the focus of attention moved to the analytic level: we investigate under which circumstances a new university or a new satellite university is opened. Which are the features at local and national level that more likely affect the rate of founding of a new university or a satellite campus? We developed a set of hypothesis that mainly refer to the three domains: a) institutional and organizational processes; b) economic factors; c) demand driven processes.

Thesis Defence on 22nd March 2013

Research interests Higher Education: inequalities and occupational outcomes; Labour market entry and early career of graduates; Female entrepreneurship.

Graduated from University of Turin, Faculty of Political Sciences

Degree in International Relations

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