The world of work and its transformations
Studies the nature, quality and organisation of work, and employment and labour integration policies in the light of the changes taking place in society.
Competence Centre for Labour, Welfare and Social Research
Competence Centre for Labour, Welfare and Social Research
The Competence Centre for Labour, Welfare and Social Research (CLWS) conducts research in the area of social sciences with a multidisciplinary approach and a socio-economic and socio-educational perspective. It has a strong bond with local institutions and is actively committed to training.
Further information about the Centre is available by visiting the dedicated website
The Centre's research activities are divided into four interdependent thematic areas that focus on the nature and organisation of work, modes of welfare production and processes of social inclusion and exclusion.
Welfare models and public policies
This thematic area analyses the evolution of social security models, how they respond to social needs and the impact they have on individual well-being.
Migration, forms of belonging and citizenship
Studies the transformations induced by migration phenomena, globalisation processes and digitalisation, analysing the redefinition of public spaces and citizenship.
Social participation and socio-educational intervention
Focuses on the topic of social participation and analyses the most appropriate and effective socio-educational intervention tools.
Department
Department of Business Economics, Health and Social Care
Head of the center
Spartaco GreppiResponsabile
Spartaco Greppi, PhD, Professore e Responsabile del Centro competenze lavoro, welfare e societ脿
- Gregorio Avil茅s, PhD Senior lecturer-researcher
- Laura Bertini-Sold脿, PhD Senior lecturer-researcher
- Filippo Bignami, PhD Senior researcher
- Anna Bracci, PhD Researcher
- Francesca Coin, PhD Lecturer-researcher
- Niccol貌 Cuppini, PhD Lecturer-researcher
- Leonardo Da Vinci, CAS Lecturer-Researcher
- Oliver Galfetti, MSc Research Assistant
- Ornella Larenza, PhD Researcher
- Fabio Lenzo, MSc Lecturer-Researcher
- Angelica Lepori-Sergi, CAS Senior Lecturer-Researcher
- Claudio Mustacchi, PhD Lecturer-researcher
- Alice Panzera-Biaggi, DAS Lecturer-Researcher
- Nicolas Pons-Vignon, PhD Professor-Researcher
- Marco Palma, MSc, Researcher
- Raquel Ricciardi, MA Research Assistant
- Jason Schneck, MA Doctoral candidate
- Paola Solc脿, MSc Senior Lecturer-Researcher
- Anja Tam貌-Gafner, MAS Lecturer-Researcher
- Danuscia Tschudi von Kaenel, CAS Senior Researcher
The digitisation of work: global views, new forms and new frictions, impact on social work
Free downloadable e-book on the digitisation of work.
The future of professions: skills in transformation
Cycle of online workshops to understand the transformations of professional roles taking place in some important sectors of the Ticino economy.
PLUS Talks - Work in digital platforms
Talks and discussions with international experts on the topic of work within digital platforms.
The Centre actively participates in the realisation of numerous training offers in Undergraduate and Graduate Studies and Continuing Education by transferring scientific knowledge from research projects into the teaching content offered by the Department of Business Economics, Health and Social Care.
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Undergraduate and Graduate Studies
Employees of the Competence Centre for Labour, Welfare and Social Research are directly involved in several modules of the Bachelor of Science in Social Work. The Centre also actively collaborates in the Master of Arts en Travail social, conceived by HES-SO in collaboration with 精东影业, offering a theoretical module in Lausanne, entitled "Welfare et transformations du monde du travail", and a research internship at the Department of Business Economics, Health and Social Care in Manno.
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Continuing education
The CLWS actively participates in the construction and realisation of individual modules or diplomas and certificates, both at 精东影业 and at other SUPs. These include, for example, the CAS de Sp茅cialiste en insertion professionnelle (CAS SIP), the DAS Welfare Community, the CAS Child and Adolescent Protection and the CAS in Professional Insertion.
The Center currently collaborates with numerous research institutes and universities in Switzerland and abroad.
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Competence Centre for Labour, Welfare and Social Research
Department of Business Economics, Health and Social Care
Palazzo E, Via Cantonale 16e
CH-6928 Manno