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Author: Fiorenza Deriu
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN: 9783032099624
ISBN 10: 3032099625
Pages: 344
Publication Date: 14 January 2026
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Fiorenza Deriu, PhD, is a sociologist at the Department of Statistical Science of Sapienza University of Rome. She is currently Delegate of the Rectress for the Erasmus Mundus Program and for the Coordination of the new Erasmus+ Program 2021-2027 at the university level. She is President of the Bachelor's Degree Programme in “Statistics, Economics and Society”, and Director of the second level Master in “Big Data. Statistical methods for the knowledge society”, now in its ninth edition. She teaches “General Sociology”, and leads a “Laboratory in Social Research” in the Bachelor's Degree Programme in “Statistics, Economics and Society”; and lectures a Course on “Social Network Analysis” in the Master of Science programme in ""Statistical Sciences"" of the Department of Statistical Sciences. Until February 2025 she directed the Jean Monnet Module ""SPEAK-UP ""SPreading women's Empowerment and AKtive citizenship values to enhance Union Policies combating gender discrimination and violence in a globalized world, funded by the European Commission. Since 2017, Fiorenza has been a member of the Scientific Council of the interdisciplinary research Laboratory on diversity and gender inequalities ""Minerva"", of the Department of Statistical Sciences (DSS) of Sapienza University of Rome. In 2019 she lectured courses on statistics and survey methodology on violence against women at the Eastern Africa Statistical Training Centre (EASTC) In Dar Es Salaam (Tanzania). She is a member of a research group on gender studies, that includes scholars from the Universities of Lujan, La Pampa and Comahue in Argentina; and the University of Queretaro in Mexico. She has been a visiting professor at the following higher education institutions: The Academia Sinica in Taiwan, at the Institute of European and American Studies (IEAS); the University of Lujan, Argentina; the International Business College of Mitrovica (IBC-M) and the University of Peja in Kosova. She is a member of both the scientific Committees and Editorial boards of relevant National and International scientific Journals. At an international level, she is currently independent expert on gender studies for ÖSB Consulting, within the project on “Mutual Learning Programme in Gender Equality”. Fiorenza has written essays and scientific articles on gender studies and violence against women; on active population aging and social policies for older people; and on poverty and social exclusion. In her 22-year career she has to her credit numerous publications in terms of monographs; curatorship of volumes; essays/chapters in volumes; articles in scientific journals; articles in conference proceedings; reviews and editorials.
