Author Archives: Lorenza Antonucci

About Lorenza Antonucci

PhD candidate in Social Policy in the School for Policy Studies at Bristol University, where I’m researching welfare of young people in higher education, funded by the publisher Policy Press. I have previously studied at the LSE (London), Bocconi University (Milan), Sciences-Po (Paris) and Yonsei University (Seoul) and worked at the EIPA (European Institute for Public Administration) in Maastricht. Interested in psycho-social studies, European social policy, well-being, youth policy, youth sociology and youth transitions, social investment, higher education policies, philosophy of social policy (human needs) and much more. Member of the YAN (Young Academics Network) of FEPS and SPA postgraduate representative.

European Social Policy in Defense of the Welfare State: the British and the Italian Manifesto

Posted on February 2, 2012

Comparative social policy tends to underline policy differences (e.g. in the worlds of welfare literature), but common austerity trends in Europe are leading to similar internal reactions. In Italy and in the UK, social policy academics have produced two  documents … Continue reading →

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Is Sweden Perfection?

Posted on March 2, 2011

Inspired by the Spirit Level two students decide to visit Sweden to explore, through an adventurous trip, the reasons why Sweden is less unequal than England and what the other countries might learn from the ideal-type of the Nordic welfare. … Continue reading →

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Graduates, fees and welfare in Britain and Sweden

Posted on December 20, 2010

Graduates’ protests against rising higher education fees have revealed a sleepy discontent about the impact of loans on students’ welfare, despite Timo‘s arguments in their favour. In this post, I compare loans for HE in Britain and Sweden, arguing that British system … Continue reading →

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Social investment in Europe: more than a third-way?

Posted on November 26, 2010

Social investment represents the very last justification for the use of social policy in Europe in times of public cuts. But its ambition to find shared European policy solutions, while missing a single national focus, might create what Sartori called … Continue reading →

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