EURYO · Scientific Working Group
WG1 | Social Networks and Social Inclusion
Explores social networks, family and community ties, and the mechanisms that support social inclusion and quality of life among young people in rural areas.
About this Working Group
This Scientific Working Group aims to analyze the roles of social networks (family, friends, neighbours, rural communities at large) and of social inclusion mechanisms (namely risk and protective factors at the rural community level) for rural young people’s quality of life. Quality of life here is understood in a broader manner and according to all its dimensions (physical and/or psychological well-being, social development, socioeconomic condition, as well as educational and employment outcomes). Potential key questions to be analyzed by this WG:
(a) How are social networks organized around rural young people?
(b) What are their main characteristics?
(c) What are the main factors at the rural community level involved in rural young people’s social inclusion?
(d) How do social networks and rural community factors contribute to rural young people’s overall quality of life?
(e) How do these networks compensate for the lack or the inadequacy of formal/institutional support in rural areas?
Research themes
Coordinators & leaders
2 public profiles
Adriano Mauro Ellena
Research Fellow and Adjunct Professor
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Frida Jonsson
Docent and research fellow
Department of Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
Other members
15 public profilesDaniela Marzana
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology and CERISVICO of Università Cattolica di Milano
Luziana Hoxha
MSCA Research Fellow
Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment, University of Padova
Mariano Soler-Porta
Part time lecturer
Universidad de Malaga
Tatiana Ferreira
Invited Adjunct Teacher
School of education - Polytechnic Institute of Santarem
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