Prof. Dr. Camilla Borgna

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Portrait Foto Dr. Camilla Borgna (Foto: Martina Sander-Blanck)
Foto: Martina Sander-Blanck

Contact

camilla.borgna [at] unito.it
Collegio Carlo Alberto
(University of Turin)
Piazza Arbarello 8.
20122 Turin, Italy.
Former Visiting Researcher of the Research Department
Skill Formation and Labor Markets
Former Staff Member of the Research Department
Skill Formation and Labor Markets
Guest of the Research Department
Skill Formation and Labor Markets

Research fields

Education and Training

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since 07/2022 Assistant Professor, University of Turin, Italy

03/2018 - 06/2022 Assistant Professor, Collegio Carlo Alberto, Italy

04/2014 PhD in Political Science (Public Policy) at the Graduate School for Social and Political Sciences (GSSPS) University of Milan

03/2014 - 02/2018 Research Fellow at the WZB, Department of Skill Formation and Labor Markets

Since 2013  Fellow of the College for Interdisciplinary Educational Research (CIDER)

09-11/2013 Visiting scholar at the WZB, Department of Skill Formation and Labor Markets

01-05/2012 Visiting scholar at the University of Arizona, Department of Sociology

02-07/2010 Internship at the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), Brussels

12/2009 M.A. in European Studies at the University of Turin

07/2007 B.A. in International Studies at the University of Turin

Research interests include: educational inequalities, competence development and comparative assessments of educational systems.

Personal website: https://www.socialsciences-cps.unito.it/do/docenti.pl/Alias?camilla.borgna#tab-profilo

Selected Publications

Wzbaktiv
2026
Borgna, Camilla/Dieckhoff, Martina/Solga, Heike (2026): "Unpacking the Relationship Between Child Poverty Rates and Educational Poverty. The Role of School Social Composition and Public Education Spending". In: International Journal of Comparative Sociology, advance access, 26.06.2026, online: https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00207152261454241.
2021
Struffolino, Emanuela/Borgna, Camilla (2021): "Who is really ‘Left behind’? Half a Century of Gender Differences in the School-to-Work Transitions of Low-educated Youth". In: Journal of Youth Studies, Vol. 24, No. 1, S. 162-185.
2021
Struffolino, Emanuela/Borgna, Camilla (2021): "Who is really ‘Left behind’? Half a Century of Gender Differences in the School-to-Work Transitions of Low-educated Youth". In: Journal of Youth Studies, Vol. 24, No. 1, S. 162-185.
2020
Borgna, Camilla/Struffolino, Emanuela (2020): "Arbeitsmarktrisiko Geschlecht. In Italien haben es Mädchen nach dem Schulabbruch besonders schwer". In: WZB-Mitteilungen, H. 167, S. 45-47.
Borgna, Camilla/Struffolino, Emanuela (2020): "Chi è stato davvero 'lasciato indietro'? Le differenze di genere nell’integrazione dei giovani scarsamente istruiti nel mercato del lavoro". In: Menabò di etica ed economia, No. 117, 02.02.2020, S. 1-3.
2019
Borgna, Camilla/Brzinsky-Fay, Christian/Dieckhoff, Martina/Holtmann, Anne Christine/Solga, Heike (2019): "Beyond Schools. The Social Embeddedness of Educational Inequality". In: Rolf Becker (Ed.): Research Handbook on the Sociology of EducationEdward Elgar, S. 575-589.
Borgna, Camilla/Solga, Heike/Protsch, Paula (2019): "Overeducation, Labour Market Dynamics, and Economic Downturn in Europe". In: European Sociological Review, Vol. 35, No. 1, S. 115-132.
Borgna, Camilla/Solga, Heike/Protsch, Paula (2019): "Overeducation, Labour Market Dynamics, and Economic Downturn in Europe". In: European Sociological Review, Vol. 35, No. 1, S. 115-132.
Borgna, Camilla/Struffolino, Emanuela (2019): "Tempi difficili. Le condizioni occupazionali degli early school leavers in Italia prima e dopo la crisi". In: Sociologia del lavoro, No. 155, S. 179-199.
2018
Borgna, Camilla/Struffolino, Emanuela (2018): "Unpacking Configurational Dynamics. Sequence Analysis and Qualitative Comparative Analysis as a Mixed-Method Design". In: Gilbert Ritschard/Matthias Studer (Eds.): Sequence Analysis and Related Approaches. Life Course Research and Social Policies Series, Vol. 10. Cham: Springer, S. 167-184.
2017
Borgna, Camilla (2017): "Different Systems, same Inequalities? Post-compulsory Education and Young Adults' Literacy in 18 OECD Countries". In: Journal of European Social Policy, Vol. 27, No. 4, Special Issue "Education as Social Policy. Institutions, Public Support and Outcomes over the Life Course”, edited by Valentina Di Stasio/Heike Solga, S. 332-345.
Borgna, Camilla (2017): Migrant Penalties in Educational Achievement. Second-generation Immigrants in Western Europe. Series Changing Welfare States. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.
Borgna, Camilla (2017): Migrant Penalties in Educational Achievement. Second-generation Immigrants in Western Europe. Series Changing Welfare States. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.
Borgna, Camilla/Struffolino, Emanuela (2017): "Schule und das Push’n Pull. Vorzeitiger Schulabgang unter Mädchen und Jungen in Italien". In: WZB-Mitteilungen, H. 155, S. 41-44.
Borgna, Camilla/Struffolino, Emanuela (2017): "Pushed or Pulled? Girls and Boys Facing Early School Leaving Risk in Italy". In: Social Science Research, Vol. 61, S. 298-313.
2016
Borgna, Camilla (2016): "Multiple Paths to Inequality. How Institutional Contexts Shape the Educational Opportunities of Second-Generation Immigrants in Europe". In: European Societies, Vol. 18, No. 2, S. 180-199.
2015
Borgna, Camilla (2015): "Migration, Education, and Inequality. Which European Educational Systems Provide Fair Opportunities to Learn?". In: WZB Report, Vol. 2015, S. 32-35.
2014
Borgna, Camilla/Contini, Dalit (2014): "Migrant Achievement Penalties in Western Europe. Do Educational Systems Matter?". In: European Sociological Review, Vol. 30, No. 5, S. 670-683.
Borgna, Camilla/Struffolino, Emanuela (2014): Early School Leaving Dynamics in Italy. The Heterogeneity of Gender Effects. ISFOL Research Paper 20. Roma: Istituto per lo Sviluppo della Formazione Professionale dei Lavoratori, Roma (ISFOL).

Borgna, C. & Tucci, (2023) V. “An unstable equilibrium: the Italian immigrants’ inclusion model facing the pandemic crisis test”, Sociologia del Lavoro, 166(3), 155-182.

Borgna, C., Contini, D., Pinna Pintor S., Ricucci, R., Vigna, N. (2022). “Old habits die hard? School guidance interventions and the persistence of inequalities”, Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 81, 100728.

Borgna, Camilla (2013): “Fuzzy-Set Coincidence Analysis: the Hidden Asymmetries”. COMPASSS Working Papers Series 2013/72

Completed Projects

Untracked or off-track? Inequality of educational opportunities and comprehensive schools in Germany (funded by the German National Science Foundation)

Mismatch in the Labor Market - (PIAAC-Leibniz-network - Module)