Livia Elisa Ortensi

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Moreover immigrant descendant youths born in Italy feel less excluded by Italian society than their first-generation immigrant peers, also when reporting discrimination. This suggests the sense of exclusion is decreasing across immigrant generations despite increased self-perceived discrimination.

Our results show that while higher educated immigrant descendants do report more systemic discrimination, this does not apply to interpersonal discrimination.

Do youths with a migrant background and higher level of education perceive themselves to be more discriminated against than those with a lower level of education? And finally, do we see a greater or lower perception of exclusion across generations with a migrant background?

We address three main questions: do immigrant descendant youth report more experiences of discrimination than their first-generation immigrant peers?

The study examines the integration paradox – the positive association between higher structural integration achievements and higher feelings of discrimination and exclusion – among young immigrant descendants aged 14–35 in Italy, using ISTAT SCIF data.

📢 New publication announcement 😊
Coauthored with Veronica Riniolo "Is there an integration paradox in Italy? Empirical evidence on youths with a migrant background" is out on @youthstudies.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📢 The EAPS Working Group on Fertility and Family Dynamics in Migrant and Minority Groups will hold its fourth international conference, this time in collaboration with “Age-It – Ageing Well in an Ageing Society”.

📍 2–3 Oct 2025 | University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy
🔗 More info: tinyurl.com/35h3kp5y

📢 Bologna Calling! 🙂
The call for submissions for European Population Conference 2026 is now open! EPC 2026 is organized by EAPS in collaboration with the University of Bologna and will be held from 3-6 June 2026 in Bologna.
#EPC2026

Data & Policy call for papers: Counting what matters: The role of sex-disaggregated data and gender statistics in social policy.

Deadline for full paper 9 January 2026.

Is there a female advantage in asylum application outcomes in Europe? We will be discussing our results this afternoon at #IPC2025 Session 74
Forced Migration and Statelessness in Host Countries
@avrai.bsky.social

We are on our way ✈️

The Report highlights the social transformations and the impact this growth has had on Italian society. The webinar will take place online on June 25th, from 14:00 to 14:45 CEST

Register here: www.ismu.org/en/webinar-r...

📢 Tomorrow June 25th, from 14:00 to 14:45 CEST
Fondazione ISMU is pleased to invite you to the presentation of the 30th Italian Report on Migration, which traces the trend of migration flows that, over the last 30 years, have seen the population with a migrant background grow to nearly six million.

That’s a wrap for #PopDays2025!
A huge thank you to all participants — so many of you, from so many places, and with such high-level contributions.

The atmosphere was truly inspiring!
See you all in Trento for the next edition in two years! 🇮🇹✨

Perceived benefits linked to increased support for FGM/C medicalization include religious approval, better marriage prospects, cleanliness, and conformity to traditional cultural values.

Findings indicate that, compared with women who support the practice unconditionally, the requirement of medicalization correlates with higher educational level, age, being in a couple, and being from a country where FGM/C is more commonly medicalized.

Data are from a national survey on FGM/C conducted in Italy in 2016, covering a representative sample of 1,378 women aged 18 + who were born in Nigeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Somalia, and Ivory Coast

This study investigates the extent of the support for FGM/C conditioned on its medicalization among migrant women from FGM/C-practising countries residing in Italy, and the characteristics of women supporting the practice.

The medicalization of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) as a harm reduction strategy is a highly debated issue, although largely unexplored among migrants living outside practising countries

📢New paper announcement! Exploring support for medicalized female genital mutilation/cutting: A study on migrant women living in Italy written with P. Farina, D. Carrillo and E. Ripamonti is out on @plosone.org
doi.org/10.1371/jour... contributing to the debate on the medicalization of #FGM

Because We Need Good Data to Predict the Future — Why Social Science? Where do you live? How old are you? Did you finish college? Are you married? Do you have any children? Have you recently moved? What type of job do you have? These may seem like mundane questions, but...

What is demography for?

Nice explainer here: “Demography provides a lens that community leaders, policymakers, business leaders, advocates, and residents can use to allocate resources effectively and plan for a thriving future”

www.whysocialscience.com/blog/2025/4/...

So proud and so happy for you my friend 😍

! major development: Italian gov restricts by decree transmission of citizenship abroad to 2 generations:

From now on if you are born abroad only Italian if: parent or grandparent born in Italy. Or if parent has resided in 🇮🇹 2 yrs before you were born

+ other restrictions upcoming (see 🧵 & below)

Presentazione 30° Rapporto sulle migrazioni 2024 - 17 febbraio 2025 - Fondazione ISMU

Today we are presenting the 30th Report on Migration in Italy edited by ISMU Foundation www.ismu.org/convegno-pre...

Renouncing birthright citizenship is a major barrier to #naturalization, but how willing are migrants to do so? Using a unique dataset from Italy, E. B. di Belgiojoso & @leortensi.bsky.social examine three key factors: identity, socialization, and reasons for naturalization.

doi.org/10.1093/migr...

Exploring migrants’ willingness to renounce birthright citizenship in Italy: Do national identity, place of socialization, and instrumental approach matter? Abstract. The relationship between citizenship and identity is complex, affecting migrants’ propensity to become citizens if the law of the destination or

academic.oup.com/migration/ar...