Research on Care Poverty - 2026_IPD_DASTU_4

Position: Post-doctoral research appointment Institute: Polytechnic of Milano
Posted on: 05/05/2026 Deadline: 04/06/2026

Scientific-Disciplinary Group

14/GSPS-08 - Sociology Of Economics, Labour, Environment And Territory

Description

The project aims to empirically investigate the risk of care poverty among older adults in Italy and other European countries and explore how it is influenced by cross-country variations in the provision of informal care by family members, the provision of formal care, and by gender, socio-economic and health inequalities. Research will use the SHARE international comparative dataset, which includes a smaller national sample for Italy including 2,552 individuals aged over 50. The SHARE dataset allows to perform analysis on 12 EU countries, representing different care regimes, including France, Germany, Spain and many Nordic countries.

Job posting website

https://www.polimi.it/en/post-doctoral-contracts

Number of positions

1

Funding body

Politecnico di Milano

How to apply

https://aunicalogin.polimi.it/aunicalogin/getservizio.xml?id_servizio=1079

Selection process

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In order to participate in the selection, please read the call ("bando") available at the following website: https://www.polimi.it/en/post-doctoral-contracts Oral test aimed at ascertaining candidates’ aptitude and suitability to carry out the activity covered by the contract, as well as at assessing their knowledge of English and/or other languages relevant to the activities to be performed (up to 30 points) Relevance and pertinence of the enclosed publications to the activity covered by the contract (up to 20 points) Relevance and pertinence of previous research activities, previous collaborations to educational and third mission activities and work experience, if any, in relation to the activity covered by the contract (up to 20 points) Relevance and pertinence of their study programme to the activities covered by the contract (up to 30 points)

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