Maria Prosperina VITALE | Curriculum

Current position

Full Professor of Social Statistics, Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Salerno (Italy) since 2023.

Education

- 1998 B.A. in Sociology, University of Salerno

- 2002 Ph.D. in Statistics, University of Chieti "G. D'Annunzio"

- 2002-2004 Research assistantship, Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Salerno

International experiences

- 2008 Visiting period at the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Science (October-December)

- Eramus Teaching programs a.y. 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-2020

- 2019 10th International Summer School “Analysis of Scientific Networks”, NRU HSE International Laboratory for Applied Network Research (ANR-Lab), 15-22 July 2019, Moscow

International courses attendance

• Advanced Methods for Network Analysis, Research Centre in Economic and Organisational Sociology School of Economics and Management, University of Lisbona (2008)
• ECPR Summer School in methods and techniques, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana (2007)
• Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis and Collection, Department of Government, University of Essex (2005)
• Summer Training Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research, Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), University of Michigan (2000)
• 29th Spring Seminar Causal Analysis with Latent Variables, Zentralarchiv fur Empirische Sozialforschung, University of Cologne (2000)

Teaching experiences

• Survey sampling (Bachelor Degreel)
• Indicators for analysing socio-demographic phenomena (Master Degree)
• Social Network Analysis (Bachelor, Master Degree, Ph.D)
• Statistics (Bachelor, Master Degree)
• Social statistics (Bachelor, Master Degree)

Professional experiences

• MIUR - PRIN 2003 national grant: "Multivariate Statistical and Visualization Methods to Analyze, to Summarize, and to Evaluate Performance Indicators"
• Research program "An analysis of inequalities in labour market due to differences in cultural capital and social classes in subregional areas", Action 3.6 a of P.O.R. CAMPANIA 2000-2006
• Research program "Schola", CAOT, University of Salerno (Italy)
• Research program "Schola 2", CAOT, University of Salerno (Italy)
• Research program "E-learning", University of Salerno (Italy)
• MIUR - PRIN 2008 "Network Theories, Evaluation of Technological Districts and public policies for innovation"
• Research Program LEADER - GAL Irpinia 2012, Centro interdipartimentale per la diffusione delle scienze umane e sociali e per la costruzione di capitale umano (CISUS), University of Salerno (Italy)
• Survey "Analysis of data on tourism, historical and natural significance of the role of Villa San Michele, socio-cultural characteristics of the visitors to the Museum Villa San Michele by Axel Munthe", in collaboration with the Fondazione San Michele, Laboratorio di ricerca e formazione avanzata in Statistica (STATLAB), University of Salerno (Italy)
• Research Program "Osservatorio Regionale Sistema Universitario Campano", University of Salerno (Italy)
• PROGETTO PRIN 2022 PEER-UP From high school to university: assessing peers' influence in educational inequalities and performances --(Coordinator Reserach Unit Salerno. PI Isabella Sulis University of Cagliari)
• PROGETTO POT GRUPPO 9 --Piani per l'orientamento e il tutorato -- annualità 2023-2026-- Coordinator [GPS.UNI] Geolocalizzazione Politico-Sociologica per orientarsi nel mondo UNIversitario. Dalla Scuola all’Università: saper scegliere per saper sperimentare

Editorial activity

• July 2013 - January 2015

Guest and Action Network Editor of the Network Science journal, Cambridge University Press, Special issue "Networks in space and in time: methods and applications", Network Science, 3 (1), 2015 (in collaboration with L. De Benedictis, and S. Wasserman).

• Reviewer for the international journals

• Journal of Applied Statistics
• Network Science
• Quality and Quantity
• Scientometrics
• Social Networks
• Statistical Methods and Applications