Violetta Tucci holds a PhD in Sociology and Methodology of Social Research, awarded by the University of Milan in 2024. She is currently a postdoctoral research fellow on the WHOCOUNT project at the Department of Political Science and Public Law and the Institute of Government and Public Policy (IGOP) at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). Her research focuses on social inequalities, with particular attention to housing, poverty, labour market disadvantage and territorial disparities. In February 2025, her project proposal entitled “Inequality and Multidimensional Housing Poverty: Understanding the Role of Policies in Europe”, submitted under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA – Horizon Europe), was awarded the Seal of Excellence certificate.
CONTACT
Email: violetta.tucci@uab.cat
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Web: https://webs.uab.cat/whocounts/
UAB Research Portal: https://portalrecerca.uab.cat/ca/persons/violetta-tucci/
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8100-4713
Google Scholar: Violetta Tucci Google Scholar
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Violetta-Tucci
AREAS OF INTEREST
Housing inequality; Poverty; Territorial disparities; Social policy; Young people; Quantitative method.
MAIN PROJECTS
3 HIGHLIGHTED PUBLICATIONS
- Tucci, V. (2025). “Beyond tenure: socio-economic inequalities and the dynamics of housing deprivation among young European adults”, Housing Studies, Doi: 10.1080/02673037.2025.2552403
- Tucci, V. (2025). “Housing independence pathways in Europe: the influence of parents’ socio-economic background in times of economic stress”, Journal of Youth Studies, 28(8), 1195-1215. Doi: 10.1080/13676261.2024.2378307
- Filandri, M., Pasqua, S. & Tucci, V. (2025) “Housing inequality and subjective poverty among young European adults”. Journal of European Social Policy, 35(4): 1-17. Doi: 10.1177/09589287241313430









