Franco Bonomi Bezzo

Trained mostly as an economist, my research interests have consistently moved at the intersection of economics, sociology, and political science. I am broadly interested in i) intersectional approaches to the study of inequality; ii) spatial political economic sociology; iii) basic income models and post-work scenarios; iv) Global South.
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My research focuses on the analysis of socio-cultural determinants of inequality at the meso-level. I am interested in analysing how the physical and cultural context in which individuals are embedded in shape their opportunities across the life-course. I have investigated this theme by looking specifically at neighbourhoods, communities, and cultural norms as meso-level determinants of inequality.

More specifically, my current research agenda focuses on understanding how different experiences of scarcity at the meso-level, affect individuals social cohesion and civic engagement, on investigating the relationship between infrastructural inequality and social cohesion in central and southern Africa, and on the centrality of paid work in contemporary societies across the world.