Projects

S.O.L.E.I.L. – Servizi di Orientamento al Lavoro ed Empowerment Interregionale Legale (job guidance and legal empowerment services)

Interregional system action against the labour exploitation of foreign nationals. CSRLab conducts ethnographic research with unaccompanied foreign minors in reception centres, in collaboration with On the Road and the regional anti-trafficking network.

• Call and funder: Italian Ministry of Labour and Social Policies – National Programme “Inclusione” 2021–2027
• Period: 30 months, extended to 31 March 2027
• Lead partner: Lazio Region (interregional project with Tuscany, Molise, Marche and Abruzzo); for Abruzzo, On the Road Social Cooperative
• UdA principal investigator: Mara Maretti
• Research area: Migration, vulnerability and rights
• Official page: Ministry of Labour – S.O.L.E.I.L. · Project website (Lazio Region)

U.N.D.E.R. Community – Uniting Digital Natives to Educate to Reality

Four-year project against early school leaving and educational poverty among students aged 11–17 in the outer neighbourhoods of Pescara: strengthening basic skills, media education and active citizenship, and building an educating community of teachers, parents, third sector and institutions. CSRLab is the scientific partner and leads action A.2 “Inside” on social analysis and research, with tools for monitoring and evaluating the interventions.

• Call and funder: Italian Agency for Territorial Cohesion – Development and Cohesion Fund (FSC)
• Period: 2022–2026
• Lead partner: Arci Pescara
• Partners: Movimentazioni APS, On the Road Social Cooperative, Métis Community Solutions, Deina APS, University “G. d’Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara (scientific partner), IIS “Alessandro Volta” and Liceo “Misticoni-Bellisario” of Pescara; in collaboration with Istituto Omnicomprensivo “Spaventa” of Città Sant’Angelo and IC “Villa Verrocchio” of Montesilvano
• UdA principal investigator: Mara Maretti
• Research area: Migration, vulnerability and rights
• Official page: U.N.D.E.R. Community · Facebook · Instagram

TOLERANT – Identification and Critical Analysis of Online Racism and Xenophobia against (Im)migrants and Roma people

The project investigates the online spread of racism and xenophobia targeting (im)migrants, asylum seekers and Roma communities in Italy, in both overt and covert forms. It combines social science methods and computational linguistics: dedicated lexical resources and a multi-platform annotated corpus for automatic detection, social network analysis of the communities spreading discriminatory narratives, critical discourse analysis and IRT models.

• Call and funder: Italian Ministry of University and Research – PRIN-PNRR 2022 (P2022APKJL), European Union – NextGenerationEU
• Period: 2023–2026
• Lead partner: University “G. d’Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara
• Partners: University of Salerno, University of Calabria
• Principal investigator: Lara Fontanella
• UdA team: Lara Fontanella, Mara Maretti, Alfredo Agustoni, Annalina Sarra, Alex Cucco
• Research area: Online hate, misogyny and radicalisation · Migration, vulnerability and rights
• Official page: tolerantproject.it

ASIMMETRIE 8 – Integrated multiregional mid-Adriatic system action against trafficking and exploitation and for the socio-occupational inclusion of victims

Anti-trafficking system of Abruzzo and Molise for the identification, protection and socio-occupational inclusion of victims of trafficking and exploitation.

• Call and funder: Presidency of the Council of Ministers – Department for Equal Opportunities, Call no. 8/2026
• Period: December 2026 – May 2028
• Lead partner: On the Road Social Cooperative
• UdA role: partner
• UdA principal investigator: Mara Maretti
• Research area: Migration, vulnerability and rights
• Official page: Osservatorio Interventi Tratta

ChietiLab – Growing ideas. Together for entrepreneurship

Project promoting entrepreneurial culture among young people aged 18–35 living in the province of Chieti: guidance and thematic workshops, business plan support, mentoring, free consultancy and a Business Plan Competition. CSRLab carried out the study “Young people and entrepreneurship in the Province of Chieti”.

• Call and funder: Presidency of the Council of Ministers – Department for Youth Policies and Universal Civil Service (Youth Policy Fund 2021)
• Period: 2025–2026 (final event on 16 April 2026)
• Lead partner: Municipality of Chieti
• Partners: University “G. d’Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara; Agenzia di Sviluppo – special agency of the Chieti Pescara Chamber of Commerce; Dinamiche Inclusive APS; CNA Chieti; Confcommercio; Confartigianato Chieti – L’Aquila; municipalities of Social District no. 14 Altovastese (Monteodorisio, Civitella Messer Raimondo, Gessopalena, Lama dei Peligni, Roccascalegna)
• UdA principal investigator: Mara Maretti
• Official page: Municipality of Chieti – ChietiLab

Ma.D.Ri. – Dynamic Mapping of Resources

Mapping of social, educational, community and social-health services and resources in the city of Pescara, published as a public portal to guide citizens and strengthen the community welfare network. CSRLab designed the survey methodology, mapped third-sector organisations and provided scientific supervision.

• Call and funder: Municipality of Pescara – Social Plan ECAD 15 (2023–2025), co-design with the third sector
• Period: 2023–2025
• Lead partner: Caritas Foundation of the Archdiocese of Pescara-Penne
• Partners: Municipality of Pescara – Social Policy Department, University “G. d’Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara
• UdA principal investigator: Mara Maretti
• Research area: Democracy, institutions and digital political communication (open data and welfare)
• Official page: Ma.D.Ri. portal – Municipality of Pescara

SUST.FU.ToUR – The future of sustainability

National research programme on the futures of sustainability, using statistical methods for futures studies and scenario building.

• Call and funder: Italian Ministry of University and Research – PRIN-PNRR 2022 (P2022B3NFH), European Union – NextGenerationEU
• Period: 2023–2025
• National coordinator: Corrado Crocetta (University of Bari)
• UdA unit coordinator: Simone Di Zio
• Research area: Futures Studies and decision support
• Official page: The Future of Sustainability

ENCLOSE project within the GRINS Extended Partnership

ENCLOSE – Enhancing Social Understanding: Statistical Matching for Complex Social Survey

Statistical matching methods to integrate complex social surveys and obtain joint information on phenomena that no single source measures on its own.

• Call and funder: Italian NRRP – Mission 4, Component 2, Investment 1.3, GRINS Extended Partnership “Growing Resilient, INclusive and Sustainable” (PE0000018), European Union – NextGenerationEU
• Period: 2024–2025
• Principal investigator: Lara Fontanella
• Research area: Computational methods for social research
• Official page: GRINS – Growing Resilient, INclusive and Sustainable

ICOMIC – Identifying and Counteracting Online Misogyny in Cyberspace

Automatic detection of online misogyny, identification of the networks producing it, and counter-strategies.

• Call and funder: Italian Ministry of University and Research – Promotion and Development Fund (DM 737/2021), NextGenerationEU
• Period: 2022–2024
• Lead partner: University “G. d’Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara
• Partners: Universitat Politècnica de València, University of Foggia, University College Dublin
• Principal investigator: Lara Fontanella
• Research area: Online hate, misogyny and radicalisation
• Project page: ICOMIC

Growing statistics and statistical information in Italian manufacturing and knowledge-economy firms

Research on the use of statistics and statistical information in industrial and advanced-services firms in Italy.

• Funder: ASA – Italian Association for Applied Statistics
• Period: 2023–2024
• Principal investigator: Simone Di Zio
• Research area: Computational methods for social research
• Funder (website): ASA – Italian Association for Applied Statistics

Scommettiamo sulla cittadinanza (Betting on citizenship)

Participatory research on early school leaving among students with a migrant background in Abruzzo.

• Call and funder: AMIF – Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund 2014–2020, IMPACT project
• Lead partner: Abruzzo Region
• Partners: On the Road Social Cooperative, Network of Multicultural Schools of Abruzzo, University “G. d’Annunzio”
• UdA principal investigator: Mara Maretti
• Research area: Migration, vulnerability and rights
• Official page: Integrazione Migranti portal