• EDUCATION

PhD in Applied Sociology and Social Research Methodology

• RESEARCH INTEREST

My research focuses on the sociology of life courses and generations, with particular attention to the everyday practices of younger and older adults. This work intersects with the study of cultures related to gender relations and digital practices, with a specific focus on the social inequalities that may arise.

• RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

"Digital by default: older people, digital public services, and risks of social exclusion", PI E.Sala - Research fellow

"ACTIVE ageing in changing societies. Older people's social and digital resources in pandemic and post-pandemic Italy (ACTIVE.IT)", PI E. Sala - Research fellow

"Book Batch One. Soluzioni per la configurazione e la produzione efficiente di prodotti editoriali personalizzati ad alto valore aggiunto", PI E. Ilardi - Research fellow

"RISID. Realizing the rIght to Social Inclusion for persons with Disabilities through new tools of smart communication and sharing knowledge: from international to local effectiveness", PI S. Favalli e C. Ricci - Research fellow

"Aging in a Networked Society. Older People, Social Networks and Wellbeing", PI E. Sala - Research fellow

• RECENTLY PUBLISHED

Giulia Melis (2024): “Immaginare un’Università inclusiva per giovani studenti con disabilità. La app SI@unipv come percorso di ricerca valutativa e collaborativa”, in Carola Ricci, Anna Facchinetti (a cura di), Accessibilità digitale delle persone con disabilità: regole e buone pratiche, Giappichelli: Torino, ISBN 979-12-211-1270-2, 979-12-211-6208-0 (e-book OPEN ACCESS)

Dario Pizzul & Giulia Melis (2024): “La digitalizzazione dei servizi alla prova della terza età”, I quaderni di agenda digitale, Fascicolo XVII maggio-agosto 2024 n. 0017, pp.128-139, ISSN 2421-4167

Giulia Melis (2023): “Immaginari di quarta generazione. La parola alle professioni del libro”, in Giovanni Ragone, Emiliano Ilardi (a cura di), Verso l’editoria digitale. Storia innovazioni e ibridazioni del sistema editoriale in Italia, Napoli: Liguori, ISBN 9788820769840 9788820769840

Emma Garavaglia, Alessandro Caliandro, Giulia Melis, Emanuela Sala, & Daniele Zaccaria (2023): “Contrasting Ageism in Research on Older Adults and Digital Technologies: a Methodological Reflection”, in Andrea Rosales, Mireia Fernández-Ardèvol, Jakob Svensson (Eds), Digital Ageism. How it Operates and Approaches to Tackling it, London: Routledge, ISBN 9781032271538

Giulia Melis, Emanuela Sala & Daniele Zaccaria (2022): “The Role of Information and Communication Technologies in Researching Older People during the Covid-19 Pandemic - The Case of the Italian Longitudinal Study on Older People’s Quality of Life during the Covid-19 Pandemic (ILQA-19)”. Proceedings: Volume 29, Springer LNCS 13330 “Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population: Design, Interaction and Technology Acceptance (Part I)”, edited by Qin Gao and Jia Zhou

Giulia Melis, Emanuela Sala & Daniele Zaccaria (2021): “Remote recruiting and video-interviewing older people: a research note on a qualitative case study carried out in the first Covid-19 Red Zone in Europe”, International Journal of Social Research Methodology, DOI: 10.1080/13645579.2021.1913921

Giulia Melis, Emanuela Sala & Daniele Zaccaria (2021): “«I turned to Facebook to know when they would open the cemetery»... : Results from a qualitative case study on older people’s social media use during COVID-19 lockdown in Italy”, RASSEGNA ITALIANA DI SOCIOLOGIA, LXII(2), 431-457, DOI: 10.1423/101851

• RESEARCH NETWORKS

Member of the research group Ageing Societies (https://ageingsocieties.unimib.it/)

ISA RC33 - Logic and Methodology in Sociology (member)

ESA RN01 - Ageing in Europe (member)

ESA RN30 - Youth and Generation (member)

AIS - Vita quotidiana (member)