Giulio Marini
Biographic Data
| ID | 3941894 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Giulio Marini |
| GIVEN NAMES | Giulio |
| FAMILY NAME | Marini |
| SIGNATURE | MARINI G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Catania |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3259-2309 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
United States–China rivalry and scientific nationalism in nanotechnology
Intensifying competition between the United States and China is recalibrating the balance between collaboration and competition in academic science among the two largest economies and global science producers. We explore the trajectory of nanotechnology research collaboration between the United States and China and probe the impacts of US–China decoupling on research impact. We trace changes in the frequency of US–China research collaboration bet…
Reconceptualizing Internationalization
The contribution of internationality in pursuing research is well‐known. Whilst the policy agenda in many Asian countries includes attracting academic staff (Internationals and Returnees—conceptualized here under Simmel's ‘stranger’ concept), little is known in relation to how often they work with colleagues at their institutions and, consequently, how much such collaboration yields benefits when it comes to publishing. We investigate, via observ…
Shielding the few and perpetrating the pattern for the many
This study examines the interplay of gender, acquisition of prestigious individual grants, status, and academic promotion. Two individual grants are considered: the European Research Council (ERC) grant and the Italian “Futuro in Ricerca di Base” (FIRB) scheme. The awardees of these two grants are compared to non-awardees. To test for gender discrimination, promotion (logistic regression) and the velocity of promotion (OLS) are predicted in terms…
The Complexity of Funding International Research Collaboration. An Analysis of Partnership and Rivalry Between the EU and China
In recent years, increased rivalry between China and the EU has been seen as a threat to cooperation, including in the field of higher education and scientific research. We explore how cooperation in research between China and the EU has developed over time via a bibliometric analysis of international co-authorships within four different funding agencies (CAS, MOST, JRC, and ESA). Our findings suggest that EU-China cooperation has continued to st…
Rubbing salt in the wound of gender discrimination – a worldwide analysis of effectiveness of gender equality plans among post-doctoral researchers
Purpose This study examines gender discrimination among post-doctoral researchers – a precarious and vulnerable segment of the academic workforce. As early-career scholars with limited bargaining power and high job insecurity, post-docs face systemic stress that heightens their exposure to misconduct. Using data from a global survey on post-doctoral working conditions, we evaluate whether the implementation of gender equality plans (GEPs) reduces…
Do funding schemes help ameliorate publications? An analysis among Italian academics who won Firb and ERC
Some individual funding schemes aim at recognizing excellence of early and/or mid-career researchers, allowing them to boost their potential via munificent endowments, autonomy, and employment security. In Italy, this is the case of "Futuro in Ricerca" (FIRB), which is in many regards similar to the European Research Council (ERC) scheme. Both schemes are supposed to make excellence thrive, which is understood also in terms of publishing in leadi…
Brexit and the War for Talents
Brexit raised the question of whether the UK will continue to attract internationals. Here the focus is on academic staff – a critical component of the “War for Talents” discourse and current geopolitics in the field. Despite a clear trend of loss of EU internationals, at least among western EU countries, the UK more than compensates for this fall with extra-EU internationals. This is even more evident among younger generations. However, the most…
Is a PhD worth more than a Master's in the UK labour market? The role of specialisation and managerial position
This paper examines the potential earnings premium associated with a doctoral degree (PhDs, ISCED9) over postgraduate degrees (PGs, or Masters, ISCED7) in the UK. We assess this premium using a decade-worth of UK Labour Force Survey data (2011–2020). To explore the possible endogenous choice of post-graduate tracks, this paper deploys linear regression, (ordinary least squares, OLS), propensity score matching (PSM), and inverse probability weight…
Academic freedom in the re‐imagined post‐Humboldtian Europe
This editorial presents the special issue on challenges of academic freedom in Europe, predominantly in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). The volume provides a novel empirical stream of research, urging scholars to face the emerging discourse and problems of academic freedom in the contemporary higher education systems that were largely overlooked in the analyses dominated by the West‐oriented global neoliberalism following the collapse of the US…
The employment destination of PhD‐holders in Italy
In high‐income countries in recent years, the non‐academic labour market destination of PhD‐holders, i.e., the segmentation by industry sector of destination, has emerged as an issue. Universities and other research‐intensive institutions can no longer absorb the major share of PhD‐holders. Their employment has become a matter of segmentation both horizontally in terms of the economy and vertically in terms of income. The article reports on outco…
The balance between status quo and change when minorities try to access top ranks
Purpose This paper aims to study vertical gender segregation, which persists even in the fields where women are represented at junior levels. Academia is an example. Individual performance and lack of a critical mass do not fully explain the problem. Thus, this paper adopted an intergroup perspective (i.e. social identity and competition theories) to study how a majority (i.e. men) can influence the advancement of a minority (i.e. women). Design/…
Challenging career models in higher education
The paper develops the metaphorical concept of the “concertina” career to describe ways in which academic staff, across a diversifying workforce, modulate their interactions with institutional career frameworks, which tend to be unilinear and to be characterised by detailed progression criteria and milestones. In doing this, they are guided by Internal career scripts, providing an additional dimension to the dichotomy of boundaried and boundaryle…
A PhD in social sciences and humanities
The paper analyses which conditions may predict a better salary for people who got a PhD in social sciences and humanities (SS&H) in 13 European countries. Among the controlling variables, predictors are also: change of country of residence; percentage of time spent respectively in research and managerial activities; and impacts achieved during one’s PhD programme. Findings, but also policy implications both for PhD programme planners and PhD can…
Re-becoming universities? Higher education institutions in network knowledge societies
Re-becoming universities? Higher education institutions in network knowledge societies." Comparative Education, 53(4), pp. 605–606
Is a PhD worth more than a Master's in the UK labour market? The role of specialisation and managerial position
This paper examines the potential earnings premium associated with a doctoral degree (PhDs, ISCED9) over postgraduate degrees (PGs, or Masters, ISCED7) in the UK. We assess this premium using a decade-worth of UK Labour Force Survey data (2011–2020). To explore the possible endogenous choice of post-graduate tracks, this paper deploys linear regression, (ordinary least squares, OLS), propensity score matching (PSM), and inverse probability weight…
The balance between status quo and change when minorities try to access top ranks
Purpose This paper aims to study vertical gender segregation, which persists even in the fields where women are represented at junior levels. Academia is an example. Individual performance and lack of a critical mass do not fully explain the problem. Thus, this paper adopted an intergroup perspective (i.e. social identity and competition theories) to study how a majority (i.e. men) can influence the advancement of a minority (i.e. women). Design/…
A PhD in social sciences and humanities
The paper analyses which conditions may predict a better salary for people who got a PhD in social sciences and humanities (SS&H) in 13 European countries. Among the controlling variables, predictors are also: change of country of residence; percentage of time spent respectively in research and managerial activities; and impacts achieved during one’s PhD programme. Findings, but also policy implications both for PhD programme planners and PhD can…
Re-becoming universities? Higher education institutions in network knowledge societies
Re-becoming universities? Higher education institutions in network knowledge societies." Comparative Education, 53(4), pp. 605–606
A PhD in social sciences and humanities
The paper analyses which conditions may predict a better salary for people who got a PhD in social sciences and humanities (SS&H) in 13 European countries. Among the controlling variables, predictors are also: change of country of residence; percentage of time spent respectively in research and managerial activities; and impacts achieved during one’s PhD programme. Findings, but also policy implications both for PhD programme planners and PhD can…
Challenging career models in higher education
The paper develops the metaphorical concept of the “concertina” career to describe ways in which academic staff, across a diversifying workforce, modulate their interactions with institutional career frameworks, which tend to be unilinear and to be characterised by detailed progression criteria and milestones. In doing this, they are guided by Internal career scripts, providing an additional dimension to the dichotomy of boundaried and boundaryle…
Academic freedom in the re‐imagined post‐Humboldtian Europe
This editorial presents the special issue on challenges of academic freedom in Europe, predominantly in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). The volume provides a novel empirical stream of research, urging scholars to face the emerging discourse and problems of academic freedom in the contemporary higher education systems that were largely overlooked in the analyses dominated by the West‐oriented global neoliberalism following the collapse of the US…
The employment destination of PhD‐holders in Italy
In high‐income countries in recent years, the non‐academic labour market destination of PhD‐holders, i.e., the segmentation by industry sector of destination, has emerged as an issue. Universities and other research‐intensive institutions can no longer absorb the major share of PhD‐holders. Their employment has become a matter of segmentation both horizontally in terms of the economy and vertically in terms of income. The article reports on outco…
The balance between status quo and change when minorities try to access top ranks
Purpose This paper aims to study vertical gender segregation, which persists even in the fields where women are represented at junior levels. Academia is an example. Individual performance and lack of a critical mass do not fully explain the problem. Thus, this paper adopted an intergroup perspective (i.e. social identity and competition theories) to study how a majority (i.e. men) can influence the advancement of a minority (i.e. women). Design/…
Is a PhD worth more than a Master's in the UK labour market? The role of specialisation and managerial position
This paper examines the potential earnings premium associated with a doctoral degree (PhDs, ISCED9) over postgraduate degrees (PGs, or Masters, ISCED7) in the UK. We assess this premium using a decade-worth of UK Labour Force Survey data (2011–2020). To explore the possible endogenous choice of post-graduate tracks, this paper deploys linear regression, (ordinary least squares, OLS), propensity score matching (PSM), and inverse probability weight…
Do funding schemes help ameliorate publications? An analysis among Italian academics who won Firb and ERC
Some individual funding schemes aim at recognizing excellence of early and/or mid-career researchers, allowing them to boost their potential via munificent endowments, autonomy, and employment security. In Italy, this is the case of "Futuro in Ricerca" (FIRB), which is in many regards similar to the European Research Council (ERC) scheme. Both schemes are supposed to make excellence thrive, which is understood also in terms of publishing in leadi…
Brexit and the War for Talents
Brexit raised the question of whether the UK will continue to attract internationals. Here the focus is on academic staff – a critical component of the “War for Talents” discourse and current geopolitics in the field. Despite a clear trend of loss of EU internationals, at least among western EU countries, the UK more than compensates for this fall with extra-EU internationals. This is even more evident among younger generations. However, the most…
Shielding the few and perpetrating the pattern for the many
This study examines the interplay of gender, acquisition of prestigious individual grants, status, and academic promotion. Two individual grants are considered: the European Research Council (ERC) grant and the Italian “Futuro in Ricerca di Base” (FIRB) scheme. The awardees of these two grants are compared to non-awardees. To test for gender discrimination, promotion (logistic regression) and the velocity of promotion (OLS) are predicted in terms…
The Complexity of Funding International Research Collaboration. An Analysis of Partnership and Rivalry Between the EU and China
In recent years, increased rivalry between China and the EU has been seen as a threat to cooperation, including in the field of higher education and scientific research. We explore how cooperation in research between China and the EU has developed over time via a bibliometric analysis of international co-authorships within four different funding agencies (CAS, MOST, JRC, and ESA). Our findings suggest that EU-China cooperation has continued to st…
Rubbing salt in the wound of gender discrimination – a worldwide analysis of effectiveness of gender equality plans among post-doctoral researchers
Purpose This study examines gender discrimination among post-doctoral researchers – a precarious and vulnerable segment of the academic workforce. As early-career scholars with limited bargaining power and high job insecurity, post-docs face systemic stress that heightens their exposure to misconduct. Using data from a global survey on post-doctoral working conditions, we evaluate whether the implementation of gender equality plans (GEPs) reduces…
United States–China rivalry and scientific nationalism in nanotechnology
Intensifying competition between the United States and China is recalibrating the balance between collaboration and competition in academic science among the two largest economies and global science producers. We explore the trajectory of nanotechnology research collaboration between the United States and China and probe the impacts of US–China decoupling on research impact. We trace changes in the frequency of US–China research collaboration bet…
Reconceptualizing Internationalization
The contribution of internationality in pursuing research is well‐known. Whilst the policy agenda in many Asian countries includes attracting academic staff (Internationals and Returnees—conceptualized here under Simmel's ‘stranger’ concept), little is known in relation to how often they work with colleagues at their institutions and, consequently, how much such collaboration yields benefits when it comes to publishing. We investigate, via observ…
Political science (10 works) · Higher education (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Economic growth (6 works) · Economics (6 works) · Higher Education Governance and Development (5 works) · Gender Diversity and Inequality (4 works) · Business (3 works) · China (3 works) · Demographic economics (3 works)