Maria Vittoria Bufali

Biographic Data

ID6088706
NAMEMaria Vittoria Bufali
GIVEN NAMESMaria Vittoria
FAMILY NAMEBufali
SIGNATUREBUFALI M V
AFFILIATIONSBocconi University
ORCID0000-0002-2875-1063
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS4
TOTAL CITATIONS1
WORKS AS AUTHOR4
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Interdisciplinarity and epistemic reflexivity. A methodological approach to the study of later-life transitions

    Open AccessLaura Formenti, Amelia Compagni et al.ARTICLEEducational Gerontology2026

    Research on later-life transitions spans multiple disciplines, yet perspectives often remain fragmented. This paper demonstrates how interdisciplinarity, guided by epistemic reflexivity, can produce a more integrated understanding of later-life transitions. Drawing on a meta-narrative review, four research traditions – education, sociology, gerontology, and management – are examined to reconstruct discipline-specific storylines and generate a cro…

  • Sustaining crisis-driven collaborative public sector innovations

    Maria Vittoria Bufali, Simone Manfredi et al.ARTICLEPublic Management Review2025

    Despite a widespread belief that collaborative public sector innovations better address urgent wicked issues, managing multi-actor networks may lead to ‘interaction-specific’ challenges, undermining the innovation process. This study analyses the case of the Italian response to the Ukrainian refugee crisis (July 2022 – March 2023). By doing so, it highlights three enabling factors of public sector innovation maintenance over time and in a progres…

  • Conceptualisation and measurement of healthy ageing

    Open AccessAndreea Alexandra Piriu, Maria Vittoria Bufali et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2025

  • Examining holistically the experiences of mentors in school‐based programs

    Open AccessMaria Vittoria Bufali, Graham Connelly et al.ARTICLEJournal of Community Psychology2023Cited by: 1References: 44

    The article presents a Logic Analysis of the Scottish MCR (“Motivation, Commitment and Resilience”) Pathways school‐based mentoring scheme. MCR Pathways provides vulnerable secondary school students with one‐to‐one support, helping them realize their full potential through education. The perceptions of 12 mentors were explored through interviews, thematically analyzed and mapped to derive the program's Theory of Change as regards the volunteers t…