CV

Curriculum Vitae.

Contact Information

Name Alessandro Di Nallo
Professional Title Lecturer in Sociology and Demography
Email alessandro.dinallo@upf.edu

Professional Summary

Lecturer (tenure-track) at Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Research on perinatal outcomes, fertility, pregnancy loss, job loss, union dissolution, and the life course.

Experience

  • 2025 - present

    Barcelona, Spain

    Lecturer (tenure-track), Dept. of Political and Social Sciences
    Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF)
    Member of the DemoSoc research group.
  • 2024 - 2025

    Rostock, Germany

    Postdoctoral Researcher, ERC BIOSFER (PI Mikko Myrskylä)
    Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR)
    Now continuing as an external collaborator and Guest Researcher.
  • 2021 - 2024

    Milan, Italy

    Research Fellow, ERC DisCont & Fondazione Cariplo FAST (PI Francesco Billari)
    Dondena Centre, Bocconi University
  • 2018 - 2021

    Lausanne, Switzerland

    Researcher, NORFACE CRITEVENTS (PI Daniel Oesch)
    University of Lausanne / LIVES

Education

  • 2014 - 2019

    Barcelona, Spain

    PhD
    Universitat Pompeu Fabra
    Political and Social Sciences (Social Demography)
    • Advisor: Gøsta Esping-Andersen
    • PhD Special Award for Best Thesis (2020), UPF
  • 2012 - 2014

    London, UK

    MPhil
    London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
    Social Policy
    • Advisors: Wendy Sigle and Berkay Özcan
  • 2011 - 2012

    Barcelona, Spain

    MA
    European Doctoral School of Demography (CED)
    Demography
  • 2008 - 2011

    Milan, Italy

    MSc
    Bocconi University
    Economics and Social Sciences
    • Advisor: Francesco C. Billari
  • 2005 - 2008

    Milan, Italy

    BSc
    Bocconi University
    Business Administration

Grants and Awards

  • 2026
    REPRODIV: Diverse reproductive trajectories: sociodemographic drivers and implications
    Agencia Estatal de Investigación (Spain)

    Grant, €135,000 and 1 predoctoral contract. Proyectos de Generación de Conocimiento 2025 (ref. PID2025-169529NB-I00). Principal Investigator 2, with Clara Cortina (Principal Investigator 1).

  • 2023
    ODISSEI Microdata Access Grant (with Selin Köksal and Katya Ivanova)
    ODISSEI

    Grant, €7,500 — Pregnancy loss and job loss using Dutch register data.

  • 2023
    Understanding Society Fellowship
    Understanding Society (UK)

    Grant, £30,000 — The scarring effect of pregnancy loss on the life course.

  • 2021
    Fondazione Cariplo, Social Research call (FAST project)
    Fondazione Cariplo

    Grant, €200,000 — Population change, territorial attractiveness and resilience.

  • 2020
    PhD Special Award for Best Thesis
    Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Languages

Italian : Native
English : Fluent
Spanish : Fluent
French : Fluent
Catalan : Intermediate

Interests

Research areas: Perinatal outcomes, Fertility, Pregnancy loss, Job loss, Union dissolution, Life course, Family demography, Spatial demography