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mw. dr. B. (Barbara) Da Roit


  • Faculteit der Maatschappij- en Gedragswetenschappen
    Programmagroep: Dynamics of Citizenship and Culture
  • Nieuwe Achtergracht  166
    1018 WV  Amsterdam
  • B.daRoit@uva.nl

2014

Responsible for an explorative research on live-in migrant care workers in the Netherlands, in cooperation with Expertisecentrum Mantelzorg Movisie/Vilans.

2011-2013

Co-Principal Investigator for the Netherlands of the project “Governing 'New social risks'. The case of recent child policies in European Welfare States” Open Research Area (ORA 2010), funded by the National Research Agencies of France, the Netherlands, Germany and the UK.

2009-2011

National expert and coordinator for the Netherlands in the project “Long-term care reforms in Europe”, coordinated by prof. C. Ranci, Politecnico di Milano.

2007-2010

Researcher in the frame of the WOUPS project (Workers under pressure and Social Care), coordinated by prof. C. Martin, Sciences Po, Rennes (France), funded by the French National Agency for Research.

2006-2007

Italian national expert within the study on “Social and health services of general interests in Europe”, commissioned by the European Commission (DG Employment) to the European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research, Vienna.

2006-2007

Researcher in a project on the characteristics of disability cash allowance beneficiaries, directed by prof. C Ranci, Politecnico di Milano.

2006

Principal researcher of the project “ The costs of childcare in the European Countries”, European Parliament, Committee for employment and Social Affairs/ IRS Milano

2005-2007

Thematic expert for long-term care (LTC) and coordinator of the LTC data collection and analysis in Italy in the comparative European Project “Rescaling Social Welfare Policies – A comparative study on the path towards multilevel governance in Europe”, coordinated by prof. Y. Kazepov, University of Urbino.

2005

Researcher within the project “The inclusion of social elements in impact assessment “ European Parliament, - Committee for employment and Social Affairs/ IRS Milano

2004-2006

Researcher within the project “Upper middles classes in European Cities”, directed by prof. P. LeGalès, CNRS Research Director, Sciences-Po Paris.

2003-2004

Research fellow in a project on “young people, values and work”, at the Istituto per le Ricerche Economiche e Sociali della Lombardia (IRES Lombardia), coordinated by prof. P. Barbieri.

2002-2004

Researcher in the comparative project “Political economy of migration in an integrating Europe”, funded by the European Commission, 6FP, coordinated in Italy by prof. E. Reyneri, University of Milan-Bicocca.

2002

Researcher in a project on immigrant entrepreneurship at the Bocconi University of Milan, coordinated by prof. A. Chiesi.

2001-2002

Researcher in a project on social rights and social negotiation at the local level at the Istituto per le ricerche economiche e sociali della Lombardia (IRES Lombardia), coordinated by prof. I. Regalia.

2001-2002

Researcher in the project “Shifting boundaries of paid and unpaid care work” funded by the English Economic and Social Research Council and coordinated by prof. C. Ungerson, University of Southampton, UK.

 

Since my arrival at the University of Amsterdam in 2013 I have been teaching the following courses:

  • Gedrag en Samenleving. Within this module I give an introduction in Sociology to first-year students of the BA Algemene Sociale Wetenschappen (Interdisciplinary Social Science). Language: Dutch.
  • Visies op Moderniteit. I am the coordinator and main lecturer of this course that presents and discusses classical and contemporary social theory to first-year students of the BA Algemene Sociale Wetenschappen (Interdisciplinary Social Science). Language: Dutch.
  • Care systems from a comparative perspective. I am coordinating en giving this elective course within the MA Sociology (track Social Problems, Social Policy) that deals with ongoing changes in the relationship between care policies and care practices. Language: English.

 

I supervise:

  • BA theses within the program Global Health of Algemene Sociale Wetenschappen (Interdisciplinary Social Science); Language: Dutch.
  • MA theses within the Sociology Master: Social Problems, Social Policy. Language: English.

 

In 2013 I have started co-supervising (together with Prof.dr. Evelien Tonkens) the PhD thesis of Melissa Sebrechts. The research looks at the experience of citizenship of young people with intellectual disabilities.

2015

2014

2013

2012

  • B. Da Roit (2012). The Netherlands: Struggle between universalism and cost containment. Health & Social Care in the Community, 20 (3), 228-237.
  • B. Da Roit (2012). Privately Paid Care for Older People in Italy: Testing the Equivalence between Macroregions. Quality & Quantity, International Journal of Methodology. doi: 10.1007/s11135- 012-9788-y
  • B. Da Roit (2012). Long-term care reforms in the Netherlands. In C. Ranci & E. Pavolini (Eds.), Reforms in Long-Term Care Policies in Europe. Springer.

2011

  • B. Da Roit & B. Le Bihan (2011). Cash for Care Schemes and the Changing Role of Elderly People's Informal Caregivers in France and Italy. In B. Pfau Effinger & T. Roostgaard (Eds.), Care between Work and Welfare in European Societies. Palgrave.

2010

2009

  • B. Da Roit & B. Le Bihan (2009). La prise en charge des personnes âgées dépendantes en France en Italie. Familialisation ou defamilialisation du care. Lien Social et Politiques, (University of Montreal, Canada), 62, 41-55.

2014

Spreker

  • B. Da Roit (2014, April 1). Les politiques de soins de longue durée en direction des personnes âgées et handicapées en Europe. Changement de périmètres en perspective comparée. Paris, Handicap(s) et perte d’autonomie: Enjeux communs et spécificités, Maison des Sciences Sociales du Handicap.
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