Claudio Baraldi (PhD) is Professor of Sociology of cultural and communicative
processes at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Department of Studies
on Language and Culture. He teaches
Social Systems and Cultural Communication, Theory and Methods of Dialogue and Mediation,
and Sociology of Conflicts. In addition, Dr. Baraldi is a member of the teaching
staff in the Doctoral School in Humanities (University of Modena and Reggio
Emilia), and he has been
supervisor of several PhD students in the fields of childhood studies,
education and cultural and linguistic mediation. He served
as external examiner of PhD theses dealing with research in childhood studies. He has trained teachers, educators, social workers, healthcare providers
and mediators, in connection with public administrations, schools, health
organisations and non-profit organisations.
Dr. Baraldi currently serves as Vice-director of the Research Centre on Peace and Sustainability, and
as a member of the scientific board of the Inter-University
Research Centre for Analysis of Interaction and Mediation (AIM).
Dr. Baraldi has directed or co-ordinated more than 70
empirical research programmes, and he has published 8 books as unique author, 10
books as co-author, 22 books as editor or co-editor, and 130 papers in national
and international collective volumes and journals. Dr. Baraldi is a prolific
scholar, and a listing of his publications over the last five years is provided
below. His main research interests
concern: facilitation/mediation in institutional interactions that involve
adult, children and young people; cultural and linguistic mediation in
healthcare services; production and management of conflicts; and evaluation
analysis of projects, intervention processes and their results. This research
is based on the combination of Social Systems Theory, theories of facilitation
and mediation, interaction analysis, and non-essentialist theories of
intercultural communication. In addition, his research draws upon interdisciplinary
team work and systematic connections with institutions (public administrations,
schools, healthcare services, non-profit organisations).
Dr.
Baraldi is President of the Research Committee 53, Sociology
of Childhood (ISA, International Sociological Association) and a member of the Board of the Research Network, Sociology of
Children and Childhood (ESA, European Sociological Association). Also, Dr. Baraldi is a member of the Editorial Board of the international journals “Language
and Dialogue” (John Benjamins) and “International Journal of Business
Communication” (Sage). He
has served as a reviewer for the following international journals: Children & Society, Childhood, Intercultural Education, Interpreting,
International Journal of Business
Communication, and Language and
Intercultural Communication.
