CURRICULUM VITAE
Name MATTEO MANFREDINI
Work Dept. of Chemistry, Life Sciences, and Environmental Sustainability
Parco Area delle Scienze 43100 Parma
Phone +39-(0)521-905653
e-mail: matteo.manfredini@unipr.it
Current position Full Professor in Demography,
University of Parma
Academic degrees 1991 – Degree in Biological Sciences,
University of Parma
1997 – Ph.D. in Anthropology,
University of Bologna
Research interest Historical and Contemporary Demography
Family and kinship in demographic processes
Health
Biodemography
Biostatistics
Teaching 2001- Statistics, Univ. of Parma
2004-2013 Biodemography, Univ. of Parma
2005-2009 Sources for the Study of Historical Populations, Univ. of Parma
1999-2001 Demography, Univ. of Trieste
2015- Demography, Univ. of Parma
2016- Applied Statistics, PhD school in Biotechnology and Biosciences,
Univ. of Parma
2019- Demography, PostGraduate School of Hygiene and Preventive
Medicine, Univ. of Parma
Research Project memberships
1997 Member of the Italian Team in the ongoing EurAsian Project on Population and Family
History (EAP), funded by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Science and Culture.
1997 Research Network on Household and Community Dynamics: an EurAsian Approach of
Mobility in Past Societies, funded by the European Science Foundation.
1999 Research project Variabilità biologica delle popolazioni umane antiche e moderne:
approccio genetico-molecolare e biodemografico, supported by the Italian Ministry of
University, Scientific Research and Technology (MURST).
2000 Progetto Finalizzato Beni Culturali, supported by the National Council of Research (CNR).
2001 Research project Componenti genetiche, condizioni nelle prime fasi di vita e fattori socio-
economici: un'analisi della longevità in Italia, secoli XVIII-XX, supported by the Italian
Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR).
2004 Research project Caratterizzazione biodemografica di popolazioni: cognomi e secular trend,
supported by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR).
2006 Research project Microanalisi di comportamenti riproduttivi. Studio e confronto di percorsi
individuali e di coppia prima, durante e dopo la transizione demografica (1800-1925),
supported by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR).
2009 Research project “Filling the gap”. Il declino della mortalità in un approccio microanalitico.
Italia, 1860-1940, supported by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research
(MIUR).
2011 EHPS-Net, European Historical Population Samples Network. Coordinator Kees
Mandemakers.
2017 FFABR grant from the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR) for
Fundamental research activities.
2023 Research Project "Vivere e lavorare in Valceno. Evoluzione demografica, interazioni sociali e
sviluppo locale", funded by the Caterina Dallara Foundation.
2023 Research project "Weather and climate vulnerability in Italian demographic history", funded
by the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR).
Offices 2023-25 President of the European Society of Historical Demography (ESHD)
2003-09 & 2015-21 Member of the Scientific Committee of the Società Italiana di
Demografia Storica (SIDES).
2015-23 Member of the editorial board of the Peter Lang Book series “Population, Family,
and Society”.
2017-22 Member of the Scientific Committee of the Spanish Association of Historical
Demography (ADEH).
Memberships
Associazione Antropologica Italiana (Italian Anthropological Association)
Società Italiana di Demografia Storica (Italian Society of Historical Demography)
Asociation de Demografia Historica (Iberian Association of Historical Demography)
International Union for the Scientific Study of Population
European Society of Historical Demography
Social Science History Association
Academic appointments
2016- Member of the Board of the PhD school in Biotechnology and Bioscience,
University of Parma
2017-2020 Member of the Quality Assurance Committee at the Department of
Chemistry, Life Sciences, and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma
2021 Member of the group for the study of the Gender Equality Balance, University of
Parma
2021- Member of the Academic Senate of the University of Parma
