Meeting | 07 May 2026

Loneliness as a social challenge. From scientific research to intervention policies

Loneliness as a social challenge. From scientific research to intervention policies

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Lonely-EU Italian Network Meeting

in collaboration with @spsTREND, a research center at the University of Milan, as part of the European LONELY-EU project

 

Institutional greetings
  • Andrea SANTINI, Dean of the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences

  • Antonella MARCHETTI, Director of the Department of Psychology

  • Patrizia CATELLANI, Director of PsyLab
Speakers:
  • Judith MERKIES, Member of the European Parliament

  • Carlo BORGHETTI, Lombardy Regional Council

  • Paolo ROMANO, Lombardy Regional Council

  • Michela PALESTRA, Lombardy Regional Council

  • Lamberto BERTOLÈ, Councilor for Welfare and Health, City of Milan

  • Martina RIVA, Councilor for Sports, Tourism, and Youth Policies

  • Francesco CAROLI, Healthy Cities Network

  • Carlo TESTINI, ARCI National Directorate

  • Delfina COLOMBO, President of the Milan ACLI

  • Paolo RIVA, University of Milan-Bicocca

Roundtable Discussion

CLI, A.P.E. inFo, ARCI, Associazione Sulè, Auser Milano, Better Together, Cooperho (#OltreIPerimetri, Connecting Care), Diritto a Stare Bene, IPM Beccaria, L’Altra Metà del Cielo, Prendi in Casa, Progetto Itaca, Ronda Carità e Solidarietà, Seneca Onlus, Stop Solitudine

Comments by
  • Marzia PONTONE, Gini DUPASQUIER, Francesca CUCCHIARA, Milan City Council

  • Teresa TRAVERSA, Paolo RIVA, University of Milan-Bicocca, Marco MARINUCCI, University of East Anglia

  • Stefano BENZONI, Massimo KOMATZ, Evidence-to-Action (E2A) Board LONELY - EU

Concluding Remarks
  • Rachele SCARPA, Member of the Italian Parliament

  • Cristiano VEZZONI, University of Milan

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Date

07 May 2026

Hour:

16:00 - 19:00

Where:

Milan, Italy

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