Tiziana Nazio is tenured Senior Researcher at Turin University, Affiliate Fellow at Collegio Carlo Alberto and Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research Fellow at the Berlin Social Science Center (WZB), Berlin. Her research examines how family configurations and ties affect individuals' life courses, emphasizing the role of social background, employment, social interactions and institutional settings. Her work has been published in the journals European Sociological Review, European Journal of Population, Work, Employment & Society, Demographic Research and International Migration Review.