ROMENS ANNE-IRIS
Biography
Anne-Iris Romens (PhD) is a research fellow at the Department of Sociology and Social Research of the University of Milan – Bicocca. She holds a PhD in social sciences, a master's degree in political science and a master's degree in human rights. Before doing research in academia, Anne-Iris Romens worked for nearly 4 years with institutions and non-governmental organisations in France, Italy, Colombia, and Brazil. Her research interests regard migration, care and social reproduction, labour process, industrial relations, and remote work, which she analyses from an intersectional and decolonial perspective.
Research
Principal Investigator of the project Bicocca Starting Grant “SO-REMOTE: The SOcial impact of distant REMotisation on workers and lOcal comuniTiEs” (2024)
Publications
Recchi, S., Romens, A., Scalise, G. (2025). Post-pandemic remote work and the Italian care model: constraint or opportunity?. THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY & SOCIAL POLICY, 45(13/14), 19-33 [10.1108/IJSSP-10-2024-0497]. Detail
Romens, A., Vincent, S., Santos Menezes, P. (2024). Telework as a childcare policy: mitigating or increasing gender and class inequalities?. COMMUNITY, WORK & FAMILY, 1-16 [10.1080/13668803.2024.2332220]. Detail
Romens, A. (2024). Riproduzione sociale e processo lavorativo nel contesto del lavoro da remoto. Spunti da una ricerca empirica nell’area metropolitana di Milano.. In M. Bassanelli, A. Ingrao, C. Satta (a cura di), Spazi per il lavoro a distanza e per la cura (pp. 135-143). Giappichelli. Detail
Romens, A. (2024). The hybridisation of employees’ status through remote overwork: the unions’ perspective. RASSEGNA ITALIANA DI SOCIOLOGIA, 65(1), 101-126 [10.1423/108612]. Detail
Romens, A., Vianello, F. (2023). Essentialism and intersectionality in the selection and recruitment of staff: the devaluation of migrant women's skills in France and Italy. IDENTITIES [10.1080/1070289X.2023.2275906]. Detail