Dr. Debora Daddi
Debora Daddi, PhD, is a research associate at the Department of Education, Languages, Intercultures, Literatures and Psychology at the University of Florence.
She is a member of the Lifelong Learning and Higher Education (LILAH) research unit, where she conducts research on topics related to Adult Education and Active Ageing.
Her research interests focus particularly on skill-building for the transition from higher education to the labour market, as well as from employment to retirement. She also explores the emergence of new educational roles and the pathways that support their growth and recognition.
CG3: Education, Learning and Active Ageing: Competences for Work and Life
Co-Moderator: Prof. Vanna Boffo & Prof. Fabio Togni
Active Ageing, if it wants to release all its potential, cannot be an emergency measure referring only to the elderly persons, but must be prepared throughout the Life Course. There is, in fact, a close correlation between the development of Life Skills in formal, informal and informal experiences and the enabling factors for active aging. To understand this transition (life-profession-skills development) it is important to pay attention to some aspects:
- Policies of active ageing and transition care (Policy level)
- The professional histories of workers and retired persons (Ideographical level)
- Strategies that connect the demand for training and the care of the transition (Continuing educational level)
A comparative and transnational analysis between these levels can be of great interest in order to stimulate educational policy making processes.
Vanna Boffo, Debora Daddi, Christel Schachter (2025). Education, Learning and Skills for Active Ageing: an Italian Research on Good Practices. In: Scuola Democratica (Ed.). Proceedings of the Third International Conference of the journal Scuola Democratica. Education and/for Social Justice. Vol. 1: Inequality, Inclusion, and Governance, pp. 1495-1503, Rome: Associazione “Per Scuola Democratica”., ISBN:979-12-985016-1-4.
Debora Daddi (2022). La professionalizzazione del coordinatore dei servizi alla persona. Quale ruolo nel mondo del lavoro? In Esercizi di ricerca. Dottorato e politiche della formazione, a cura di V. Boffo, F. Togni, 157-166. Firenze: Firenze University Press, DOI 10.36253/979-12-215-0081-3.
Glenda Galeotti, Debora Daddi, Oyekunle Yinusa, Abdallah Al-Haddad (2021). Higher education programmes and experiences for employability: a comparative analysis between Italy, Nigeria and Palestine, SISYPHUS Journal of Education, 10, DOI https://doi.org/10.25749/sis.25656 .
Debora Daddi, Vanna Boffo, Debahash Buragohain, Tobi Charles Iyamolere Iyaomolere (2020). Programs and Methods for Developing Entrepreneurial Skills in Higher Education, Andragogical Studies - Journal for the Study of Adult Education and Learning, 1, 101-123, DOI https://doi.org/10.5937/andstud2001101d .
