Flavio Ceravolo (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), researcher at the University of Pavia, has worked and published extensively on social mobility and social stratification. Access to higher education in Italy has been part of this line of research. He has also worked on young people and their attitudes and aspirations, and on various methodological issues. His prime current interest is in the immigrant second generation and its place in the class structure.