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Biography
Toa Giroletti is a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute for Social Innovation and Impact at the University of Northampton. She has a bachelor degree in Cooperation and Development and MCs from the University of Pavia (Italy) in Economics, Politics and International Institutions. In 2017 she obtained her Ph.D. in Quantitative Models for Policy Analysis from the Catholic University of Sacred Heart of Piacenza (Italy).
Since her bachelor she has been working in numerous research team at local as well as international level, focusing especially on the design of quantitative, qualitative, as well as mixed methods data collection and data analysis. In particular, she carried out fieldwork for her master thesis in Colombia and contributed to the data collection for the European founded project "Creating Economic Space for Social Innovation CrESSI". Within the institute, her role comprehends the submission of new research proposals, the implementation of all stages of the project, the consequent data analysis, and dissemination. She is currently working on several projects, focusing on social impact.
I am also a Full Accreditated Researcher under the Office for National Statistics Research Accreditation Service.
Research Interests
Toa’s current research interests are focused on the individuals’ perceptions of deprivation and well-being applied to the study of social innovations. Furthermore, she is interested in the data collection of primary data and the methodological issues that arise when individuals’ conditions are investigated using subjective evaluation.
Supervision
Candidate - Le Thanh Tuyen
Measuring Social Impact of Biosphere Reserves for Sustainable Development
Candidate - Paramjit Kaur Lal
Lipid optimisation in primary care for patients at high and very high risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease
Other Responsibilities
Additional Training
Safe Researcher Training (SRT) course. 17/04/2023. Course to become an ONS Accredited Researcher (Final assessment currently under review).
NEON’s ‘Evaluating Outreach Work’ Access Academy Training. 23/01/2018- 25/04/2018. Topics: Setting the evaluation strategy; Collecting information; Analysing information; Making an impact.
Second Impact Evaluation Methodologies school at ‘Action Research for CO-development’ in Florence (Italy). 12/09/2016- 15/09/2016. Topics: Randomized Experiment, Observational studies, Propensity Score, Model Based Inference, Instrumental Variables, Differences-in-differences, Advance Multivariate treatments.
XXIV Course on Econometrics for Ph.D. students at ‘Centro Interuniversitario di Econometria’ (CIdE) in Bertinoro (Italy). Organised by Società Italiana di Econometria (SIdE) 06/2013. Topics: Introductory to econometrics, Econometrics and time series, and Econometrics and Panel data.
Eighth Winter School on Inequality and Collective Welfare Theory (IT8) on "Social cohesion and public policy" in Alba di Canazei (Italy), 06/01/2013- 11/01/2016.
Course on Project Cycle Management at Master "Escuela Latino Americana de Cooperacion y Desarollo" in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. 05/2011- 06/2011.
Modules: "Methodology to design development", "Project Management" and "Planning, Programming and Monitoring Projects" and "Evaluation". Final grade: 4.9/5.
Course on Development Economics at the University of Pavia in collaboration with "International Master programme University cooperation for peace and development programme". 24/09/2011-02/10/2011.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Doctoral School of Economic Policy: Quantitative Models for Policy Analysis, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Award Date: 12 May 2017
Master, Economic, Policy and International Organization, University of Pavia
2009 → 2012
Bachelor, Social Science for Cooperation and Development , University of Pavia
2005 → 2009
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Evaluation of Prospects, Home2Inspire, and Northamptonshire Children’s Trust strategic partnership
Hazenberg, R., Giroletti, T. & Paterson-Young, C.
1/08/22 → 1/04/24
Project: Research › Charitable Funding
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No Isolation Social Impact Review
Hazenberg, R., Karlidag-Dennis, E., Paterson-Young, C. & Giroletti, T.
1/06/23 → 30/09/23
Project: Research › Contract Research with SME
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Evaluation of Behaviour Support and Internships
Hazenberg, R., Giroletti, T. & Paterson-Young, C.
1/08/22 → 31/01/24
Project: Research › Charitable Funding
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Gen2 Research Proposal
Giroletti, T., Paterson-Young, C., Hazenberg, R. & Maher, M.
1/08/20 → 30/09/21
Project: Research › Charitable Funding
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An evaluation of the Social Impact of the YMCA Under One Roof Project
Paterson-Young, C., Giroletti, T. & Karlidag-Dennis, E.
1/03/20 → 1/09/22
Project: Research › Charitable Funding
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Working Progress phase 2 evaluation (2019-2023)
Giroletti, T., Paterson-Young, C. & Hazenberg, R.
1/08/19 → 31/03/23
Project: Research › European Funding
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Evaluating the social impact of the Prospects resilience programme
Paterson-Young, C. & Giroletti, T.
8/01/19 → 31/03/20
Project: Research › Other External Funding
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Working Progress phase 1 evaluation (2016-2019)
Paterson-Young, C., Giroletti, T., Brylka, A., Bajwa-Patel, M. & Hazenberg, R.
1/08/16 → 1/08/19
Project: Research › European Funding
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Building Better Opportunities: Working Progress – Final Report
Giroletti, T., Paterson-Young, C. & Bramble, P., 1 Jul 2023, University of Northampton. 12 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned Report
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Building Better Opportunities: Working Progress - Final Report 2019 – 2023 (Phase 2)
Giroletti, T. & Paterson-Young, C., 5 Apr 2023, University of Northampton. 90 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned Report
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Contextualizing resilience in young people: The use of Child and Youth Resilience Measure Revised and interviews in a mixed method approach
Giroletti, T. & Paterson-Young, C., 22 Aug 2023, In: Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work (United States). 20, 6, p. 981-1003 23 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › peer-review
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Creating social value by empowering people: a social innovation perspective
von Jacobi, N., Chiappero-Martinetti, E., Maestripieri, L. & Giroletti, T., 20 Jun 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics. p. 1-27 27 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › peer-review
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Pathways for Recovery Annual Report (July 2023)
Giroletti, T. & Paterson-Young, C., Jun 2023, 53 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned Report
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Pathways for Recovery Interim report (January 2023)
Giroletti, T. & Paterson-Young, C., Jan 2023, 29 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned Report
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Spark Change Annual Report (July 2023)
Giroletti, T. & Paterson-Young, C., Jul 2023, 61 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned Report
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Spark Change Interim Report
Giroletti, T. & Paterson-Young, C., Mar 2023Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned Report
Activities
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Towards Research with Children: Assessing Participatory Methods in England and Wales
Ecem Karlidag-Dennis (Speaker), Michael Maher (Speaker), Claire Paterson-Young (Author), Melis Cin (Author) & Toa Giroletti (Author)
12 Jan 2024Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Conference Presentation
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Safe Data Output Guidance
Toa Giroletti (Author)
26 Jun 2023Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Seminar/Workshop › Teaching
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Journal of Child and Family Studies (Journal)
Toa Giroletti (Reviewer)
2023 → …Activity: Publication Peer-review and Editorial Work › Publication Peer-review › Research
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Engagement in Evaluation and Social Impact Measurement
Claire Paterson-Young (Invited speaker) & Toa Giroletti (Invited speaker)
11 Jul 2023Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Invited talk › Research
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Journal of Social Entrepreneurship (Journal)
Toa Giroletti (Reviewer)
2023 → …Activity: Publication Peer-review and Editorial Work › Publication Peer-review › Research
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Workshop on developing teaching and research on social innovation and social enterprise
Toa Giroletti (Participant), Daniele Tori (Organiser), Francesca Calo (Organiser) & Awele Achi (Organiser)
24 May 2022Activity: Organising a conference or workshop › Research
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Emerging needs - the impact of COVID-19 on the delivery of employability services
Claire Paterson-Young (Author) & Toa Giroletti (Author)
24 Jun 2022Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Conference Presentation
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Social Innovation Enablers and Barriers in Higher Education Institutions
Jieun Ryu (Speaker), Richard Hazenberg (Author) & Toa Giroletti (Author)
1 Sept 2020Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Oral presentation › Research
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Press/Media
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Milton Keynes YMCA to offer mental health support to young adults
Toa Giroletti, Claire Paterson-Young & Ecem Karlidag-Dennis
2/01/24
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media
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Bottom-up approaches to develop teaching and research for social entrepreneurs and social innovators
Toa Giroletti, Francesca Calo, Daniele Tori & Awele Achi
28/11/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media
Impacts
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Evaluating and Improving the Building Better Opportunities Working Progress Programme
Claire Paterson-Young (Principal Investigator) & Toa Giroletti (Co-Investigator)
Impact: 03: Good Health and Well-Being (UN SDG), 08: Decent Work and Economic Growth (UN SDG), 17: Partnerships for Goals (UN SDG), 10: Reduced Inequalities (UN SDG)