Natale AMMATURO, director of the department of humanities

Natale AMMATURO is Professor of Sociology of cultural processes at specialist degree in education sciences at the University of Salerno.

He was the Team Coordinator of UNISA (Univert degli Studi di Salerno) in the framework of the ENTI network since the FP6 action caENTI and now in the project New-Life, A development driven by well being for a Successful socio-Ecological transition in Europe.

Since 1992, he led the national journal "Ricerca e Sviluppo-Res by politiche sociali".
In 2002-2003, he participated in the international research team Ecoles Rurales Européenne (ERE) "Réussites scolaires en milieux ruraux et montagnards".

He has organized several conferences on themes including intercultural education, in particular the 7th international conference of territorial intelligence: Salerno 2009 Territorial intelligence and culture of development and recently Salerno 2010 Local Governance and Territorial intelligence confronting development patterns.

some references:
2008) La dimensione culturale dei differenti modelli di sviluppo-The Cultural Dimension of Different Development Models, in “ReS”, speciale “Intelligenza territoriale-Territorial Intelligence”, a cura di B. Miedes Ugarte, n. 1-2.
(2008) Il consumo culturale dei giovani. Una ricerca a Napoli e Salerno. Vol. I, Milano, FrancoAngeli, 2008.
(2007) Cultural Development Dimension, in Miedes Ugarte B. and Girardot J.-J. (eds.), Territorial Intelligence and Governance. Participative Action-Research and Territorial Development, Huelva (Spain), Observatorio Local de Empleo, vol. 1, p. 375-388.
(2004) La dimensione della solidarietà nella società globale, Milano, FrancoAngeli.
(2003) Elementi di epistemologia sociologica, Milano, FrancoAngeli.

to see on the portal:
Territorial Intelligence. Ricerca e Sviluppo per le politiche sociali (ReS)