MediaLaws is pleased to share a Call for Papers for a special issue entitled “The use of administrative databases in Italy to inform policymaking“, launched by SINAPPSI.
Issue 2/2026 will feature contributions that explore the potential of administrative databases for analysing how public policies operate and how effective they are, including the use of administrative databases in Italy to investigate labour policies, social security and welfare systems, health policy and the third sector, migration, and the effects of digital transition and climate change; contributions may also adopt a methodological approach, addressing the systems currently in place for accessing data held by major national institutions such as INAPP, INPS and ISTAT, regional disparities and the broader European context, the advantages and limitations of administrative databases compared to survey data, the role of data collection design within policy design and the framing of data as a public good, the legal and technical conditions required to ensure secure and research-friendly access to sensitive data, and the potential for incorporating administrative and operational data from private organisations and companies.
Submissions must be made by compiling the submission form and sending original papers (5,000 and 8,000 words) to the editorial office of Sinappsi (sinappsi@inapp.gov.it). All submissions will be subject to a double-blind peer review process conducted by the journal’s Scientific/Editorial Committee.
The submission deadline is 15 February 2026.
For more information on this Call for Papers, please follow the link.
