Sociologist, a partner in Eclectica, a research institute in Torino (Italy), vice-director at the EMDAS, European Master on Drug and Alcohol Studies, University of Torino (Italy) and Associate professor (title of docent), Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki. Affiliate: the University of Helsinki Centre for Research on Addiction, Control and Governance (CEACG). Main research interests are health promotion and health policies, stakeholders and community engagement, sociology of health, drinking cultures, drugs, gambling, addictions.