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Ester Gubert

University of Trento


Ester Gubert

Ester Gubert is a doctoral fellow in the Department of Sociology and Social Research at the University of Trento. She was a visiting fellow at the University of Utrecht (2024) and at the London School of Economics (2023-2025). Ester works on care policies for older adults with care needs in Italy using qualitative methods. Her research interests include ageing in place, care and caring trajectories, inequalities in access to long-term care policies, and policy implementation. Ester’s work has been published in journals such as Ageing and Society and the International Journal of Care and Caring. Before joining the University of Trento, she was a research fellow at the European Research Institute of Social Economy.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Countries Italy;
Topics Access to care; Care inequalities; Care integration/ coordination; Care needs poverty and deprivation; Care trajectories; Community-based LTC; Dementia care and support; Ecosystems of care; LTC Policy; LTC Reforms; Unmet needs; Unpaid / informal care;
Methods Case studies; Comparative policy analysis; Creative research methods; Document analysis; Ethnography; Expert consultations; Literature reviews and synthesis; Policy analysis; Qualitative studies; Research ethics; Theory and frameworks;
Role Research;
Interest Groups Community-based approaches to dementia care; Long-Term Care Policy; Qualitative Research;
Other 1https://webapps.unitn.it/du/en/Persona/PER0172691/Pubblicazioni;
Key publications

Peer-reviewed journal articles:
Gubert E. (2025), Seeking long-term care in old age: overcoming the barriers within fragmented policy frameworks, Ageing & Society: 1-26.
Gubert E. (2025), How experts envision policy change for Long-term care. A comparative review of dissemination pieces in Italy and England, International Journal of Care and Caring, 1-18.

Book contribution
Gori C. & Gubert E. (2022), Welfare (sistemi di), in: Campanini, A. (Ed.), Nuovo dizionario di servizio sociale, 3° edition, Roma, Carocci editore, pp.797-802.

Working paper
Gubert E. (2020), L’esperienza “La Cura è di Casa”: una partnership tra pubblico, privato e cittadinanza per l’innovazione del sostegno alla domiciliarità, Euricse Working Paper Series, 116|20 and Working Paper Percorsi di secondo welfare, 1|2020. Available at: www.secondowelfare.it/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/WP_2WEL_1_2020_Guber_Secondo_Welfare-6.pdf

Research reports
Gubert E. & De Capite N. (2021), I percorsi di Inclusione sociale, in: Gori C., Pagniello & De Capite, Lotta alla povertà: imparare dall’esperienza, migliorare le risposte. Un monitoraggio plurale del Reddito di Cittadinanza, Caritas Italiana, Teramo, Edizioni Palumbi, pp.119-158. Available at: https://s2ew.caritasitaliana.it/materiali/Pubblicazioni/Monitoraggio_RDC/RAPPORTO_CARITAS_RDC2021.pdf

Euricse (2021), Reti tra imprese per l’inserimento lavorativo. Applicabilità e potenzialità del contratto di rete, Euricse Research Reports, n. 21|2021, authors: C. Borzaga, M. Borzaga, S. Depedri, C. Ferrari, E. Gubert, P. Iamiceli & M. Mazzetti. Trento: Euricse. Available at: https://base.socioeco.org/docs/rapporto-reti-finale-def.pdf

Gori C. & Gubert E. (2020), L’indennità di accompagnamento, in: Network Non Autosufficienza (ed.), L’assistenza agli anziani non autosufficienti in Italia. 7° Rapporto 2020/2021. Punto di non ritorno, Santarcangelo di Romagna, Maggioli Editore, pp. 83-118. Available at: www.luoghicura.it/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/NNA_2020_7%C2%B0_Rapporto.pdf

Euricse (2020), La riforma del welfare anziani in provincia di Trento. Dal modello agli strumenti operativi della sua implementazione, Euricse Research Reports, n. 19|2020, authors: S. Depedri e E. Gubert, Trento, Euricse. Available at: https://euricse.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Rapporto-Welfare_Definitivo.pdf

Euricse e Fap-Acli (2019), Integrazione nella filiera dei servizi agli anziani. Soluzioni innovative per il benessere dell’individuo e della famiglia, Euricse Research Report, authors: S. Depedri e E. Gubert, Trento, Euricse. Available at : www.euricse.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Report-EURICSE-ACLI-Soluzioni-innovative.pdf