The Swiss social scientist Riccardo Lucchini began his higher education in the University of Berne, where he gained a Masters degree in economics abd sociology in 1965, followed by doctoral degrees from the University of Berne (1969) and Fribourg (1973). He also studied at the University of Kiel, where he was an Assistante Scientifique from 1967 to 1969. From 1970 he taught at the University of Fribourg, where he was made Emeritus Porfessor in 2004. Riccardo has also lectured at many other universities in both Europe and the Americas. During his time in Friboug he held the positions of Vice Rector (1971-1975, Head of the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences (FSES) (1984-1985), Président of the Commission on Tecahing Evaluation (1999-2003) and Chair of the Department of Social Sciences in FSES (2001-2003). In addition to this distinguished teaching career he has carried out extensive research inGermany, Italy, Portugal, Brazil, Uruguay, Mexico, Costa Rica and Honduras on topics ranging from the sociology of facism, drug dependency, children living on the streets and domestic violence, on which topics he has published widely. Riccardo’s principal books are :
Sociologie du fascisme, Editions universitaires, Fribourg 1973 Analyses du fascisme, Editions Castella, Albeuve 1978 Culture et société. Une introduction à la sociologie générale, Editions universitaires, Fribourg 1979 La marginalité sociale. Une esquisse sociologique Editions du GREAT, Lausanne 1979 Drogues et société. Essai sur la toxicodépendance, Editions universitaires, Fribourg 1979 Enfants de la rue. Identité, sociabilité. Drogue Droz, Paris/Genève 1993 (also published in Spanish by: Los Libros de la Frontera, Barcelona 1999)
Sociologie de la survie: l’enfant dans la rue, Presses universitaires de France, Paris 1996 (also published in Spanish by the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico 1998) Femme, violence et identité. Le cas de l’Amérique centrale, L’Harmattan, Paris 2002
The Swiss social scientist Riccardo Lucchini began his higher education in the University of Berne, where he gained a Masters degree in economics abd sociology in 1965, followed by doctoral degrees from the University of Berne (1969) and Fribourg (1973). He also studied at the University of Kiel, where he was an Assistante Scientifique from 1967 to 1969. From 1970 he taught at the University of Fribourg, where he was made Emeritus Porfessor in 2004. Riccardo has also lectured at many other universities in both Europe and the Americas. During his time in Friboug he held the positions of Vice Rector (1971-1975, Head of the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences (FSES) (1984-1985), Président of the Commission on Tecahing Evaluation (1999-2003) and Chair of the Department of Social Sciences in FSES (2001-2003). In addition to this distinguished teaching career he has carried out extensive research inGermany, Italy, Portugal, Brazil, Uruguay, Mexico, Costa Rica and Honduras on topics ranging from the sociology of facism, drug dependency, children living on the streets and domestic violence, on which topics he has published widely. Riccardo’s principal books are :