{"id":48492,"date":"2025-09-13T16:29:49","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T15:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monicacerutti.com\/il-paradosso-della-dolce-vita\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T10:02:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T09:02:16","slug":"the-paradox-of-dolce-vita","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monicacerutti.com\/en\/the-paradox-of-dolce-vita\/","title":{"rendered":"The paradox of &#8220;Dolce vita&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image source=&#8221;featured_image&#8221; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;]<div class=\"dfd-spacer-module\"  data-units=\"px\" data-wide_resolution=\"1280\" data-wide_size=\"40\" data-normal_resolution=\"1024\" data-normal_size=\"40\" data-tablet_resolution=\"800\" data-tablet_size=\"20\" data-mobile_resolution=\"480\" data-mobile_size=\"20\" style=\"height: 40px;\"><\/div>[vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]A high concentration of women in AI in Northern Italy is struggling to emerge.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.interface-eu.org\/publications\/italy-case-study\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">paper La Dolce Vita Paradox<\/a> (Interface, September 2025), to which I contributed, analyzes the Italian AI world, highlighting a strong concentration of female talent, especially in the North, and particularly in Milan (AI talent divide).<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpa-warning wpa-image-missing-alt alignleft wp-image-42213 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monicacerutti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-13-at-01.02.41.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1135\" height=\"1284\" data-warning=\"Missing alt text\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monicacerutti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-13-at-01.02.41.jpeg 1135w, https:\/\/www.monicacerutti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-13-at-01.02.41-265x300.jpeg 265w, https:\/\/www.monicacerutti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-13-at-01.02.41-905x1024.jpeg 905w, https:\/\/www.monicacerutti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-13-at-01.02.41-768x869.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1135px) 100vw, 1135px\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Highlights:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Milan leads European cities in female participation in the AI \u200b\u200bsector,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>accounting for 30.7% of AI professionals.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Italy also produces the highest percentage of AI articles published by at least one<br \/>\nfemale author among OECD countries.<\/li>\n<li>The number of women is high at the beginning of their careers: ~35.4% in entry-<br \/>\nlevel roles. The sharp decline at senior levels\u2014only ~14.2% reach management<br \/>\nroles\u2014highlights the &amp;quot;leaky pipeline&amp;quot; phenomenon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Jobs such as those in AI benefit from clearer professional networks and training opportunities, which can attract\u2014or retain\u2014many women compared to other STEM fields.<br \/>\nHowever, structural challenges remain: lower wages, less stable contracts, and difficulties advancing their careers for those who must balance work and family responsibilities.<\/p>\n<p>The main recommendations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>strengthen career development programs for women,<\/li>\n<li>rethink tax incentives with a regional perspective,<\/li>\n<li>foster the attraction and retention of international talent by simplifying procedures for addressing talent corridors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"dfd-spacer-module\"  data-units=\"px\" data-wide_resolution=\"1280\" data-wide_size=\"40\" data-normal_resolution=\"1024\" data-normal_size=\"40\" data-tablet_resolution=\"800\" data-tablet_size=\"20\" data-mobile_resolution=\"480\" data-mobile_size=\"20\" style=\"height: 40px;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image source=&#8221;featured_image&#8221; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]A high concentration of women in AI in Northern Italy is struggling to emerge. The paper La Dolce Vita Paradox (Interface, September 2025), to which I&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.monicacerutti.com\/en\/the-paradox-of-dolce-vita\/\">Continua a leggere<span> The paradox of &#8220;Dolce vita&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":48421,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3605,3610],"tags":[3623,3614,3615,3616,3618,3619,3625],"class_list":["post-48492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gender-equality","category-the-world-of-artificial-intelligence","tag-digitale","tag-gender","tag-gender-equality","tag-gender-gap","tag-parita","tag-parita-di-genere","tag-stereotipi"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The paradox of &quot;Dolce vita&quot; - Monica Cerutti<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.monicacerutti.com\/en\/the-paradox-of-dolce-vita\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The paradox of &quot;Dolce vita&quot; - Monica Cerutti\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image source=&#8221;featured_image&#8221; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]A high concentration of women in AI in Northern Italy is struggling to emerge. 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