Maria Clelia Romano
Research Manager, Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT)
Maria Clelia Romano is Research Manager at the National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT), where she has been working since 1996. She has longstanding and extensive expertise in the production and development of social statistics, with a particular focus on emerging issues that have significantly contributed to enriching and innovating official statistical frameworks. She is currently responsible for the enhancement and strategic use of gender statistics and is actively involved in promoting the integration of a gender perspective into new domains of statistical production. She is an active member of several national and international expert groups and plays a key role in advancing the methodological and analytical value of gender statistics. Prior to joining ISTAT in 1996, she worked as assistant at the University of Naples "Federico II" and at University "La Sapienza" of Rome.
She holds a degree in Sociology and a postgraduate qualification in Social Research Methods and Techniques.