Mauro Magatti is Full Professor of Sociology at the Catholic University of Sacred Heart in Milan (Italy). He is editorialist for several Italian newspapers including Corriere della Sera and Avvenire. He has edited a book titled “Social Generativity: a Relational Paradigm for Social Change” and launched a movement (www.generativita.it) inspired by the idea of social generativity as a new paradigm for positive social action which can be implemented during daily life and different spheres of existence.