Abstract. The production of hadronic resonances has been measured by the ALICE experiment at mid-rapidity in different collision systems (pp, p-Pb, and Pb-Pb). The measurements of K(892) * 0 and φ(1020) production in Pb-Pb collisions at √ s NN = 2.76 TeV and in pp at √ s = 2.76 and 7 TeV are complemented by the more recent measurement in p-Pb collisions at √ s NN = 5.02 TeV. The ratios of resonance to long lived hadron production in the three collision systems are compared in order to investigate re-scattering effects, which appear to be relevant for K * 0 in the most central Pb-Pb collisions, while φ behaves instead like a long-lived particle. Resonance observables contribute to draw the picture of central Pb-Pb collisions as a hydrodynamics-driven system. The comparison of the φ/p and p/π ratios as a function of transverse momentum (p T ) indicates that the mass of the particle determines the spectral shapes at low and intermediate p T in central Pb-Pb collisions. The mean transverse momentum, p T , of K * 0 and φ in central Pb-Pb collisions is consistent with that of the proton, which has similar mass. In pp and p-Pb collisions the p T of resonances does not follow mass ordering. The nuclear modification factors (R AA , R pA ) of the φ meson are also discussed in comparison with those of the stable hadrons.