Alessandro Pagano

PhD candidate in Japanese Language and Translation at the University of Bologna, Italy, focusing on Japanese language, applied linguistics, modern language teaching, and translation.

Research interests include the perception and translation of Japanese honorific language, various forms of language learning, translation as a teaching strategy, and the promotion of intercultural communication.

Visiting Scholar at the State University of New York at Stony Brook (NY, United States of America), where he is conducting research on the intersection of translation and the practice of translanguaging in the learning of Japanese as a foreign language. His work explores the fields of Translation Studies and language pedagogy from an intercultural perspective.
Visiting Researcher at iU – Professional University of Information and Management for Innovation in Tokyo (Japan), conducting research on intercultural communication and global marketing, with a particular focus on the spread of Japanese pop culture in Italy and its impact on Japanese language learning among Italian students.