PREVIOUS POSITION
Assistant Professor - Ricercatrice a tempo determinato art. 24 c.3-a L. 240/10 in Sociology of Cultural and Communication Processes (SPS/08), Department of Political and Social Sciences, Scuola Normale Superiore (23 Sept 2015-14 Apr 2019)
ONGOING RESEARCH PROJECTS
Principal Investigator of the research project “BIT-ACT: BIT-ACT: Bottom-up initiative and anti-corruption technologies: how citizens use ICTs to fight corruption”, Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Bologna (01 Jul 2019 - 30 Jun 2024)
External expert collaborator of the research project “Oil-Tourism Interface and Social- Ecological Change in the North Atlantic”, Principal Investigator Prof. Mark Stoddart, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada (2 Jan 2015-ongoing).
EDUCATION
2009 Ph.D in Social and Political Sciences, European University Institute, Florence. Dissertation: “Multiple Media Practices in Italian Mobilizations Against Precarity”. Supervisor: Professor Donatella della Porta. Jury Members: Professor Bianca Beccalli (University of Milan), Professor Nick Couldry (Goldsmiths College), and Professor Peter Wagner (University of Barcelona).
2005 Master of Research in Social and Political Sciences, European University Institute, Florence.
2003 Master of Science in Communication Sciences (110/110 cum laude, laurea vecchio ordinamento), Università di Padova, Padova. Dissertation: “Dietro lo Schermo. L’esperienza dei Giornalisti in Una Televisione Locale Italiana”. Supervisor: Professor Salvatore La Mendola.
GRANTS
2019- European Research Council Starting Grant as Principal Investigator for the research project “BIT-ACT: BIT-ACT: Bottom-up initiative and anti-corruption technologies: how citizens use ICTs to fight corruption” (1.489.115 Euro)
2015-2019 Grant Programme SIR, Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research as Principal Investigator for the research project “PiCME - Political Participation in Complex Media Environments. A multi-level and multi-method approach” (408.100 Euro)
2015-2016 Seminar Series of the Economic and Social Research Council Grant as Co-Investigator for the research project “Media and Movements – Social Movements and Media Technologies”; Principal Investigator Dr. Veronica Barassi, Goldsmiths College (29.000 UK Pounds)
2014-2017 Insight Development Grant as Co-applicant as Collaborator “Protest Media Ecologies: Communicative Affordances for Social Change in the Digital Era”; Principal Investigator Prof. Sandra Jeppesen, Lakehead University (70.000 Canadian Dollars)
2011-2012 Postdoctoral Fellowship Grant, Dietrich School of Arts and Science, University of Pittsburgh, United States (90.000 US Dollar)
INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
2019 Member of the Selection Committee for the Admissions to the PhD Programme in Political and Social Sciences (A.A. 2019-2020), Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy
2018 Member of the Selection Committee for the Admissions to the Laurea Magistrale in Political and Social Sciences (A.A. 2018-2019), Department of Political and Social Sciences, Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy
Member of the Selection Committee for the Admissions to the PhD Programme in Political and Social Sciences (A.A. 2018-2019), Department of Political and Social Sciences, Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy
Member of the PhD Thesis Committe for the PhD student Sara Moreira, PhD Programme in Information and Knowledge Society,Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
2017-2018 Member of the Faculty Committee of the PhD Programme in Political and Social Sciences, Department of Political and Social Sciences, Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy
Graduate Student Advisor, Department of Political and Social Sciences, Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy
2015-2019 Regular Member of Postdoctoral Research Assistants Selection Committees, Department of Political and Social Sciences, Scuola Normale Superiore
