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Alice Mattoni

Associate Professor

Department of Political and Social Sciences

Academic discipline: GSPS-06/A Sociology of Cultural and Communication Processes

Curriculum vitae

PREVIOUS POSITION

Assistant Professor in Sociology of Culture, Media and Communication (SPS/08), Department of Political and Social Sciences, Scuola Normale Superiore (2015-2019)

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 (2015-2020).

ONGOING RESEARCH PROJECTS

Scientific Coordinator of the research project "RESPOND: Rescuing Democracy from Political Corruption in Digital Societies", Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Bologna (funded by the European Research Executive Agency - 01 May 2024 - 30 Apr 2029)

Principal Investigator Principal Investigator of the research project “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 (funded by the European Research Council - 01 Jul 2019 - 30 Dec 2024)

Cooperation Partner of the research project “AUTO-WELF: Automating Welfare: Algorithmic Infrastructures for Human Flourishing in Europe” funded by Chanse, Project Leader Anne Kaun, Södertörn University, Stockholm (Nov 2022 – Oct 2025)

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

2024- HORIZON-CL2-2023-DEMOCRACY-01-03 as Scientific Coordinator for the research project "RESPOND: Rescuing Democracy from Political Corruption in Digital Societies" (5.531.961 Euro for the RESPOND consortium, including 16 partners, and 606.431 for the Unibo research unit)

2019- European Research Council Starting Grant as Principal Investigator for the research project “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)


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