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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

Short Bio

Alice Mattoni is Associate Professor at the Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Bologna. Her research focuses on social movements, mobilizations, and activism in relation to digital media and technologies.

She was the Principal Investigator of BIT-ACT (2019–2024, ERC StG) and is currently the Scientific Coordinator of RESPOND (2024–2029, RIA HE). In both projects she investigates how digital media and technologies are used to counter corruption through activism, civil society, and journalism across different countries.

Alice is Coordinating Editor of Social Movement Studies, Editor of Partecipazione e Conflitto, and serves on the Editorial Board of Social Media + Society. In 2018, she co-founded the book series Media and Communication Activism (Routledge), which she continues to co-direct.

At the University of Bologna, she is Chair of the Bioethics Committee and Deputy Director of the research center CONNECT. She is member of the University Thematic Group Civil Security for Society, the Academic Board and Programme Committee of the PhD Programme in Political and Social Sciences.

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Contacts

E-mail:
alice.mattoni@unibo.it
Tel:
+39 051 20 9 2521

Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e Sociali
Strada Maggiore 45, Bologna - Go to map

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Office hours

Appointment made by email to arrange a reception, which may be held remotely, on Teams, or in person in the lecturer's office (Palazzo Hercolani, Department of Political and Social Sciences, Studio 11, 1st Floor), depending on the possibility of the lecturer and students.