E d u c a t i o n
2008 PhD in Sociology, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
2000 MPhil in Ethnic and Racial Studies, Trinity College Dublin
1998 Laurea in Lingue e Letterature Straniere, Università degli Studi di Perugia
N a t i o n a l S c i e n t i f i c Q u a l i f i c a t i o n w
2019: 14/C1 SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE (II Fascia)
2019: 14/C2 SOCIOLOGIA DEI PROCESSI CULTURALI E COMUNICATIVI (II Fascia)
A c a d e m i c A c t i v i t i e s
2023 - 2026 Ricercatrice a tempo determinato tipo b Senior (Research Associate), Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e Sociali, Università di Bologna
2023 - 2025 Independent Ethics Advisor, Horizon Europe Project DYNAMIG How migration decisions are made: diverse aspirations, trajectories, and policy effects
2021 - 2022 Assegnista di ricerca (Research Fellow), Dipartimento di Sociologia e Diritto dell'Economia, Università di Bologna
2016 - 2018 International Advisory Group & Ethics Advisor H2020 Project PROMISE: Youth inclusion and social engagement, The University of Manchester
2012- 2015 Independent Researcher, (IPRS Roma; Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, Brussels; University of Manchester)
2009 - 2011 Research Associate/Fellow, University of Manchester, UK, ‘School choice and local place: parental perceptions and the impact of race, ethnicity and class’
2007 - 2009 Research Fellow, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, ‘Migrant networks in Ireland: Facilitating Integration’
2008 Research Assistant, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, ‘Migrants’ use of internet and ICTs in Ireland’
2004 - 2007 Research Assistant, Trinity College Dublin (Institute for International Integration Studies), ‘Global Networks of Migrant Women’
2003 - 2004 Marie Curie Fellow, Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict Ruhr Univirsitat Bochum, Germania, ‘Italian migrants in the Ruhr-Gebiet, Germany’
E d i t o r i a l B o a r d M e m b e r s h i p
Dal 2025 Editorial board Transnational Education Review
Dal 2025 Editorial board Border Crossing
Dal 2010 al 2022 Co-editor Migrant Letters Journal
2004 – 2012 Hermes- Network of European Researchers in Migration and Ethnic Studies
