PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Self-employed researcher Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna
03/2025 - 12/2025
Support for the national Project (PRIN) "Educational Poverty, Cultural Disadvantage and Social Inclusion in and extra School. Teacher Professional Development and Research-Training in the Post-Covid Era."
- Supporting and collaborating with the University of Bologna research team on the second and third phases of the project, contributing to the planning, monitoring and evaluation of interventions within the selected schools and classrooms;
- Statistical analysis of collected data using SPSS software;
- Qualitative analysis of final interviews and focus groups;
- Drafting technical and scientific documentation and preparing analytical reports on the
activities carried out;
- Supporting scientific publication and dissemination activities.
Teacher Open Formazione
10/2024
Teaching of Basics of General Pedagogy at the 120-hour course for educatore in children residential care
PhD Student in Education Studies
Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna
11/2023 – Present
Research project funded by PNRR in collaboration with the Public Administration. The project focuses on network collaboration and co-planning practices between residential programs for children and for families, and Social Services. Specifically, the decision-making processes of caseworkers in matching users with residential facilities will be analyzed. The project includes a research period within the "Servizio Risorse Minori" office, in the Municipality of Bologna.
Research Fellow
Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna
12/2022 – 08/2023
Support for the research project "Shared Family Care in Italy: an exploratory study on the organization, population, purposes, and educational models adopted."
- Development of quantitative tools for data collection;
- Meeting with the heads of the participating organizations;
- Qualitative and quantitative data analysis on the characteristics of the families hosted, the interventions implemented, and the services involved, as well as the short-term outcomes of the discharged families.
Tutor
Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna
02/2022 – 10/2023
Support for teaching activities within the innovative teaching project of the Master's Degree Program in "Design and Management of Educational Interventions for Social Disadvantage" (Rimini Campus).
- Interviews with students and coordination metting with teachers;
- Networking with local social organizations;
- Development of quantitative and qualitative tools for monitoring and evaluating teaching activities;
- Preparation of reports on project progress.
Self-employed researcher
Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna
06/2022 – 07/2022
Support for the research project "Residential interventions for children: strategies to reduce the gap between theory, research, and operational practice."
- Coordination of internship-thesis projects for students of the Master's Degree in "Design and Management of Educational Interventions for Social Disadvantage" for curricular internships within residential settings (children or mother-child programs, Social Services);
- Monitoring of the experiences through scheduled meetings with students and review of the qualitative and quantitative data collected by them.
Social Educator
Domus Coop Social Cooperative - Forlì (FC)
05/2018 – 02/2022
Design and management of educational and rehabilitative activities and interventions with children in an educational-psychological residential facility.
- Teamwork and networking with other professionals (psychologist, social workers, teachers, school educators);
- Conducting individual interviews with children;
- Carrying out group activities and animation;
- Drafting reports on children, protected family meetings, and Individualized Educational Plans;
- Establishing and maintaining relationships with families and institutional contacts with Services, schools, and other local entities.
Social Educator
Paolo Babini Social Cooperative - Forlì (FC)
07/2015 – 08/2016
- Support for children with disabilities at the Summer Camp;
- Teaching and managing after-school programs for students with Specific Learning Disabilities;
- Tutor for people with disabilities as part of the work placement project for disadvantaged people "Piada52"
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Master’s Degree: Design and Management of Educational Interventions for Social Disadvantage (2019-2021)
- Final grade: 110/110L;
- Thesis on “Models and techniques of intervention in residential programs”: Care leavers and support towards autonomy: a case study.
Bachelor’s Degree: Social and Cultural Educator (2015-2018)
Scientific High School Diploma: Liceo Scientifico Fulcieri Paulucci di Calboli, Forlì (2009-2014)
