CURRENT AND PREVIOUS ACADEMIC POSITION
2019-pres. Professoressa Associata - English Language and Linguistics Alma-Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Campus di Forlì
Dipartimento di Interpretazione e Traduzione (DIT)
2015-2019 Professoressa Associata - English Language and Linguistics Alma-Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Campus di Forlì
Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e Sociali (SPS)
2008-2015 Ricercatrice Confermata a Tempo Indeterminato, English Language and Linguistics
Alma-Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Campus di Forlì
Dipartimento di Interpretazione e Traduzione (DIT)
2005-2008 Ricercatrice a Tempo Indeterminato - English Language and Linguistics
Università di Bologna, Dipartimento Studi Interdisciplinari Traduzione, Lingue e Cultura (SITLeC),
Facoltà di Scienze Politiche sede di Forlì
2004-2005 Assegnista di Ricerca “Corpora and Discourse: A quantitative and qualitative analysis of political and media discourse on the conflict in Iraq in 2003” (PRIN 2004-2006)
Università di Bologna, Dipartimento Studi Interdisciplinari Traduzione Lingue e Culture (SITLeC)
EDUCATION
1993/1994 Laurea di Dottore in Lingue e Letterature Straniere Moderne - Lingua e Letteratura Inglese 110/110 Lode (summa cum laude), Università degli Studi di Firenze.
1996/1997 M.A. in "Traduzione Multimediale per il Cinema e la Televisione", Università di Bologna, SSLMiT
2000/2001 M.A. in "Multimedialità e Didattica", Università degli Studi di Padova, Facoltà di Scienze della FormazioneDipartimento di Scienze dell'Educazione
2004/2005 Assegnista di Ricerca - “Corpora and Discourse: A quantitative and qualitative analysis of political and media discourse on the conflict in Iraq in 2003” (PRIN 2004-2006, Università di Bologna, Dipartimento Studi Interdisciplinari Traduzione Lingue e Culture (SITLeC)
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
Teaching activities - first and second-cycle degrees
2022-pres. Analysis of Political Language
LM - Second Cycle Degree Program - International Relations and Diplomatic affairs (LM-SID) UNIBO- Forlì Campus
2022-pres. Corpus-Assisted Discourse Studies
LM - Second Cycle Degree Program in Specialized Translation (SPEcTRA)
UNIBO- Forlì Campus
2025-pres. Academic Writing and Public Speaking
Bachelor International Relations (BIS)
UNIBO- Forlì Campus
Additional Teaching activities
2024-pres. Master (II level) in Diplomacy
University of Bologna - Forlì Campus
English for Diplomacy
Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI).
2024-pres. Research Skills. Corpora, Linguistics and Technology Lab
LM - Second Cycle Degree Program in Specialized Translation
University of Bologna - Forlì Campus
VISITING ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2026 Winter School: Connected or Divided? Ethics and Inclusion in a Human-Centered Digital World,
Toyo University - Tokyo, 15-25 February 2026
Keynote address: No one Left offline: Eco-social meaning-making perspectives on digital inclusion and sustainability
2025 Invited Visiting Scholar, University of Gothenburg, Department of Applied IT
Gothenburg, October 2025
Dissertation: In the Air We Breathe: A Corpus-Assisted Discourse Study of Climate Change in the Language of UK Politicians and Activists.
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
PhD Supervision
2025-pres. Co-Supervisor: Leonardo Spadazzi (41 ciclo)
Title: Gemelli diversi? Rossija-1 e Fox Newsa confronto: analisi corpus-assisteddel discorso sull’Altro nei talk show politici nel biennio 2024-2025
University of Bologna - Forli Campus
PhD programme in Translation, Interpreting and Intercultural Studies
2025 Hosting Supervisor: PhD candidate: XU Yuyuan
University of Beijing. Visiting Research Project (funded by China Research Council)
University of Bologna – Forli Campus, January-July 2025
2023/2026 Supervisor: Martina Russo (38 cycle),
University of Bologna - Forli Campus
PhD programme in Translation, Interpreting and Intercultural Studies
Title: Language and Reconnection with Nature: A Grammar of Enchantment
PhD Viva March 2026. Final assessment: Excellent with honours.
2022/2025 Co-supervisor: Maheen Haider Alipoor (37 cycle)
University of Bologna - Forli Campus
PhD programme in Translation, Interpreting and Intercultural Studies
PhD Scholarship on Innovation and Green topics
ESF REACT-EU, PON 2014–2020 program “Tools for communicating the climate crisis and environmental sustainability from a gender perspective”
PhD Viva June 2025. Final assessment: Excellent.
PhD Committees and Examination Boards
2026 (May.) External Examiner
PhD candidate in Communication: John Curry (University of Gothenburg)
Title: In the Air We Breathe: A Corpus-Assisted Discourse Study of Climate Change in the
Language of UK Politicians and Activists
University of Gothenburg (Sweden)
2024 Alternate Member, PhD Final Examination Committee, Translation, Interpreting and Intercultural Studies (Final examination session, June–July 2024; extension session)
2023 Internal Member, PhD Final Examination Committee, Translation, Interpreting and Intercultural Studies (ref. 486-4) (Extension session)
2022 Member, PhD Admissions Committee, Translation, Interpreting and Intercultural Studies, 38th cycle (Appointed by Rector’s Decree no. 685/2022 and no. 830/2022)
2021 Chair, PhD Admissions Committee, Translation, Interpreting and Intercultural Studies (PNRR-funded positions) (38th cycle, Academic Year 2022/2023)
2018/2024 Member, PhD Board (Doctoral Committee), Translation, Interpreting and Intercultural Studies( 34th–39th cycles)
INTERNATIONAL/NATIONAL RESEARCH NETWORKS AND COLLABORATIONS
2025-pres. Member, COMMUNICATING SUSTAINABILITIES NETWORK
https:/www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/communicating-sustainabilities/
Project lead: Prof. Tom Bartlett University of Glasgow (UK)
2025-pres. Advisor, THE H4RMONY PROJECT
In collaboration with the University of Gloucestershire
Promoting Sustainable Narratives through AI
https://theh4rmonyproject.org/
Principal Advisor: Arran Stibbe - Project lead: Jorge Vallego
2025-pres. Member (with event organizations responsibilities), Interdepartmental Research Centre Punto Europa (CeSIPE)
Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna, Forlì Campus
https://centri.unibo.it/puntoeuropa/en
2023-pres. Vice-Director, Board of Directors, Scientific Committee, UNIBO Scientific Coordinator Interuniversity Research Centre Dis4Change:
Studies on Climate Change and Environmental Discourse (Decreto Rettorale del 23/03/2023)
https://dis4change-researchcentre.eu/
2023-pres. Member, Interuniversity Reserch Centre I-Land - Identity, Language and Diversity,
University of Naples L’ Orientale
2020-pres. Department Representative, ALMA MATER Research Institute on Global Challenges and Climate Change – ALMA CLIMATE
https://centri.unibo.it/climate/en
.Unit: Cultural, socio-economic, legal and political aspects of climate change
2020-pres. Member, Interdisciplinary Research Centre Corpora, Linguistics, Technology (CoLiTec)
University of Bologna, Forli Campus, DIT
https://centri.unibo.it/colitec/en
2005-pres. Member, Centro di Studi Linguistico-Culturali, Ricerca – Prassi – Formazione
(CESLIC) Università di Bologna
https://site.unibo.it/ceslic/it
PRIZES AND AWARD
2017 ANVUR/MIUR FFABR Fund for the Financing of Basic Research Activities (FFABR Fondo per finanziamento delle attività base di ricerca) (232/2016)
RESEARCH FUNDING AND GRANTS
2024-2025 Principal Investigator PhD Research Project RER ESF:
“Communicating the ecological transition: eco-emotions, discursive practices, storytelling and ecological citizenship to address the challenges of climate change.”
Funded by the Emilia-Romagna Region within the framework of Research Training Projects: Territory, Ecological and Cultural, Economic and Social Transition towards Sustainability (PR ESF+ 2021–2027 – Regional Government Resolution No. 225 of 12/04/2024). CUP: J33C24000280006.
2016-2020 Horizon 2020 GLOBUS: Reconsidering European Contributions to Global Justice – Coordinator ARENA Funding: Research and Innovation Action, Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges 6: Europe in a changing world – Inclusive, innovative and reflective societies. GLOBUS website: http://www.globus.uio.no/research
University of Oslo - ARENA Centre for European Studies
Member (UNIBO Unit)
2004-2006 Research Program of National Interest (PRIN 2004-2006) - member
University of Bologna, University of Siena, University of Roma 3, University of Milan
CorDis – CORPORA AND DISCOURSE - A quantitative and qualitative analysis of political and media discourse on the conflict in Iraq in 2003
Member (UNIBO unit)
ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE
2025-pres. Member of Scientific Board
Alma-Mater Studiurum – University of Bologna
Forlì Campus Central Library Biblioteca “Ruffilli”
.https://forli.sba.unibo.it/en/about-us/organisation
2025-pres. Academic Tutor
Alma-Mater Studiurum – University of Bologna, Forlì Campus
Department of Political and Social Sciences (SPS)
Bachelor International Relations (BIS)
2018-pres. Coordinator of Erasmus+ Exchange Programme
University of Sussex – Brighton
Erasmus Plus – Key Action 1
0310 Social and Behavioural Sciences, not further defined
0312 Political sciences and civics
2025-pres. Academic Tutor Bachelor in International Studies (BIS)
2015-2024 Academic Tutor (Curricular Internship LT-SID Scienze Internazionali e Diplomatiche
2015-present Coordinator, Language Laboratories (BA Programmes SID & BIS
Member, Final Examination Committee (BA in International and Diplomatic Sciences, BA in International Studies
Member, Selection Committee for student traineeships, European Social Observatory (OSE), Brussels
Member, Selection Committee for student traineeships, COSPE
Member, Selection Committee for student traineeships, UNU-CRIS
Member, Selection Committee, NATO Model Event
Member, OFA Committee (Additional Learning Requirements)
Member, TOLC/OPT Committee (admissions and placement tests)
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Scientific organisations/Coordination of Academic Activities (Selection 2022-present)
2026, May Member, Scientific Committee, CLAVIER Study Day, Evolving Discourses and Specialized Communication in Societal and Environmental Transformation: Linguistic Insights in the Age of
Sapienza University of Rome
Member, Scientific Committee, DN33 International Conference – “Discourse, Sustainability, and Education: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Climate and Communication”, University of International Studies of Rome (UNINT)
2025, July Co-Convener of the COLLOQUIUM: Changing climate, changing discourse: Exploring approaches, methods and connections within and beyond Systemic Functional Linguistics, ISFC50 2025 - University of Glasgow, Scotland, July 2025 Conference Chair: Tom Bartlett Conveners: Cinzia Bevitori (University of Bologna), Ben Clarke (University of Gothenburg), Matteo Fuoli (University of Birmingham) and Jane Johnson (University of Bologna)
2025, June Member, Scientific Committee, DIS-4Change Biennial International Conference – “Engaging Communities in Environmental and Climate In/Action: Narratives, Discursive Practices, and Transdisciplinary Approaches”, University of Bari Aldo Moro
2024, June Member, Scientific Committee, Summer School – “Climate Change Theories, Narration and Discourse: Sharing Knowledges, Methods and Practices”, University of Naples “L’Orientale”
2023, Nov. Member, Scientific Committee, CLAVIER 2023 – Framing Nature: Discourse Past and Present of Nature and the Environment. A Sustainability Perspective.
2023, Sept. Member, Organising Committee, CADS Bootcamp 2023 – “Theories and Methods for the Corpus-Assisted Analysis of Discourse: From Language that Denotes to Language that Expresses Phenomena”, University of Bologna, Residential University Centre of Bertinoro
2023, March Member, Scientific Committee, International Systemic Functional Congress (ISFC 2023), University of Sfax/Sousse, Tunisi
2022, Sept. Co-Convenor PANEL Climate Change Discourses and Beyond: Re-mediation and Re-contextualisation in News and Social Media AIAXXX EXPERIMENT AND INNOVATION: BRANCHING FORWARDS AND BACKWARDS CATANIA
EDITORIAL ACTIVITY
2022-pres. Editorial Board Memebership
Scientific journal Anglistica AION: An Interdisciplinary Journal – Top ranking (FASCIA A)
Role: Member
2015-pres. Peer-review Activity
Reviewer for:
Climate Policy, Critical Discourse Studies, Frontiers, JCads-Journal of Corpora and Discourse, Journal of Corpus of Language and Linguistics, Language, Context and Text, Pragmatic and Society, Text & Talk, Anglistica AION, ESP Across Cultures, Iperstoria, Lingue e Linguaggi, Mediazioni.
MEMBERSHIP OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
- International Aassociation for Discourse Studies - DiscourseNet
- International Ecolinguistics Association (IEA)
- European Society for the Study of English (ESSE)
- International Systemic Functional Linguistics Association (ISFLA)
- European Systemic Functional Linguistics Association (ESFLA)
- Italian Association of Anglistics (AIA)
SELECTED RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL INNOVATIVE PROJECTS (1998-2003)
Participation (junior researcher) in national and international projects on:
- multilingual corpus development;
- computer-assisted language learning (CALL);
- •online language education;
- ESP materials development;
- language certification and assessment;
- EU Leonardo projects on technology-enhanced language learning
Research projects (up to 2004)
- 2003/2004
University of Bologna (Forlì Campus), CLIRO (Language Center)
Design and creation of tests for language skills (for students of political science and international relation) .
- 2002/2003
University of Bologna (Forlì Campus), CLIRO (Language Center)
Research Project: Re-views. On-line Reading Skills.
Self-access course, intended for use in an academic, non-native setting . Upper Intermediate level
- 2001/2002
University of Bologna (Forlì Campus), SSLMIT
Leonardo Project in partnership with the University of Lancashire (UK) and the University of Valencia (SP), and SINFORM (IT). Project Manager: Prof. M. Soffritti
- 2000/2001
University of Bologna (Forlì Campus), SSLMIT
Leonardo Project: WELL – Web Environment For Language Learning For Trade Union And Vocational Training Sectors. In partnership with the University of Newcastle (UK) and SINFORM (IT). Project Manager: Prof. M. Soffritti.
- 1998/2000
University of Bologna (Forlì Campus), CLIRO
Research Project: MeDiArte: Learning English through Culture and Heritage.
self-access hypermedia course, intended for use in an academic and non-native setting. Intermediate level
1998/1999
University of Bologna (Forlì Campus), CLIRO
Research Project: New Europe: The European Integration
Creation of multilingual corpora
