Senior Researcher on a fixed-term contract (RTDb) and MSCA-IF Global Fellow at the University of Bologna since 2020, affiliated with the Department of Philosophy and Communication. He conducts research in the field of Sociology and Science and Technology Studies (STS), with a particular interest in the relationship between digital infrastructures, organizational processes, climate change, and urban transformations, studied through ethnographic/qualitative methodologies.
Education:
He graduated in Communication Sciences (2003, University of Siena) and completed a Ph.D. in Sociology and Social Research (2009, University of Trento).
Academic Career:
He began his career as a research collaborator at the de Marchi Foundation (2007-2009), then worked as a research fellow at the University of Trento (2013) and IUAV - University of Venice (2014) on topics related to urban policies, aging, territorial medicine, creativity, and innovation. He moved to Ireland, working as a postdoctoral researcher at Maynooth University (2015-2017) within the "The Programmable City" project, focusing on the relationship between software, data infrastructures, urban management, and urban space. After the project, he moved to Belgium, working as a research manager at the Urban Studies Institute, University of Antwerp (2017-2020), participating in H2020 projects, particularly ITN (Innovative Training Network) on mobility, urban planning, solidarity, and diversity in cities. Since 2020, he has been a Senior Researcher on a fixed-term contract with the University of Bologna and a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellow (2020-2023) with the research project INFRATIME (www.infratime.eu ), in partnership with the University of Tokyo.
Research:
He has collaborated in various research projects in Italy and abroad as a research fellow and postdoc, including "Penelope - Le trame emergenti del tessuto urbano" and "AETAS - Active aging, Empowerment, TecnologiA, Salute" (CARITRO Foundation, Social Sciences Call 2007 and 2012); "L’impresa creativa nell’economia della conoscenza" (FSE Call 2014); "The Programmable City" (ERC-2012-AdG-323636-SOFTCITY). He is currently the Global Fellow responsible for the MSCA-IF-GF project Infratime and a visiting professor at the University of Tokyo (2020-2022). He also serves as a referee for international and Italian journals in the fields of science and technology studies, organizational studies, and urban studies.
Membership in Scientific and Editorial Committees:
Since 2010, he has been a member of the editorial board of the journal "Tecnoscienza" and since 2022 he is co-Editor in Chief of the Journal
He collaborates as an Associate Member at the Urban Studies Institute (University of Antwerp).
Awards and Recognitions:
2016 - Ulysses Programme Award (Irish Research Council) with the exchange project "Reshaping Cities through Data and Experiments."
2020 - Marie Skłodowska Curie Global Fellow (Grant Agreement No. 892522).
