Elena Malaguti, PhD, Full Professor in Didactics (Methodologies of Teaching) and Special Pedagogy at the Department of Educational Science (Bologna University) – where she teaches in the areas of Special Pedagogy, Inclusive Education and Social Inclusion, Intellectual disability and neurodevelopmental disorder and Ecological Approach on Inclusive Education and Social Inclusion.
Delegate for the University of Bologna as a member of the GDL Inclusion and Social Justice of the RUS (Network of Universities for Sustainable Development).
Member of the University working group referring to the Equity Diversity Inclusion with specific regard to issues related to disability, specific learning disorders, vulnerability and educational and social inclusion in reference to the activities of the CNUDD (from 01/03/2022 )
Her studies focus on Ecological Social and Human Resilience, Neuroscience and Education, Inclusive Early Childhood Education, Universal Design (UD), Life Project to enhance Quality of Life and Human Rights of disabled people, their families and groups experiencing social and cultural vulnerability or esclusion processes. Delegate for the University of Bologna of the GDL Inclusion and Social Justice of the RUS (Network of Universities for Sustainable Development). Member of the executive board of Resilio (International Association for the Promotion and Dissemination of Research on Resilience); of Ce.D.E.I (Research Centre on Disability, Education, inclusion); member of C.S.G.E (The Centre for Studies on Gender and Education), member of SIPeS (Italian Society of Special Pedagogy). Editor in chief of the collection of Paideia e Alterità Aras Editor.Visiting Professor at Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières. Visiting professor at the Institute for the Study and the Treatment of Trauma, Bucharest University. Visiting professor at "Children & Technology Lab (Chat Lab) School of Psychology University of Sussex Brighton. Visiting professor as Guest Speaker for the International Research Week conference Lyon Catholic University (UCLY Université Catholique de Lyon).
Tina Anselmi City of Bologna Award - IV edition (2020) - promoted by UDI (Union of Women in Italy) and CIF (Italian Women's Center) for her commitment in the field of inclusive education and social inclusion; a significant appointment for the associations CIF - Italian Women's Center and UDI - in Bologna. Award REWARD [https://www.renconference.it/] REN Conference 2021 "Neuroscience, Resilience and Embedded Learning Opportunities (ELO) for Inclusive Early Childhood Education: Ecological, Social and Human Approach". She is the author of numerous publications including “(2020) Educarsi in tempi di crisi. Resilienza, pedagogia speciale, processi inclusivi, intersezioni”, Aras Edizioni.
