CURRENT POSITION
Research Fellow in Experimental Pedagogy (M-PED/04) at the Department of Education Studies, University of Bologna, for the project “Study and facilitation of teaching innovation through the Researc-based Teacher Professional Development approach” (Tutor: Prof. Elena Luppi).
Adjunct Professor of “Theories and Methods for the Design and Evaluation of Educational Processes” in the Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Planning and Managing if Educational Intervention in Social Distress, University of Bologna (Department of Education Studies).
Adjunct Professor of “Experimental Pedagogy” in the Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Professional Education, University of Bologna (Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences).
EDUCATION
2024 – PhD in Pedagogical Sciences, University of Bologna.
Research project: Assessment of citizenship competences in Vocational Education and Training (VET).
Main research areas: citizenship competences; transversal competences; competence assessment; civic and citizenship education; vocational education and training.
2020 – Master’s Degree in Pedagogical Sciences, University of Bergamo.
Main fields of study: vocational education and training; pedagogy of work.
2017 – Bachelor’s Degree in Education Sciences, University of Bergamo.
SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY
2024–2025 – Research Fellow in Experimental Pedagogy (M-PED/04) at the Department of Education Studies, University of Bologna, for the project “Impact evaluation in socio-educational projects” (Tutor: Prof. Elena Luppi).
MEMBERSHIP IN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES AND RESEARCH GROUPS
Since 2024 – Collaborator of the Interuniversity Educational Research Centre on Teacher Professional Development (CRESPI).
Since 2024 – Co-opted Member of the Italian Society of Pedagogy (SIPED).
2023 – Junior Member of the Italian Society of Pedagogy (SIPED).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Since 2026 – Consultant for the European Commission for the development of the European framework of competences for democratic citizenship and the related implementation guidelines for Member States.
Since 2024 – Consultant for the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP) for the implementation in Italy of the international survey on teachers in Vocational Education and Training (EVTS).
2022 - 2024 - Consultant for the Public Administration in the field of active labour market policies.
2023 – Trainer for career guidance projects in upper secondary schools and in Vocational Education and Training (VET).
2021–2022 – Teacher of Philosophy and Human Sciences at the State High School “A. B. Sabin”, Bologna.
2018–2020 – Head of Guidance Services, trainer, special education teacher, and tutor at the VET institution Fondazione Ikaros, Grumello del Monte (Bergamo).
2015–2017 – Socio-pedagogical educator at Istituto Vittoria Razzetti ONLUS, Brescia.
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
2025 – RUIAP Award for the best PhD dissertation on lifelong learning.
