Giovanna Russo, Phd in Sociology and Social Politics (2002), in 2014 and 2018 obtained the national scientific qualification as Associate Professor in Sociology of Cultural and Communicative Processes.
- 2002-2006: Research Fellow at the University of Bologna – Dept. of Sociology, where she has conduct research on cultural, communicative processes and consumption and marketing.
- 2005-06: adjunct professor in Theory and Techniques of corporate communication and Methodology of Social Research at the University of Macerata (Italy) – Faculty of Communication Sciences;
- 2006-2012: adjunct professor in Advertising and Communication and Consumptions and Society at the University IULM of Milan – Faculty of Communication, Public relations and Advertising;
- 2010- 2014: adjunct professor in Sociology of Sports and communication and Sporting Journalism at the University of Bologna – Faculty of Sports Sciences;
- Since 2010: Researcher at SportComLab (Research and study Center on Sports Communication of Univ. of Bologna), which is involved in projects of national and international research about following topics: mega sporting events, exercise for health and well-being; sport and religious pluralism; relational theory of society.
Since then, her interest of research in specific are: sociology of sport and physical activity, health/wellbeing/wellness, disability.
- Since 2013:Research Fellow at the University of Bologna “AMS” – Dep. of Education Sciences, where she teaches “Sociology of sport and communication” and “Social issues of cultural and religious diversity”.
Coordinator of editorial board of the series “Sport, Body and Society” Franco Angeli eds. in Milan
Member of ESA, European Sociological Association – (Research Network Sport and Society).
