Post-doc grant in Physics Education at University of Bologna - Climademy Project
1/2025 - ongoing
Formation and academic studies
01/2022 – 12/2024
PhD in Physics at the University of Bologna
Supervisor: Prof. Oliva Levrini
Thesis title: EMBRACING UNCERTAINTIES IN CLIMATE CHANGE EDUCATION: DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A FUTURE-ORIENTED SCIENCE EDUCATION APPROACH TO DEVELOP SUSTAINABILITY COMPETENCES
09/2019 – 07/2021
Master’s Degree in Physics at the University of Bologna
Final degree mark: 110/110 cum Laude
Curriculum: Physics Education and History of Physics
Thesis title: “Highlighting interdisciplinarity between physics and mathematics in historical papers on Special Relativity: design of blended activities for pre-service teachers”
Thesis supervisor: Prof. Olivia Levrini
Thesis co-supervisor: Prof. Stavrou Dimitris
09/2016 – 09/2019
Bachelor’s Degree in Physics at the University of Bologna
Final degree mark: 104/110
Thesis title: Understanding the key concepts of basic kinematics: a case study with students in the biological sciences degree program
Thesis supervisor: Prof. Olivia Levrini
Thesis co-supervisor: Prof. Campari Enrico
International collaborations
19/08/2024 – 10/11/2024
Visiting PhD at University of Helsinki (Finland)
Faculty of Educational Sciences
Supervisor: Antti Laherto
22/04/2024 – 03/05/2024
Visiting PhD at University of Oxford (United Kingdom)
Department of Education
Supervisor: Prof. Steven Puttick
22/01/2024 - 21/04/2024
Visiting PhD at University of Southampton (United Kingdom)
Southampton Education School
Supervisor: Prof. Wonyong Park
08/01/2024 – 21/01/2024
Visiting PhD at University College London (UCL) (United Kingdom)
Institute of Education (IOE)
Supervisor: Prof. Justin Dillon
03/2021 – 06/2021
ERASMUS+ Traineeship for Development of Master Thesis
University of Crete, Department of Primary Education
Supervisors: Prof. Dimitris Stavrou, Prof. Constantinos Tzanakis
09/2019 – 08/2022
IDENTITIES project
Part of the research group
Teaching/Tutoring activities
11/2024 – 12/2024
Tutor PLS “Verso Nuovi Scenari Futuri: Il ruolo della fisica nelle sfide dei cambiamenti climatici” – 2nd edition
University of Bologna
Supervisor: Prof. Olivia Levrini
10/2023 – 12/2023
Tutor PLS “Verso Nuovi Scenari Futuri: Il ruolo della fisica nelle sfide dei cambiamenti climatici”
University of Bologna
Supervisor: Prof. Olivia Levrini
03/2022 – 06/2022
Tutor of MINOR VAST (Viaggio Attraverso Spazio e Tempo) – Course “Paradossi dello Spazio Tempo” and “Origine, Evoluzione, Destino dello Spazio-Tempo” at the University of Bologna
Supervisor: Prof. Alessia Cattabriga
03/2019 – 06/2019
Tutor of Physics Laboratory for 1st-year Biological Sciences degree at the University of Bologna
07/2019 – 06/2020
Study tutor in Mathematics and Physics for undergraduate students with Specific Learning Disorders at the University of Bologna
03/2022 – 06/2022
Research Interests
PhD student in Physics Education interested in pursuing an academic career in STEM research. My experiences abroad and the work done in two thesis projects within the European project 'IDENTITIES' have allowed me to collaborate closely with international research groups in STEM education, to develop skills in critical analysis of research results and development of materials aimed at solving critical issues observed in the field of Physics Education.
Award and Honours
- Award “Cartacci” for the best Master Thesis on Physics Education and History of Physics in Italy for graduates of 2021 class
Firenze, 16th June 2022
- Award for the 2nd best communication at SIF 107th National Congress of the Italian Physical Society in Section 7 “Didactic and History of Physics” with the work “Highlighting interdisciplinarity between physics and mathematics in historical papers on Special Relativity: design of blended activities for pre-service teachers”
Online, 13th-17th September 2021
- Winner of the IDENTITIES research grant “Didattica Blended Per La Formazione Iniziale Degli Insegnanti Di Matematica In Prospettiva Interdisciplinare (Stem Education)”
Parma, 5th October 2021, Declined
Thesis supervision or Co-supervision
- Co-Supervision of Lucia Modica’s Master Thesis on Interdisciplinarity between Mathematics and Physics in Special Relativity
- Co-Supervision of Matteo Maranzano’s Master Thesis on Interdisciplinarity between Mathematics, Physics, and Philosophy during the course VAST
Participation at Conferences and Summer/Winter Schools
- EGU General Assembly - 2025
Wien (Austria), 28 April – 2 May 2025
Presentation: Exploring The Potential Of Data-driven Educational Tools To Engage Students With Climate Change Complexity
- SciCarr Final Project Meeting
Tallinn (Estonia), 24-26 September 2024
- ANTICIPATION Conference
Lancaster (United Kingdom), 11-14 September 2024
Presentation: “How uncertainty can help in envisioning sustainable futures to address Climate Change” (Miani, De Zuani Cassina, Levrini)
- WCPE 2024 – 4TH WORLD CONFERENCE ON PHYSICS EDUCATION
Krakòw (Poland), 26-30 August 2024
Presentation: “The role of uncertainty in developing sustainable futures scenarios” (Miani, De Zuani Cassina, Levrini)
- CLIMADEMY summer school
Bologna (Italy), 26-28 June 2024
Implementation of the game “FyouTURES”
- ASE2024 – ASSOCIATION OF SCIENCE EDUCATION
Northampton (UK), 4-6 January 2024
- ONSCI2023 – 3rd “Officina di Narrazione della Scienza” Summer School
Bologna (Italy), 7-13 September 2023
- EARLI2023 – 20th Biennal Conference of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction
Thessaloniki (Greece), 22-27 August 2023
Presentation of “Future-oriented science education building sustainability competencies” (Laherto, A., Rasa, T., Miani, L., Levrini, O., Erduran, S.)
- JURE2023 – 27th Conference of the Junior Researchers of EARLI
Thessaloniki (Greece), 20-21 August 2023
Poster presentation of “Generating active hope through uncertainty Design of a future-oriented course on Climate Change” (Miani, L., Levrini, O.)
- ESERA Summer School 2023
Neustadt an der Weinstraße (Germany), 3-7 July 2023
- MESE1 – Measurement in STEM education
Napoli (Italy), 30-31 January, 1 February 2023
- Transformational Leadership for Sustainability
Oslo (Norway) & Online, September-November 2022
- SIF 108th National Congress of the Italian Physical Society
Milan, 12-17 September 2022
Presentation of "Crossing boundaries between disciplines Analysis of an interdisciplinary course about spacetime between physics, mathematics, and philosophy"
- ESU9 – 9th European Summer University on the History and Epistemology in Mathematics Education,
Fisciano (Italy), 18-22 July 2022
Presentation with Modica and Levrini of “Highlighting Interdisciplinarity Between Physics And Mathematics In Historical Papers On Special Relativity: Design Of Blended Activities For Pre-Service” Teachers”
- GIREP Conference 2022 “Effective Learning in Physics: From Contemporary Physics to Remote Settings”
Ljubljana (Slovenia), 4-8 July 2022
Presentation of the Poster titled “Changing the narrative in Climate Change: design of a storyline-based approach for PER”
- 2nd International Summer School of the project IDENTITIES,
Barcelona (Catalunya, Spain), June 27th to July 1st, 2022
- SIF 107th National Congress of the Italian Physical Society,
Online, 13-17 September 2021
Presentation of ““Highlighting Interdisciplinarity Between Physics And Mathematics In Historical Papers On Special Relativity: Design Of Blended Activities For Pre-Service” Teachers”
- 1st International Summer School of the project IDENTITIES,
Online, June 28th to July 2st, 2021
- Piano Lauree Scientifiche Winter School on “Quantum Technologies: a new challenge for teaching”
Online, 10-19 February 2021
- ESERA19 – 13th Conference of the European Science Education Research Association
Bologna, Italy, 26-30 August 2019
Publications
Miani, L., Bitsaki, C., Metaxas, G., Stavrou, D., Levrini, O. (2025). Embracing Complexity and Uncertainties to Deal with Climate Change Challenges: An Interdisciplinary Module for Preservice Teacher Education. Science & Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11191-025-00658-9
Miani, L., De Zuani Cassina, F., & Levrini, O. (2025). Raising Awareness on teh Complexity of Decision-making through Climate Change Education. Research in Science Education, 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11165-025-10266-w
Miani, L., & Levrini, O. (2024). Analysing the storyline approach’s competence-developing potential for climate change in science education. In S. Faletič & J. Pavlin (Eds.), Teaching and learning physics effectively in challenging times (pp. 253–266). Springer Nature Switzerland AG. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-72541-8_17
Laherto, A., Rasa, T., Miani, L., Levrini, O. & Erduran, S. (2023). Future-Oriented Science Education Building Sustainability Competences: An Approach to the European GreenComp Framework. In; Fazio X. (Ed.), Science Curriculum for the Anthropocene, Volume 2. Curriculum Models for our Collective Future, London, Palgrave MacMillan, pp. 83 – 105. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-37391-6_5
Miani, L., Modica, L., Levrini O. (2023). Interdisciplinarity in special relativity: development of activity for pre-service teacher education [https://cris.unibo.it/handle/11585/934736] . In Barbin, E., Capone, R., Fried, M.N., Menghini, M., Pinto, H., Tortoriello, F.S. (Eds.), History and Epistemology in Mathematics Education. Proceedings of the 9th European Summer University, Roma, Edizioni Nuova Cultura, 2023, pp. 484 – 489.
Miani, L. (2022). The Interdisciplinarity of Special Relativity: A Historical Analysis, Il Nuovo Cimento C, 45(4). http://dx.doi.org/10.1393/ncc/i2022-22090-y
