Education and key qualifications
. 2018: PhD in Sociology and Social Research
Department of Sociology and Business Law, University of Bologna, Italy
. 2014: Master’s Degree
Department of Sociology, Milano-Bicocca University, Milan, Italy
Current position(s)
Junior Assistant Professor in Sociology of Culture and Communication
Department of Sociology and Business Law, University of Bologna, Italy
Research Associate
Mesopolhis (Mediterranean Research Centre for Sociology, Political Science and History, Aix-Marseille University, Sciences Po Aix and CNRS), Marseille, France
2023 Visiting researcher at the Department of Research of the MUCEM (Musée des civilisations
de l’Europe et de la Méditerranée), Marseille, France
2020 – 2022 Senior Post-doctoral Researcher in “Welcoming Spaces in Europe: revitalizing shrinking areas by hosting non-EU migrants” (Horizon 2020, Migration, 2020-2024), Department of Sociology and Business Law, University of Bologna, Italy
2022 Research Fellow at Mesopolhis (Mediterranean Research Centre for Sociology, Political Science and History, Aix-Marseille University, Sciences Po and CNRS), Marseille, France
2020-2022 Adjunct Professor of “Social Innovation, Sustainability and Inclusive Societies”, School of Political Science, University of Bologna, Italy
2020 Research Fellow at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland
2018 – 2020 Post-doctoral Researcher in “Atlas of Transitions – New Geographies for a Cross-Cultural Europe” (Creative Europe 2017-2021), Department of Sociology and Business Law, University of Bologna, Italy
2019 Research Fellow at the Institute for Public Knowledge, New York University, USA
2016 PhD Fellow at the CRISES (Centre de Recherche sur les Innovations Sociales), Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada