PhD candidate at the University of Bologna and collaborator/analyst with the Regional Ombudsman’s Office in Emilia-Romagna. Her research primarily focuses on restorative justice, victimization processes, and prison.
Education and Training:
- 2023 - 2026: PhD in Sociology and Social Research, University of Bologna
- September 2024: International Advanced School of Sociology, Luigi Sturzo Institute, Rome
- May 2024: Postgraduate Degree, XXXIIIV International Post Graduate Course on Victimology, Victim Assistance and Criminal Justice, IUC Inter-University Center Dubrovnik
- 2021–2023: Master’s Degree in Criminological Sciences for Investigation and Security, University of Bologna
- July 2023: Summer School in Sociology of Law and Deviance, University of Catania
- 2022–2023: Postgraduate Course on International Scenarios of Organized Crime, University of Milan
- 2018–2021: Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology, University of Bologna
Research Activities:
- 2024 - current: Member of the Interdisciplinary Research Center on Victimology and Security (C.I.R.Vi.S.), University of Bologna
Visiting Researcher:
- 2025: Center for Restorative Justice Works, California; Mass Liberation, California.
Visiting fellow:
- 2025:Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland.
Teaching Activities:
- 2023–2024: Teaching Assistant in "Sociology of Deviance"
Speaker:
- 2026 (July 3): Workshop, "Empowering, Repairing, Reintegrating: The Restorative Justice Case Canvas for Designing Community Restorative Justice Programs," at the 2026 Summer School in Sociology of Law and Deviance (Italian Sociological Association – Law Section, AIS), University of Bari Aldo Moro.
- 2026 (June 22, 23, 24): Restorative Justice and Community Reintegration Programs: Practices and Visions in Dialogue.
- 2026 (May 19): Opening remarks at the conference "Beyond Punishment: Punish or Rehabilitate?" organized by AUSL Parma, held at the Police Training School of the Certosa (Parma).
- 2026 (January 29): Organizational Risks: Balancing Perceived Danger and the Rights of Arrested Individuals. Training for Local Police Officers in Emilia-Romagna Region
- 2025 (July 14): Unjust Justice. Beyond the Victimization of the Convicted Between Rehabilitation Perspectives, Retributive Dynamics, and the Isolation of the Victim, Summer School Sociology of Law and Deviance, Università degli Studi di Napoli Suor Orsola Benincasa
- 2025 (May 7): The Care of Punishment: Support for the Health and Reintegration of Incarcerated Immigrants, ASL Romagna
- 2024 (May 6): Restorative Justice and Sexual Violence, Department of Sociology and Law of the Economy, University of Bologna
Institutional and Organizational Activities:
- 2024 - 2026: collaborator/analyst for the Regional Ombudsman’s Office in Emilia-Romagna
- Participated in inspection visits to correctional facilities, including high-security units (41-bis, AS1, AS2, AS3, and MS) and prison healthcare units (ATSM, SAI, and paraplegic units), as well as prison hospital wards within the Emilia-Romagna penitentiary system.Assisted in the review and assessment of reports alleging violations of prisoners' rights submitted by incarcerated individuals, legal counsel, and family members.
- Participated in inspection visits to correctional facilities, including high-security units (41-bis, AS1, AS2, AS3, and MS) and prison healthcare units (ATSM, SAI, and paraplegic units), as well as prison hospital wards within the Emilia-Romagna penitentiary system.
- Assisted in the review and assessment of reports alleging violations of prisoners' rights submitted by incarcerated individuals, legal counsel, and family members.
- Participated in meetings of the inter-institutional working group comprising the Regional Ombudsman for the Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty, the Emilia-Romagna Regional Department of Health, and the Regional Directorate of the Italian Penitentiary Administration.
- Participated in inspection visits to police detention facilities (holding cells) operated by the Italian Carabinieri, State Police, Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza), and Local Police across Emilia-Romagna.
- Coordinated the scientific and technical organization of the conference and training programme Restorative Justice and Community Reintegration Programmes: Practices and Perspectives in Dialogue (22–24 June, Parma).
- Served as moderator for the conference and training programme Restorative Justice and Community Reintegration Programmes: Practices and Perspectives in Dialogue (22–24 June, Parma).
