Education
He holds a 2-year MA in Modern Philology with Distinction from the University of Bologna and a 2-year MSc in Education for Sustainable Development from Göteborg Universitet, Sweden, where he received the highest grade (A) for his thesis entitled "Rethinking Teacher Education through Global Citizenship Education. A Groundbreaking Approach to LGBTQIA+ Inclusion in an Italian Context", an interview study of newly qualified teachers.
He also earned a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) with QTS in Latin and Classics from the University of Sussex, as well as a Teacher Training Qualification in Secondary Literary Disciplines from the University of Bologna. The PGCE qualifies him to teach in the UK, while the latter enables him to teach in Italy.
Summer Schools and Short-Term Courses (in-person & online)
2024 - Queering the Schoolhouse: LGBTQ+ Inclusion for Educators, University of Colorado, USA;
2024 - Bullying&Cyberbullying: understanding, assessment, and guidelines for school prevention’ (8hrs);‘Universal prevention pathways’ (7hrs); ‘Cyberbullying: legal aspects’ (3hrs); ‘Indicated prevention pathways’ (7hrs); ‘Prejudice-based bullying’ (4hrs), University of Florence and Ministry of Education and Merit, Italy;
2023 - Leadership for Gender Equality (5-week online course), British Council, Cyprus;
2021 - Philosophical Practice for Sustainable Development (1 ECTS, 25hrs), CRIF (Italian Research Centre for Philosophical Inquiry), Italy;
2021 - Global Education for Teachers (3-week online course), University College London, UK;
2018 - Classical Greek (7.5 ECTS, 3-week crush course), merit, King’s College London, UK;
2012 - Medieval Archaeology (2-week excavation campaign), University of Sassari, Italy.
Secondary Teaching Positions
He has been teaching in secondary schools since 2017, both in England and Italy. Over the years, he has served as a class coordinator and acted as deputy for his school’s Anti-Bullying and Emergency team, focusing specifically on addressing LGBTQIA+ (cyber)bullying. He has also represented his school on the committee for the prevention of gender-based violence and discrimination.
Awards, Scholarships, and Funding
- Three-year PhD Scholarship (40th cycle): Funded by the Emilia-Romagna Region within the framework of research training projects on the Sustainability and Resilience of Society, Communities, and Territories (2024).
- British Council Grant: Awarded as part of the Stronger Together: Leadership for Gender Equality Project, supporting social action projects promoting gender equality. The project is part of the British Council's regional Youth Leadership programme and is supported by the global Alumni UK programme (2024).
- PGCE Bursary: Awarded by the Department for Education (DfE), UK (2017).
- Three-month Erasmus+ Scholarship: For work experience at the Italian Institute of Culture in Dublin, Ireland, awarded by the University of Bologna, Italy (2017).
- Nine-month Erasmus+ Scholarship: For academic exchange at the Department of Linguistics at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, awarded by the University of Siena, Italy (renounced, 2015).
Memberships and affiliations
- International Research Centre on Global Citizenship Education (IRC-GloCEd);
- ANGEL Early Career Researchers in Global Education & Learning member;
- ADI (Association of Doctoral students and Doctors in Italy), Bologna.
Conferences and Symposia
- Decolonizzare la scuola: formare cittadini globali fra nuove cittadinanze e spinte identitarie
3rd PRIN-2022 GLOCIVED Conference, organised by the UNESCO Chair in Global Citizenship Education,
Department of Philosophy (FILO), University of Bologna.
Bologna, Italy, 13 June 2025
Role: Chair of two panels: "PRIN Results Presentation" and "Inspiring Lecture"
- Rethinking teacher education through Global Citizenship Education: LGBTQIA+ inclusion across Italy, the UK, and Sweden
International Conference "Research in Global Education and Learning: For Democracy, Peace, Human Rights, Sustainability, and Global Social Justice"
Organised by the Academic Network for Global Education & Learning (ANGEL), University of Bamberg, Global Education Network Europe (GENE), and IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education & Society
Berlin, Germany, 4-6 June 2025
Role: Speaker
Organisation of Conferences and Seminars
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Member of the organising committee of the 3rd PRIN-2022 GLOCIVED Conference, Decolonizzare la scuola: formare cittadini globali fra nuove cittadinanze e spinte identitarie, UNESCO Chair in Global Citizenship Education in Higher Education, Bologna, 13 June 2025, Department of Philosophy (FILO), University of Bologna.
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Member of the organising committee of the Lunch-time Seminar Series 2025, UNESCO Chair in Global Citizenship Education in Higher Education, Bologna, Department of Philosophy (FILO), University of Bologna.
