Agata Mazzeo

Currently fixed-term Researcher in Tenure Track, Agata Mazzeo achieved the National Qualification as an Associate Professor in Demo-ethno-anthropological Sciences, in February 2023. 

As an invited and selected speaker, she has participated in numerous scientific conferences, in Italy and abroad.

EDUCATION

2017: PhD, with distinction, within the cotutelle agreement between the following programs and the following university institutions:

• History, Cultures, Civilizations – curriculum: Anthropology, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna; 
• Saúde Global e Sustentabilidade [Global Health and Sustainability], Faculdade de Saúde Pública, [Faculty of Public Health], Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil.

2012: Master of Science (MSc) in Medical Anthropology, Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

2010: Master's Degree in Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna. 

2006: Bachelor's Degree in Literature, curriculum: Publishing and Journalism, University of Bari "Aldo Moro". 

2001: High School Diploma in Classics, Liceo Ginnasio Statale "Socrate", Bari.

VISITING FELLOWSHIP

2023: Visiting Fellow at the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR), Programme group "Health, Care and the Body", Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

TEACHING ACTIVITY

Since 2017, Agata Mazzeo has been Adjunct Professor at the Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, lecturing on the following subjects:

• 2018/2019 – present: History of Anthropology (1) (A-L), First cycle degree in Anthropology, religions, oriental civilizations, Department of History and Cultures, Campus of Bologna.
• 2021/2022 – 2022/2023: Medical Anthropology, Single cycle degree in Medicine and Surgery, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Campus of Ravenna.
• 2017/2018 – 2018/2019: Cultural Anthropology, First cycle degree courses in Drama, Arts and Music Sciences (only in 2017/2018); Philosophy; Communication Sciences, School of Humanities and Cultural Heritage, Campus of Bologna.
• 2017/2018: Anthropology, “Anthropo-psycho-pedagogical and teaching methodologies and technologies training course, 24 CFU”, Department of Education Studies “Giovanni Maria Bertin”, Campus of Bologna.

From 2018/2019 to 2023/2024, Agata Mazzeo lectured as well as at Education SID - Scuola Italiana Design in Padua, on Sociology and Anthropology of Design, and Social Anthropology, within the three-year course in Industrial Design and Product Communication (accredited, in 2023, by the Ministry of University and Research as a first cycle degree in Design and Communication).

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

December 2023 – present: Invited researcher within the project “Closer to the sky: co-creating astronomical knowledge in the favela complex of Cantagalo Pavão Pavãozinho (PPG) in Rio de Janeiro”, funded by the International Astronomical Union - Office of Astronomy for Development (IAU-OAD). Research coordinator: Professor Arianna Cortesi, Institute of Physics, Universidade Federal de Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

August 2023 – October 2023: Selected researcher within the project “PolPenEventiCritici-XXIII. La polizia penitenziaria di fronte agli eventi critici”. Project managers: Professor Lorenzo Natali, School of Law, University of Milan-Bicocca; Professor Roberto Cornelli, Department of Law “C. Beccaria”, University of Milan-Statale.

April 2023 – present: Coordinator of the project “Quale futuro? Prospettive giovanili sul futuro, con un focus su questioni riguardanti il rapporto fra ambiente, salute e società”, carried out with the involvement of some students of the Master's Degree in Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology of the Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna.

November 2019 – April 2021: Coordinator of the historical-ethnographic research project “Officine della memoria-Museo OGR: Storie di lavoro, amianto e lotte per la salute”, carried out within a collaboration agreement stipulated by the Associazione Familiari e Vittime dell’Amianto Emilia-Romagna (AFeVA ER) and the Municipality of Bologna, with the contribution of the Fondazione del Monte di Bologna e Ravenna.

March 2018 – September 2018: Selected researcher within the project “PAR 2017 Progetto D6 Sviluppo di un modello integrato di Smart District Urbano - Studio sull’accettabilità da parte degli utenti residenziali della strumentazione per la gestione energetica e l’assisted living”, promoted by the Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l’energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile (ENEA).

September 2017 – present: Invited researcher within an interdisciplinary and international group investigating a suspected cluster of asbestos-related cancers in Colombia. Research coordinator: Professor Juan Pablo Ramos-Bonilla, Collegium Ramazzini Fellow, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia.

July 2015 – July 2019: Invited researcher within the working group coordinated by Dr. Pietro Comba, at the time Head of the Department of Environmental Epidemiology (now called Department of Health and Environment) of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome.

SERVICES TO THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY
Since 2016, Agata Mazzeo has been a peer reviewer for the following journals:
EtnoAntropologia;
ANUAC;
DADA−Rivista di Antropologia Post-Globale;
Anthropology Southern Africa;
Journal of Geochemical Exploration.

SERVICES TO THE CIVIL COMMUNITY
Since 2010, Agata Mazzeo has participated as an invited speaker in numerous conferences and public meetings, in Italy and abroad, on the impact of asbestos pollution on health and has promoted the dissemination of research results through the production of audio-visual and educational material.

She also organized the conferences “Lotte e Amianto: Sofferenza, Coinvolgimento, Impegno. Uno Sguardo Transnazionale”, in 2017, and “La cittadinanza attiva, fra corpo e politica. Incontro con alcuni attivisti del movimento anti-amianto in Italia”, in 2014, held in Bologna and organized in collaboration with the Associazione Familiari e Vittime Amianto Emilia-Romagna (AFeVA ER) and with the support of the Assemblea Legislativa Emilia-Romagna.

From November 2009 to November 2010, she provided the National Civil Service as a Volunteer at the Museum of Anthropology of the Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna.

SCIENTIFIC AFFILIATIONS

• EASA - European Association of Social Anthropologists (UK)
  

• SIAA - Società Italiana di Antropologia Applicata (Italy)

• SIAM - Società Italiana di Antropologia Medica (Italy)