Position
Tenure Track Researcher (RTT) at the University of Bologna. Her research primarily focuses on the sociology of health and medicine, with a particular emphasis on illness narratives, aging, disability, and gender perspectives on health and illness.
Education
Graduated in Sociology in 2015 from the University of Turin, she obtained her Ph.D. in Sociology and Social Research Methodology (SOMET) from the University of Turin and the University of Milan in 2019.
Academic Career and Teaching Activity
Since 2024, Tenure Track Researcher (RTT) in Sociology at the Department of Education Sciences “G. M. Bertin” at the University of Bologna. Previously, Researcher (RTDA) at the Department of Political Science, Communication, and International Relations at the University of Macerata.
Currently, she teaches Sociology of Education (Sociologia dell’Educazione) for the Corso di Laurea Magistrale a ciclo unico in Scienze della Formazione Primaria (University of Bologna) and Sociology of Welfare and of Social Policies (Sociologia del Welfare e delle Politiche Sociali) for the Corso di Laurea Magistrale in Progettazione e gestione dell’intervento educativo nel disagio sociale (University of Bologna, Rimini campus).
She has previously held teaching positions at several Italian universities, including the University of Macerata, the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart (Brescia campus), and the University of Turin (Turin and Cuneo campuses).
Scientific Activity
• 02/2022 – 09/2024 Researcher in the project co-financed by the Italian Ministry of Universities and Research (MUR) through FSE REACT EU - PON R&I 2014-2020, titled “Innovative Digital Tools for the Health and Independent Living of Elderly People with Chronic Diseases” (scientific coordinator Alessia Bertolazzi), Department of Political Science, Communication, and International Relations, University of Macerata;
• 2023-2024 Participant in the international research group coordinated by Prof. Guido Giarelli, coordinator of RN16 – Sociology of Health and Medicine of the European Sociological Association (ESA), and Prof. Stéphane Cullati, President of the European Society for Health and Medical Sociology (ESHMS), for the project “European Sociology of Health and Medicine Survey”;
• 05/2021 - 01/2022 Research fellow in the project “Conscientious Objection Awareness. Practices and Attitudes of Doctors on Voluntary Termination of Pregnancy” (scientific coordinator Prof. Rossella Ghigi), Department of Education Sciences “Giovanni Maria Bertin,” University of Bologna;
• 01/2021 - 05/2021 Research fellow in the project “Recovery.net: Community Psychiatry Laboratories” (scientific coordinator Prof. Marco Terraneo), Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of Milan Bicocca;
• 01/2020 - 12/2020 Research assistant in the project “The Health Budget as a Form of Empowerment for People with Disabilities: Rights, Inequalities, and Planning” (scientific coordinator Prof. Mara Tognetti), Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of Milan Bicocca;
• 07/2019 - 10/2019 Research fellow in the project “Psychiatric Interventions: About TSO and Restraint” (scientific coordinator Prof. Mario Cardano), Department of Cultures, Politics, and Society, University of Turin;
• 02/2019 – 04/2019: Research fellow in the project “Gender, Health, and Life Course: Research Methodologies” (scientific coordinator Prof. Raffaella Ferrero Camoletto), Department of Cultures, Politics, and Society, University of Turin.
• 11/2019 – 08/2020: Collaboration in the research support activities for the project “Claims of Truth and Pseudoscience. An Analysis of the Astrological Field in Italy” (scientific coordinator Prof. Roberta Sassatelli), Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Milan;
• Reviewer for the following national and international journals: Men & Masculinities; Health Policy; PLOS One; European Journal of Cultural Studies; Sociologia Italiana; Salute e Società (FrancoAngeli); Journal of Sociology of Education; Welfare & Ergonomia (FrancoAngeli); Autonomie Locali e Servizi Sociali; Journal of Family Studies.
• Board member of the Research Network Sociology of Health and Medicine (RN16) within the European Sociological Association (ESA); member of the Italian Sociological Association (AIS); member of the European Society for Health and Medical Sociology (ESHMS).
Membership in Scientific and Editorial Committees
• Member of the editorial board of the scientific journal Welfare e Ergonomia, published by FrancoAngeli (Milan);
• Member of the editorial board of the series Scienze e Salute, published by FrancoAngeli (Milan);
• Member of the scientific committee of the open access series Open Sociology, published by FrancoAngeli (Milan);
• Review Editor for the “Medical Sociology” and “Sociology of Families” sections of the journal Frontiers in Sociology.
