Keywords:
history of natural science
politics of nature
politics of science
environmental history
nation-building
cultures of nature
history of the ideas of nature
scientific museology
My research interests include the history of natural sciences between the 19th and 20th centuries; the history of science in Modern Italy, focusing in particular on the period of the Risorgimento; the relationship between nation-building processes and scientific knowledge; the relationship between cultures of nature and science; and environmental history.
