Role
Co-director of Letture Lente (AgenziaCULT), senior consultant for Rai Ufficio Studi, and expert for the European Commission.
Bio
Flavia Barca earned a Master's in Communication Policy Studies from City University, London, and has extensive experience in research, consulting, and planning in the field of cultural and media policies. She directed the Institute of Media Economics at the Rosselli Foundation for ten years and served as Councilor for Culture, Creativity, and Artistic Promotion for Rome.
She currently conducts research and consulting for national and international institutions and organizations. She is a senior consultant for Rai Ufficio Studi and collaborates with the European Commission, ISTAT (Italian National Institute of Statistics), and the Ministry of Culture, among others. She is co-director of Letture Lente, an in-depth analysis program at AgenziaCULT dedicated to cultural policies.
His work focuses on transformations in culture and media and their impact on society, with growing attention in recent years to artificial intelligence, inequalities, and digital transformation processes.
She is the author of numerous studies and publications. Among her most recent books: AI Biases: Power and Inequalities in the Age of Algorithms (Donzelli, 2026), Why We Don't Read (and Why We Should) (with Maurizio Vivarelli, AgenziaCULT, 2026), and Map of Gender Inequalities (Editrice Bibliografica, 2024).