Role
Professor of Political Science and International Relations at the Department of Political Science, Law and International Studies (DSPGI) of the University of Padua.
Bio
After graduating in Political Science, a PhD in International Relations and a research period at the University of Padua, she began her career as a researcher at the same university in 2001. She has been a visiting professor at McGill University in Montreal (2009-2010) and at the University of Helsinki, at various times since 2016.
At the University of Padua, since February 2025, she has directed the Elena Cornaro University Center for Gender Knowledge , Cultures and Policies, and is the University contact for the Scholars at Risk network, which works to protect academic and research freedom.
She is a member of the Italian Society of Political Science (SISP) and participates in several international networks, including the Digital Constitutionalism Network, which she co-founded, and the UNESCO UniTWIN Network on Gender Media and ICT , of which she is co-chair. Within the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), she is vice-chair of the working group on Global Media Policy and a member of the Task Force for the Global Alliance on Media and Gender promoted by UNESCO.
Her research interests include the transformation of global political processes in relation to the development of digital technologies, with a focus on gender equality and communication rights, developed through projects such as the Media for Democracy Monitor , Advancing Gender Equality in Media Industries , and Rewriting the Story: Gender Media and Politics (in collaboration with the International Federation of Journalists). In 2025, she won the Arqus Teaching Excellence Award, awarded by the Arqus Alliance for excellence in teaching.