ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Research
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12/2017 – present: Research fellow at the Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Educational & Applied Psychology (FISPPA) - Section of Sociology - University of Padova. I have been involved in a study on Youth and spirituality in Italy that deals with differences in the personal conception of religion and spirituality within new generations.
10/2016-09/2017: Researcher fellow at the Department of Political Science, Law and International Relations (SPGI), University of Padova. He dealt with analysis of Rhetorical construction of identity in Europe with reference also to religious identity by using text mining approaches. 10/2014-09/2016: Researcher fellow at the Department of Political Science, Law and International Relations (SPGI), University of Padova. He dealt with analysis of Rhetorical Leadership of Independent Authorities, in Italy and Europe by developing statistical analysis of textual data approaches. 09/2013-08/2014: Researcher fellow at the Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Educational & Applied Psychology (FISPPA) - Section of Sociology - University of Padova. He dealt with Italian scientists' mobility in Europe: Brain Drain, Brain Gain, Brain Circulation, Shuttle Mobility. 01/2011-02/2013: Fellow Researcher at Co.Re.Com, Venice (grants in the frame of the bilateral agreement between University of Padova – Co.Re.Com - Regional Committee Communications in Veneto, local government, Venice), where I carried out monitoring and analysis of political and institutional communication in the local media and television. The research project was based on content analysis of information flow in television using quantitative / qualitative methodologies. |
Teaching
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from 2017-: Teacher in charge – Sociology of Cultural Processes, School of Human and Social Sciences and Cultural Heritage, University of Padova (42 h. module).
a.y. 2016/2017: Teaching assistant – course “Social research methods”, (15 h. Module), for the students of the Master of Arts Degree Programme in Sociology, University of Padova. a.y. 2015-2016: Teaching assistant (30 h. module) – lab. of "Statistical methods for data analysis", Bachelor Degree in Communication studies, Faculty of Communication Sciences, University of Padua. a.y. 2014-2015: Teaching assistant (30 h. module) – lab. of "Statistical methods for data analysis", Bachelor Degree in Communication studies, Faculty of Communication Sciences, University of Padua. 10/2016-02/2017: Teaching – invited lecturer: course and lab of “Social research methods: text mining and topic modelling”, University of Padua (20 h. Module, in english), for the students of the Master of Arts Degree Programme in Human Rights and Multi-level Governance, University of Padova. 11/2015-01/2016: Teaching – invited lecturer: course and lab of “Social research methods: text mining and topic-based content analysis”, University of Padua (20 h. Module, in english), for the students of the Master of Arts Degree Programme in Human Rights and Multi-level Governance, University of Padova. 10/2014-03/2015: Teaching – invited lecturer: course and lab of “Social research methods: automated content analysis”, University of Padua (20 h. Module, in english), for the students of the Master of Arts Degree Programme in Human Rights and Multi-level Governance, University of Padova. 09/2011-01/2012: Teaching – invited lecturer: lab. of “Theories and Techniques of Monitoring and Media Analysis”, Bachelor Degree in Communication studies, Communication Science Faculty, University of Padova (15 h. module). Other academic / extra-academic teaching activities
nov. 2017: Teaching – invited lecturer: lecturing for Ph.D. candidate, Doctorate Degree in Sociology, Ph.D. School in Social sciences, University of Padova. Lectur held by Sbalchiero S., Tuzzi A., titled ‘For better or for worse, in sickness and in health". Helth, religion and spirituality’, November 9th, 2017. sept. 2017: Teaching – invited lecturer: lecturing at IQLA-GIAT Summer School in Quantitative analysis of Textual data, University of Padova. Lectur held by Sbalchiero S., titled ‘Introductory methodology’, September 8th, 2017. sept. 2015: Teaching – invited lecturer: "Introductory to methodology: Methods applied to content analysis", Master of Arts Degree Programme in Human Rights and Multi-level Governance, Human Rights Centre, University of Padova, Via Martiri della Libertà, 2, Padova. a.y. 2015/2016: Teaching – teacher training, course of “Social research methods” for the teaching staff of High School (30 h. Module), High school ‘Istituto Magistrale Statale "Don Giuseppe Fogazzaro", Contra' Burci, 21, Vicenza’. |