Future Education Modena (FEM) is an international center for innovation in education. It is italy's first EdTech sandbox, a competence center located in a 1500 sqm space in the heart of Modena, Northern Italy.FEM operates 11 Educational R&D programs across a wide array of methodological and disciplinary trajectories, including Cognitive Sciences, Game-Based Learning, Universal Design for Learning (UDL), Cognitive and Computational Linguistics, Mathematical Thinking, Data Science, Green Science & Sustainability Education.For each program, it delivers a unique mix of activities, including research programs and testbed networks, innovative learning and curriculum design, training and incubation.

DASI - Data Arts & Science for Impact is a Data Science skills academy portfolio. Through a portfolio of standard and customized skills acceleration paths, DASI aims to bridge the gap between supply and demand in the Data Science and Machine Learning field

Wonderful Education creates, implements and scales wonderful educational formats that use technology to generate impactful experiences and enhance 21st century skills.We leverage a strong expertise in EdTech and learning innovation through a multi-disciplinary team of 40 people and, network of over 150 experts and stable relationships with over 80 partners including universities, innovation centers, startups, companies and EdTech ecosystems at international level.We have created the Education Sandbox model through Future Education Modena (FEM), Italy's first EdTech hub.

- Special Education Expert for Education Evaluation Commission (EEC), KSA Education authority for teacher licensing and evaluation.- Consultancy on Educational Data Mining, ICT in Education Strategy for Michael and Susan Dell Foundation (MSDF), South Africa- Consultancy on Vision 2030 Educational Strategy, KSA- Consultancy on the set-up of Saudi Digital Academy (SDA) initiative, KSA Ministry of Innovation

- Digital education- 21st Century skills and skills' policy- Human capital, training and continuous professional development- Entrepreneurship and education-to-work

Currently working on: innovation and digital policy, school reform, skills' policy, human capital, professional development and training policy, social innovation, university and research.

Lecturing on "Designing engagement", "Policy design" and "Living-Policy-Making"

Leading the development and implementation of Italy’s first data journalism program to be held in public schools through a MOOC (massive online open course).

Developing strategies for the regional 3-year digital agenda and innovation plan, with particular respect to e-skills, public engagement, creative industries, startup, social innovation.

Advising on the creation of a Social Innovation incubator.

Design and development of participatory policy-making processes supporting Destinazione Italia, Italian Government's plan for attracting direct foreign investments.

Co-leading the design, development, management and analysis of www.Partecipa.gov.it - engagement policy and online public consultation on Constitutional Reforms (210k participants).Finale report published at http://www.partecipa.gov.it/assets/PARTECIPA_Rapporto_Finale.pdf.

Part of the Minister's advising team on innovation policy and the development of Italy's Digital Agenda. Main responsibilities:- Co-Drafting of Italy’s Digital Agenda's normative architecture (decree 179/2012);- Policy-making and project-leadership across several areas of Italian Digital Agenda (E-government & Open Data, Public Engagement, ICT in Education, Social Innovation, Smart Cities, Research&Innovation policy);- Representative for the Ministry of Education of the working group "Digital skills";- Drafting of "Social Innovation Agenda", Italy's first Social Innovation policy draft;- E-participation policy: concept and management of public consultations for the Ministry of Education [Digital Agenda, Internet Governance Forum, Research Policy];- Drafting and evaluation of research grants (startup, industrial research, social innovation --> www.startup.miur.it);- Open Government international relations (HLG, G8, Open Government Partnership);- Co-leading the design and development of projects "Innovitalia" [online social network for italian researchers abroad] and "MIURnet - beyond school" [online aggregator for public school innovation]

--- Quantitative and qualitative research on cross-platform public engagement in e-advocacy organizations, analyzing large scale datasets from public APIs, extracting emerging patterns of engagement.--- Innovating the methodological study of online engagement in e-advocacy organizations through computational linguistics.

Teaching at undergraduate and graduate level--- Introduction to Media Studies (Year 1 module)--- New Media Challenges (Year 2)--- The Information Society (Year 3 module)--- World Media Industry (Year 3 module)--- Understanding the Modern World (Year 1)--- Online Research methods and available data online (MA, Research design) --- Webometrics and challenges for social research online (Doctoral/Training seminars)Teaching training received by C-SAP, 2007 - http://www.c-sap.bham.ac.uk/

Research conducted on the following themes:- Collective action in communication spaces- Webometrics- Sociology of Technology of Social Web practices Report published at http://webscience.org/publications/

- Website design and management: available at http://stanhopecentre.org - Domain and system management- Media events, seminar planning and organization

Personal works/presentations: - RCS Mediagroup media strategies presentation- Published Research on italian mobile tarifs comparison (all operators)Master’s Report: implementation and personalization of Open Source ERP systems, theme deepened during 3 months’ internship at Know-How srl - http://www.know-how.it/ - consultancy firm based in Padova, Milan and Reggio Emilia, Italy.

- Research activity on FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods) markets and trends, through main consumer tracking and diagnostic indicators.- Ad hoc analysis for special markets and national and multi-national customers.- Presentation of research results to clients

- Design and management of websites and related services, in particular: http://economia.unipr.it- Information Science Laboratory’s staff direction- System administration- Data management- Creative development of Web services