Academic and professional activities

2016-01-01 - Junior Researcher at CES in the Horizon2020 project 'Enabling Multichannel PArticipation Through ICT Adaptations - EMPATIA' (Grant Agreement no.: 687920 - EMPATIA - H2020-ICT-2015/H2020-ICT-2015), funded by the Horizon2020 Program of the European Commission and coordinated by Dr. Giovanni Allegretti.

2014 to 2014 - Communication and Participation Expert at Comune di Milano, Milano (Italy) Development and coordination of a participatory communication strategy in order to maintain unity and coherence in the project "Urban Cooking & Gardening : grow food, grow people , grow communities" realized with contribution the European Fund for the Integration of third-country nationals - Annual Program 2012 , Action 6 -103 902 PROG ( Directive Determination no. 63 of 11.20.2013 , PG 752 275 )

2013 to 2015 - Communication and Civic Engagement Expert @ CUEIM Consorzio Universitario di Economia Industriale e Manageriale, Roma (Italy) Expert for Civic Engagement in the Project Res-Novae, focused on the implementation of Smart Governance tools in the City of Cosenza (Italy). Res Novae is a project co-funded by the Italian Ministry of Research under the call "Smart Cities and Communities and Social Innovation" (D.D. 84/Ric. del 2 marzo 2012), PON-REC 2007-2013, and realized in partnership with University of Calabria, ENEL, General Electric.

2013 to 2015 - Expert for Stakeholder Management atIMELS - Italian Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea Expert for Stakeholder Management in Egypt, within the contexoof the project IMPROWARE. IMPROWARE is an EuropeAid funded project (EuropeAid/131046/C/ACT/Multi) coordinated by the Italian Ministry for the Environment and Land and Sea. The project focuses in the development of Sustainable Integrated Water Management strategies in the coastal Area of Egypt and Tunisia.

2012 to 2013 - Policy Analysis Assistant (Citizen Engagement) at UN-DESA/DPADM - UNITED NATIONS DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS, New York City (United States)

2008 to 2012 - Executive Director at MesaVerde s.c.r.l., Milano (Italy)

2008 to 2011 - External Consultant - Stakeholder Engagement on Urban Planning at Comune di Cinisello Balsamo, Cinisello Balsamo (MI) (Italy)

2007 to 2010 - External Consultant - Youth Engagement Strategies at Comune di Corsico, Corsico (MI) (Italy)

2007 to 2008 - External Consultant - Local Governance Strategies at Comune di Cologno Monzese, Cologno Monzese (MI) (Italy)

2007 to 2008 - External Consultant - Stakeholder Engagement in Urban Planning at Politecnico di Milano, Milan (Italy)

2006 to 2006 - External Consultant - E-participation strategies at Provincia di Parma - Social Services Sector, Parma (Italy)

2005 to 2006 - External Consultant - Local Governance Strategies at Provincia di Milano - Province of Milan, Milano (Italy)

2004 to 2011 - External Consultant on Participatory Budgeting at Comune di Vimodrone, Vimodrone (MI) (Italy)

2004 to 2006 - External Consultant - Participatory Budgeting at Comune di Cinisello Balsamo, Cinisello Balsamo (MI) (Italy)

2003 to 2007 - External Consultant - Participatory Budgeting at Comune di Pieve Emanuele, Pieve Emanuele (MI) (Italy)