Ongoing Projects

• Migration and Sanctuary spaces
  at University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
  Jan 2017 – present
  Co-Leader
  Topics: Information Studies, Migration Studies.
  More info: see project website.
• Mobile Information Literacy
  at TASCHA, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
  Jan 2016 – present
  Post-Doctoral Researcher
  Partnership with Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, UW.
  Topics: Mobile Information Literacy, Digital Information Literacy, Curriculum Development.
  More info: see project website.
• Telecentres and Mobiles: Synergies and Relations between two Icons of ICTs for Development
  at TASCHA, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
  Funding agency: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
  May 2013 – present
  Post-Doctoral Researcher and Co-Leader with Isabella Rega
  Funding Swiss National Science Foundation
  Partnership with Telecentre.org Foundation, University of Bournemouth – Media School and Associazione seed.
  Topics: ICT4D, public access to ICTs, telecentres, mobile technologies, quantitative methods, diffusion of innovations.
  More info: see project website.
• FotoHistorias: Participatory Photography with Hispanic Immigrants
  at University of Washington Information School, Seattle, USA.
  December 2014 – present
  Post-Doctoral Researcher
  Partnerships Casa Latina.
  Topics: Photo-elicitation, visual methods, immigration, minority communities, hispanic migrants, México, Colombia.
  More info: see project website.

Past Projects

• Hand Washing Campaign in Burundi and Zimbabwe
  at BeCHANGE Research Group, USI, Lugano, Switzerland.
  Funding agencies: Direktion für Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit (DEZA)
  July 2014 – Dec. 2015
  Post-Doctoral Researcher
  Funding Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
  Partnership with Eawag, Dübendorf, Switzerland.
  Topics: Communication 4 Development (C4D), ICT4D, hand washing, behavior change, hygiene behavior, behavior change campaigns, behavior change guidelines, social marketing, health communication.
• RE-ACT (social REpresentations of community multimedia centres in mozambique and ACTions for improvement)
  at NewMinE Lab, USI, Lugano, Switzerland.
  Funding agencies: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) and Direktion für Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit (DEZA)
  Nov. 2010 – Feb. 2014
  Researcher and Project Coordinator at the NewMinE Lab, USI, Lugano, Switzerland.
  Partnership with Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique (Centre of African Studies and Faculty of Informatics and Mathematics).
  Other project duties: Assistant to the executive manager of the project (until Dec. 2012), executive manager of the project (from Jan. 2013 until the end of the project), co-administration of the Swiss part, intermediary between Swiss and Mozambican universities’ finance departments, responsible for the online and offline communication of the project.
  Topics: ICT4D, public access to ICTs, telecentres, community radios, social representations, co-design, participatory design, technology appropriation, mixed methods, qualitative research, photo-elicitation.
  More info: see project website.
• WASH (Water Sanitation & Hygiene) Game
  at NewMinE Lab, USI, Lugano, Switzerland.
  Jul. – Dec. 2013
  Project Coordinator at the NewMinE Lab, USI, Lugano, Switzerland.
  Partnership with the Department of Water and Sanitation in Developing Countries (Sandec) at the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag).
  Project duties: Contacts with partners and coordination of the team at NewMinE Lab.
  Topics: digital game-based learning, eLearning, informal learning, ICT4D.
  More info: see project page.
• Guide turistiche multimediali per la città di Varese – Mobile Multimedia Guides for the city of Varese
  at webatelier.net, USI, Lugano, Switzerland.
  Jun. – Nov. 2010
  Researcher at webatelier.net, USI, Lugano, Switzerland.
  Partnership: Varese Convention & Visitors Bureau.
  Topics: mobile apps, e-tourism, quantitative methods.
• Picture (Priests’ ICT Use in their Religious Experience)
  at NewMinE Lab, USI, Lugano, Switzerland.
  Jan. – Jun. 2010
  Researcher at the NewMinE Lab, USI, Lugano, Switzerland.
  Partnership with Università della Santa Croce, Rome, Italy.
  Topics: online communication, religious communication, quantitative methods.
  More info: see project website.

 

Honors and Awards

• 2014 – 2016 | SNF Early Post-Doc.Mobility Fellowship: 18 months at TASCHA Group, Information School, University of Washington, Seattle, USA. Collaboration with CIISOC, Universidad de la Frontera (UFRO), Temuco, Chile, and Telecentre.org Foundation.
• 2012 | Shadowing Programme: One month visiting the TASCHA Group, Information School, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
• 2006 | Dignità di stampa for my graduation thesis titled: “I Mapuche in Cile: esperienze di recupero della cultura locale” (The Mapuche in Chile: experiences for the rescue of the local culture).
• 2005 | Tesi all’Estero (Thesis Abroad) Faculty Scholarship: three months of field research for my MA thesis at the Universidad Católica de Temuco, Chile.
• 2002 – 2003 | Erasmus Programme Scholarship: one Academic Year at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain.