Publications

Books

Journal Articles with peer review

  1. Bentley, C., Muyoya, C., Vannini, S., Oman, S., Jimenez, A. (2023) Intersectional approaches to data: The importance of an articulation mindset for intersectional data science.  Big Data & Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/20539517231203667
  2. Jimenez, A., Vannini, S., Cox, A. (2022). A holistic decolonial lens for library and information studies. The Journal of Documentation Studies. https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-10-2021-0205
  3. Gomez, R., Newell, B. C., Vannini, S. (2020). Mind the Five Card game: Participatory games to strengthen information practices and privacy protections of migrants. The International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion (IJIDI). https://doi.org/10.33137/ijidi.v4i2.33216
  4. Newell, B. C., Vannini, S., Gomez, R.  (2020) . The Information Practices and Politics of Migrant-Aid Work in the US-Mexico Borderlands. The Information Society. https://doi.org/10.1080/01972243.2020.1761918
  5. Gomez, R., Newell, B. C., Vannini, S. (2020). Empathic Humanitarianism: Understanding the motivations behind humanitarian work with migrants at the US-Mexico border. Journal on Migration and Human Security.  https://doi.org/10.1177/2331502419900764
  6. Vannini, S., Gomez, R., Newell, B. C. (2019). Mind the Five: Guidelines for Data Privacy and Security in Humanitarian Work with Irregular Migrants and Vulnerable Populations. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology (JASIST). https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.24317
  7. Vannini, S., Gomez, R., Lopez, D., Mora, S., Morrison, C., Tanner, J., Youkhana, L., Vergara, G., Moreno Tafurt, M. (2019). Humanitarian Organizations Information Practices: procedures and privacy concerns for serving the Undocumented. The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries (EJISDC). https://doi.org/10.1002/isd2.12109
  8. Vannini, S., Gomez, R., Carney, M. A., Mitchell, K. (2018). Interdisciplinary approaches to refugee and migration studies: Lessons from collaborative research on sanctuary in the changing times of Trump. Migration and Society (Vol. 1,1). https://doi.org/10.3167/arms.2018.010115
  9. Rega, I., Vannini, S., (2018). Public Access Venues and Community Empowerment in Mozambique: A Social Representation Study, Semiotica.  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sem-2017-0014
  10. Pucciarelli, M., Vannini, S. (2018) Douala as a “hybrid space”: Comparing online and offline representations of a Sub-Saharan city, Semiotica. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sem-2017-0017
  11. De Ascaniis, S., Vannini, S., Cantoni, L., (2017). Argumentation in participant-driven photo-driven interviews. A Mozambican case in ICT for Development, Semiotica, Special Issue on Argumentation and Multimodality. doi.org/10.1515/sem-2015-0137
  12. Bentley, C., Nemer, D., Vannini, S. (2017). “When words become unclear”: unmasking ICT through visual methodologies in participatory ICT4D. Special Issue on Cultural Diversity and Community Technology Design, for the Springer Journal AI & Society. https://doi-org/10.1007/s00146-017-0762-z
  13. Vannini, S., Nemer, D., Halabi, A., Sabiescu, A.G., David, S. (2017) Critical Incidents Analysis: mismatching expectations and reconciling visions in intercultural encounters. The journal of Community Informatics, Vol 13, No 2, Special Issue: CIRN Conference, 2016.
  14. Carney, M. A., Gomez, R., Mitchell, K., Vannini, S. (2017) Sanctuary Planet: A Global Sanctuary Movement for the Time of Trump. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space.
  15. Gomez, R., Vannini, S. (2017) Neither here nor there: notions of home and sense of belonging in the context of migration in a journey through participatory photography. The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries (EJISDC), 78. https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1681-4835.2017.tb00569.x
  16. Halabi, A., Sabiescu, A.G., David, S., Vannini, S., Nemer, D. (2015). From Exploration to Design: Aligning Intentionality in Community Informatics Projects, the Journal of Community Informatics – Special Issue: Research Methods for Community Informatics, 11, 3.
  17. Vannini, S., Rega, I., Sala, S., Cantoni, L., (2015). Using Photo-elicitation to Explore Social Representations of Community Multimedia Centres in Mozambique. The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries (EJISDC), 67,8. https://doi-org/10.1002/j.1681-4835.2015.tb00486.x
  18. Baia A., Macueve G., Rega I., Cumbula S. D., Vannini S., Cantoni L. (2014). Social Representations of Multimedia Community Centers (CMC) in Mozambique. Revista de Ciências Socias e Humanas, CEA, Vol. 23 (Estudos Moçambicanos), Issue 3, pp. 95-115.
  19. Rega, I., Vannini, S., Fino, E., Cantoni, L. (2013). Exploring the Meanings of Community Multimedia Centers in Mozambique: A Social Representations Perspective. Information Technology and International Development, (ITID), 9,4, pp 35-54.
  20. Vannini, S., Rega, I., Cantoni, L. (2013). Information and Communication Flows through Community Multimedia Centres: Perspectives from Mozambican Communities. Information Technology for Development (ITD), pp. 1-14. DOI:10.1080/02681102.2013.854729.
  21. Rapetti, E., Picco-Schwendener, A., Vannini, S., (2011), Is mobile learning a resource in higher education? Data evidence from an empirical research in Ticino (Switzerland). Journal of e-Learning and Knowledge Society – EN, Vol. 7, n. 2, May 2011, pp. 47 – 57.
  22. Rapetti, E., Picco-Schwendener, A., Vannini, S., (2011), Mobile Learning: una risorsa nell’educazione universitaria? Risultati da una ricerca in Ticino (Svizzera). Journal of e-Learning and Knowledge Society, Vol. 7, n. 2, May 2011.

Book Chapters

  1. Azhar, F., Vannini, S., Newell, B. C., Gomez, R. (2021) “Navigating Borders/Navigating Networks: migration, technology, and social capital“. In McAuliffe, M. (Ed.). Research Handbook on International Migration and Digital Technology. Edward Elgar Publishing. Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MS, USA. ISBN 9781839100604.
  2. Vannini, S., Rega, I. (2020). Mobile Information Literacy and Public Access in the era of Post-Truth: Reflections from community curricular experiences in Latin America. In Traxler, J. & Crompton, H. (Ed.). Critical Mobile Pedagogy: Cases of Digital Technologies and Learners at the Margins. New York: Routledge. ISBN 9780367204570
  3. Cantoni, L., Rapetti, E., Tardini, S., Vannini, S., Arasa, D. (2012). PICTURE: the adoption of ICTs within the ministrants of the Catholic Church. P.H. Cheong, P. Fischer-Nielsen, P., S. Gelfgren, & C. Ess. (Eds) Digital Religion, Social Media and Culture: Perspectives, Practices, Futures. New York: Peter Lang, pp 131 -149. (book flyer)
  4. Cantoni L., Rapetti E. G., Tardini S., Vannini S., Arasa D., Ruiz L. (2012) Priesthood and the Internet: the Inter-national Research PICTURE. In José Maria La Porte e Bruno Mastroianni (eds.), Comunicazione della Chiesa. Identità e Dialogo, Edizioni Sabinae, Roma 2012, 227-246
  5. Cantoni, L., Rapetti, E., Tardini, S., Vannini, S., Arasa, D., Ruiz, L., (2012), Sacerdoti e Internet: la ricerca internazionale PICTURE, in Tapia-Velasco, S. (eds.), La Comunicazione nella Missione del Sacerdote, Edizioni Sabinae, Roma 2012, pp. 93-121.

Edited Conference Proceedings and Journal Special Issues

  1. Vannini, S., Rega, I., Cantoni, L. (Eds.) (2018) Social Representations, ICTs and Community Empowerment. [Special section]. Semiotica.
  2. Stillman, L., Sabiescu, A., & Vannini, S. (Eds.) (2014) Proceedings of CIRN 2013 Community Informatics Conference: “Challenges and Solutions”. Prato, Italy, 13-15 Oct. 2014.

Conference Papers – Full Papers, refereed

  1. Wagg, S., Vannini, S., Zamani, E., Klyshbekova, M., Aylward, B. (2024) Digital inclusion network building: a network weaving analysis. Proceedings of UKAIS 2024, Canterbury, UK, May 2024.
  2. Aylward, B., Cox, A., Vannini, S. (2022) The revolution will (not?) be archived: web archiving needs of activist collections in The North. At CIRN 2022: 20 years of CIRN: Examining the Past, Present, and Future of Communities and Technology. Monash Centre, Prato, Italy, 9-11 November 2022.
  3. Marais, M., Vannini, S. (2021) Network Weaving to foster Resilience and Sustainability in ICTD. At IFIP WG 9.4 Virtual Conference “Resilient ICT4D”. 26-28 May 2021.
  4. Newell, B.C., Vannini, S., Gomez, R. (2020). The Information Practices and Politics of Migrant-Aid Work in the US-Mexico Borderlands. In 70th Annual ICA Conference, Open Communication, ICA 2020, Gold Coast, Australia, 21-25 May 2020. (non-archival)
  5. Vannini, S., Gomez, R., Newell, B.C., (2019). Documenting the Undocumented: Privacy and Security Guidelines for Humanitarian Work with Irregular Migrants. In iConference 2019, Washington, DC, USA, March 31 – April 3, 2019. Selected as one of five finalists for the 2019 Lee Dirks Award for Best Full Research Paper.
  6. Vannini, S., Nemer, D. Rega, I. (2017) Integrating mobile technologies to achieve community development goals: the case of telecenters in Brazil. 8th International Conference on Community and Technologies (C&T) 2017, Troyes, France, 26-30 June 2017.
  7. Gomez, L. Gomez, R., Vannini, S. (2017) The power of Participatory Photography in ICTD programs: freedom to explore beyond images, in HICSS 50, Jan 4-7 2017, ICTD Mini-Track (E-GOV)
  8. Vannini, S., Nemer, D., Halabi, A., Sabiescu, A.G., David, S. (2016) Critical Incidents Analysis: mismatching expectations and reconciling visions in intercultural encounters. Proceedings of CIRN 2016, Engaging with Participation, Activism, and Technologies, November 2 – 4, 2016, Monash Centre, Prato Italy.
  9. Vannini, S., Gómez, R., Guajardo, V. (2016), Security and Activism: Using participatory photography to elicit perceptions of Information and Authority among Hispanic migrants in the U.S., in iConference 2016 Philadelphia, PA, USA, 20-23 March 2016.
  10. Guajardo, V., Gómez, R., Vannini, S. (2016), Information and Learning: Trust, Place, and Migration, in iConference 2016 Philadelphia, PA, USA, 20-23 March 2016.
  11. Halabi, A., Sabiescu, A.G., David, S., Vannini, S., Nemer, D. (2014) From learning to designing action: Uncovering obscure processes in participatory community-based research, Proceedings of CIRN 2014 Community Informatics Conference: Challenges and Solutions, Monash Centre, Prato Italy 13-15 October 2014.
  12. Pucciarelli, M., Vannini, S., (2014) Mapping the digital Douala: lights and shadows of an African City, Proceedings of CIRN 2014 Community Informatics Conference: Challenges and Solutions, Monash Centre, Prato Italy 13-15 October 2014.
  13. Vannini, S., Rega, I., Sala, S., Cantoni, L. (2013). Motivations of non-use of telecentres: a qualitative study from Mozambique. in Proceedings: 2013 Pre-ICIS Workshop of the AIS SIG on ICT & Global Development (GlobDev). Milan, Italy, 14 December, 2013.
  14. Van Zyl, I., Vannini, S. (2013). Participatory re-action: reflecting on a Design-Based Research approach in ICT4D, in Steyn, J., Van der Vyver, A.G. (eds.). (2013). Public and private access to ICTs in developing regions. Proceedings of the 7th International Development Informatics Conference IDIA 2013. Bangkok, Thailand, 1-3 November, 2013. Pp. 206-223. ISBN: 978-0-620-58040-3.
  15. Vannini, S., Rega, I., Sala, S., Cantoni, L. (2013). Reasons of non-use: a study on Mozambican telecentres, in Steyn, J., Van der Vyver, A.G. (eds.). (2013). Public and private access to ICTs in developing regions. Proceedings of the 7th International Development Informatics Conference IDIA 2013. Bangkok, Thailand, 1-3 November, 2013. Pp- 46-63. ISBN: 978-0-620-58040-3.
  16. David, S., Vannini, S., Sabiescu, A. G., Cantoni, L. (2013). Commitment, Proactivity and Trust: Ingredients for Successful Cooperation in Community Development Actions. Proceedings of CIRN 2013 Community Informatics Conference: Community Archives meets Community Informatics, Monash Centre, Prato Italy 28-30 October 2013.
  17. Vannini, S., Aguirre, L., Rega, I., Cantoni, L. (2013). Images of Community Multimedia Centres in Mozambique: a participatory photo-elicitation study, in Proceedings: IFIP WG 9.4: 12th International Conference on Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries, Ocho Ríos Jamaica, 19-22 May, 2013, pp. 348-362.
  18. Aguirre, L., Vannini, S., Rega, I., Cantoni, L. (2013). Fictional Characters, Real Data: Personas depicting Staff and Users of Community Multimedia Centres in Mozambique, in Proceedings: IFIP WG 9.4: 12th International Conference on Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries, Ocho Ríos Jamaica, 19-22 May, 2013, pp. 917-933.
  19. David, S., Rega, I., Vannini, S., Cantoni, L. (2013). Co-designed improvement actions in Mozambican Community Multimedia Centres, in Proceedings: IFIP WG 9.4: Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries, Ocho Ríos Jamaica, 19-22 May, 2013. Short Paper, pp. 1004-1017.
  20. Vannini, S., Rega, I., (2012), Inbound and Outbound Information and Communication flows: Perspectives from Community Multimedia Centres in Mozambique, in Proceedings: CIRN 2012 Community Informatics Conference: ‘Ideals meet Reality’ Monash Centre, Prato Italy 7-9 November 2012.
  21. Cantoni, L., Rapetti, E., Tardini, S., Vannini, S., Arasa, D., Ruiz, L., (2012), Priesthood and the Internet: the International Research PICTURE, in La Porte, J. M., e Mastroianni, B., (eds.), Comunicazione della Chiesa. Identità e Dialogo, Proceedings of the 7th Professional Seminar for Church Communications Offices, Edizioni Sabinae, Roma 2012, pp. 227-246.
  22. Sala, L., Vannini, S., Rubegni, E., (2011), Mobile Learning in Cultural Institutions through the use of an Apple iPad application prototype. A case study at Monte Verità, in Proceedings of Red Conference 2011, Monte Verità, Ascona, Switzerland.

Short Conferences Papers and Conference Presentations, refereed

  1. Vannini, S., Wagg, S. (2023) “Digital…divide(s) in the North (of England): reflections from a research collaboration in Derbyshire“. Seventh ICT4DNorth2023 Annual Workshop, University of Manchester, UK, 7 September 2023.
  2. Vannini, S. (2022), “Migrant Storytelling, Archival Activism, and Decolonial approaches to Knowledge Production in the Mediterranean”, MIGREC (Migration, Integration and Governance Research Centre) and Migration Research Group joint event, University of Sheffield, UK, 5 December 2022.
  3. Vannini, S. (2022) “On being an “observant participant”: reflections on the “FunKino – cinema for inclusion” participatory storytelling lab” Sixth ICT4DNorth2022 Annual Workshop, University of Sheffield, UK, 1 November 2022.
  4. Vannini, S. (2022), “Migrant Storytelling, Archival Activism, and Decolonial approaches to Knowledge Production in the Mediterranean” Hybrid Seminar University of Sheffield, Information School and the University of Oslo, Department of Informatics (Institutt for informatikk), Sheffield, UK, and Oslo, Norway, 13 September 2022.
  5. Keevy, J., Rajab, R., Arnesen, J., Ngeleza, B., Beukes, C. J., Freeth, R., Akpan, A., Ntuli, S., Laughton, P., Marais, M. A., Vannini, S., Shiohira, K., Pereira, C. (2022). mzansi.citizensdatamatter: Reclaiming self-sovereignty for all South African citizens’ data by 2030. PSET CLOUD DigiTrans 2022 virtual conference, South Africa, 18 February & 1 March 2022.
  6. Vannini, S., Gomez, R. (2021) “Fotohistorias: self-determination, privacy implications, and the role of researchers in participatory photography and storytelling practices with undocumented migrants in the U.S.” IVMC 2021 – International Visual Methods Conference, Cape Town, South Africa, December 2021.
  7. Vannini, S. (2021) “How the pandemic shuffled my plans… and what I got out of it!” Fifth ICT4DNorth2021 Annual Workshop, University of Manchester, UK, 16 September, 2021.
  8. Bentley, C., Vannini, S., Muyoya, C. (2021) “How intersectional approaches to data can inform the design and development of trustworthy digital identity systems. Turing trustworthy digital identity conference.” The Alan Turing Institute. 13 September 2021.
  9. Oliveira, N, Vannini, S. (2021) “Are Social Q&A Platforms Social Enough? Improving engagement from the Global South in Stack Overflow.” At 2021 ACM CHI Virtual Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems – Workshop “Decolonizing Design Practices: Towards Pluriversality”. 7 May 2021. Online (originally Yokohama, Japan).
  10. Oliveira, N, Vannini, S. (2021) “Are Social Q&A Platforms Social Enough? A case for improving engagement of non-Westerners in Stack Overflow.” At 2021 ACM CHI Virtual Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Workshop – Human Computer Interaction Across Borders Workshop “Decolonizing HCI Across Borders (HCIxB)” 15 May 2021. Online (originally Yokohama, Japan).
  11. Vannini, S., Gomez, R., Lopez, D., Mora, S., Morrison, C., Tanner, J., Youkhana, L., Vergara, G., Moreno Tafurt, M. (2019). Humanitarian Organizations Information Practices: procedures and privacy concerns for serving the Undocumented. The 15th International Conference on Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries – IFIP W.G. 9.4 Conference, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 1 – 3 May 2019.
  12. Vannini, S., & Gomez, R. (2019) Participatory Photography To Elicit Lived Experiences With Undocumented Migrants And Humanitarian Organizations. in Lopez, D., Gomez, R., Vannini, S., Chin, A., Yefimova, K., Iribe Ramirez, I. Panel: Building Empathy and Understanding Toward Migration through Games and Creative Activities. Association for Borderlands Studies Conference 2019, San Diego, CA, 24-28 April 2019.
  13. Hannah, J., Wensley, M., Kelly, A., Vannini, S. (2019) Creating Coherence and Intellectual Culture with Integrated Assignments Across the Curriculum. 2019 UW CTL Teaching and Learning Symposium. Seattle, WA, 17 April 2019.
  14. Vannini, S., Gómez, R., Newell, B. C.,  (2019) Privacy and Security Guidelines for Humanitarian Work with Irregular Migrants. ICTDX – ICTD Conference 2019, Ahmedabad, India, 4-7 January 2019.
  15. Bentley, C., Nemer, D., Vannini, S. (2019) “When words become unclear”: unmasking ICT through visual methodologies in participatory ICT4D.  ICTDX – ICTD Conference 2019, Ahmedabad, India, 4-7 January 2019. “Previously published” track.
  16. Newell, B. C., Vannini, S., Gómez, R., Nemer, D. (2018) Exacerbating the Vulnerabilities of Undocumented Migrants: The Risks Involved in the Humanitarian Information Activities of Migrant-Aid Organizations. iConference 2018, Sheffield, UK, March 25-28, 2018.
  17. Barón, L. F., Gómez, R. Vannini, S. (2017) The Power of Stories: information practices of migrants in and toward the US. Association for Borderlands Studies annual conference, San Francisco, CA, April 12-15 2017
  18. Gomez, R., Guajardo, V., Newell, B., Vannini, S. (2016) Mobile phones and other information practices among undocumented migrants at the US-Mexico border. 4S/EASST Conference 2016, Barcelona, Spain, 31 August – 3 September 2016
  19. Vannini, S. (2016) Innovating Public Access for the next two billion: the challenge of Mobile Information Literacy. Contribution to Open Session “Workshop on ICTD Innovation across countries to be held at ICTD2016”. ICTD Conference 2016, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, 3-6 June 2016.
  20. Guajardo, V., Vannini, S. & Gomez, R. (2016). Panel: Engaged Research and Vulnerable Communities & Lessons from Fotohistorias. Association for Borderlands Studies Annual Conference. Reno, Nevada.
  21. Pucciarelli, M., Vannini, S., Cantoni, L. (2016), The production of an African hybrid city, in “An Informational Right to the City? Rethinking the Production, Consumption, and Governance of Digital Geographic Information” session, at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, San Francisco, 29 March – 2 April 2016.
  22. Gómez, R., Guajardo, V., Newell, B., Vannini, S., Yefimova, K. (2015) Open Session: Photo Stories: an interactive photo exhibition based on participatory photography with Hispanic migrants at the US-Mexico border, at ICTD 2015, Singapore, 13-15 May 2015.
  23. Gómez, R., Guajardo, V., Newell, B., Vannini, S., Yefimova, K. (2015) Fotohistorias: Life at the Border, Exhibition, at Association of Borderland Studies ABS/WSSA Annual Conference, Portland, OR, 8-11 April, 2015.
  24. Cantoni, L., Sabiescu, A., Brunello, P., David, S., Vannini, S. (2013), Open Session: ICTD – Intercultural Communication Technologies for Development, at ICTD 2013, Cape Town, South Africa, 7-10 December 2013.
  25. Sabiescu, A.G., Vannini, S., David, S., Cantoni, L., Halabi, A. (2013). Workshop: Methodologies for sense-making in community-based research. (slide) at CIRN 2013 Community Informatics Conference: Community Archives meets Community Informatics, Monash Centre, Prato Italy 28-30 October 2013.
  26. Vannini, S., Pucciarelli, M., Rega, I. (2013). Formal and Informal Learning Practices in Community Multimedia Centres in Mozambique (slides). Annual Conference of the Swiss Society for Research in Education – SSRE 2013 on Integrating formal and informal learning, August 21-23, 2013, Università della Svizzera italiana, Lugano, Switzerland.
  27. Vannini, S., (2012), Role Play on Social Representations of the Model of Community Multimedia Centres (video 1, video 2), IPID 2012 7th International Annual Symposium, Kristiansand, Norway. Best Role Play Award.
  28. Vannini, S., Rega, I., Cantoni, L., (2012), Social Representations of Community Multimedia Centres in Mozambique, 11th international Conference on Social Representations – CIRS 2012, Évora, Portugal, June 2012.
  29. Rega, I., Vannini, S., Cantoni, L., (2012), Community Multimedia Centres in Mozambique: blending new and old media. A photo-semiotic study., at ICT, New Media and Social Change in Africa, London, UK, June 2012.
  30. Cantoni, L., Rega, I., Vannini, S., (2012), Open Session: “Photo Elicitation Techniques to Support Research Projects in the Communities” (slides on application and first results), ICTD 2012, Atlanta, USA.
  31. Vannini, S., (2011), Perspectives from Mozambican Community Multimedia Centres, IPID 2011 Symposium, Lugano, Switzerland. Best Presentation Award.
  32. Rega, I., Vannini, S., (2011), How is Education fostered by PAVs and CMCs in Mozambique? eLearning Africa 2011, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
  33. Vannini, S., Rega, I., (2010), RE-ACT, IPID 2010 Symposium, Barcelona, Spain.
  34. Cantoni, L., Tardini, S., Rapetti, E., Vannini, S.,(2010), The use of ICTs by Christian Catholic Priests: Canada Compared Against the World PICTURE, Conference on Media, Religion and Culture 2010, Toronto, Canada.
  35. Cantoni, L., Tardini, S., Rapetti, E., Vannini, S.,(2010), PICTURE Priests’ ICT Use in their Religious Experience, “7th Professional Seminar for Church Communications Offices”, PUSC, Rome, Italy).

Reports and other publications

  1. Black, R., Driscoll, B., Hamblin, K., Whitfield, G., Yeandle, S., Vannini, S., Wagg, S., Zamani, E.D. (2023) Written Evidence (DCL0048) for the House of Lords Communications and Digital Select Committee inquiry on ‘Digital exclusion and the cost of living’.
  2. Zamani, E. D., Vannini, S. (2022). Understanding Digital Poverty in South Yorkshire. Partnerships and Regional Engagement (PRE), South Yorkshire Office for Data Analytics.
  3. Keevy, J., Rajab, R., Arnesen, J., Ngeleza, B., Beukes, C. J., Freeth, R., Akpan, A., Ntuli, S., Laughton, P., Marais, M. A., Vannini, S., Shiohira, K., Pereira, C. (2022). mzansi.citizensdatamatter: Reclaiming self-sovereignty for all South African citizens’ data by 2030. Johannesburg: JET Education Services and merSETA.
  4. Carney, M. A., Vannini, S. (2021) “Italy’s citizenship debate: how a country of emigrants is learning to live with immigrants.” The Conversation – Global Perspectives. 21 December 2021.
  5. Vannini, S., Masiero, S., Braa, K., Tandon, A., Wellington, C. (2021) “Feminist and Queer Approaches to ICT4D: From a Conference Track to a Community Conversation”, IFIP WG 9.4 blog, 21 June 2021.
  6. Kelly, A., Garber-Pearson, R., Vannini, S. (2020) “Why choose asynchronous? Reflections on asynchronous online learning (part 1)”. UW Center for Learning and Teaching blog. August 2020.
  7. Kelly, A., Garber-Pearson, R., Vannini, S. (2020) “Strategies for successful asynchronous courses. Reflections on asynchronous online learning (part 2).” UW Center for Learning and Teaching blog. August 2020.
  8. Kelly, A., Garber-Pearson, R., Vannini, S. (2020) “Take-away strategies for asynchronous online learning. Reflections on asynchronous online learning (part 3).” UW Center for Learning and Teaching blog. August 2020.
  9. Vannini, S. (2020). ICT4D Work and Migration: Strengthening the Privacy Protection of Undocumented Migrants. IFIP WG 9.4 blog. February 2020.
  10. Vannini, S. & Gomez, R. (2018). We Need Digital Sanctuaries across Borders. Human Centered Computing Across Borders. June 2018.
  11. Vannini, S. & Gomez, R. (2018). We Need Digital Sanctuaries for Development in the USA, too. ICTWorks.org. May 2018.
  12. Rega, I., Vannini, S., Raimilla, M., Fauró, L. (2013). Telecentres and Mobile: an initial overview. Associazione seed technical report, ver. 1.0. October 2013.
  13. Rega, I., Cantoni, L., Vannini, S., David, S., Baia, A., Macueve, G., (2013) Centros Multimédia Comunitários em Moçambique: um mapa. NewMinE Lab Working Paper, Ver. 1.1, March 2013.
  14. Vannini, S., Rega, I., Cantoni, L., Aguirre-Sánchez, L., (2012), Photo-elicited perceptions of Community Multimedia Centres in Mozambique., NewMinE Lab Working Paper, Ver. 1.0, November 2012.
  15. Rega, I., Cantoni, L., Vannini, S., David, S., Baia, A., Macueve, G., (2011) Community Multimedia Centres in Mozambique: a map. NewMinE Lab Working Paper, Ver. 1.0, December 2011.

Keynotes & Speeches

  • Vannini, S. (2020). “Digital Sanctuary and times of pandemic: Digital struggles, implications on privacy and security, and conceptualizations of safer digital practices for marginalized communities“. At CIRN 2020 Virtual Webinar “Globalization, Power, and Community Empowerment”, 9 November 2020 (online).
  • Vannini, S., Cantoni, L. (2010), Mobile devices to raise cultural awareness (1st presentation; 2nd presentation), International workshop on mobile science, Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste (Italy).

Theses

  1. Vannini, S. (2014). Social Representations of Community Multimedia Centres in Mozambique. Doctoral dissertation. Supervisor: Prof. PhD Lorenzo Cantoni. Università della Svizzera italiana, USI, Lugano, Switzerland.  (live blogged by Prof. Ismael Peña López’s ICTlogy)
  2. Vannini, S. (2006). I Mapuche in Cile: esperienze di recupero della cultura locale (The Mapuche in Chile: Experiences of local culture preservation), Laurea (MA) Thesis. Supervisors: Prof. PhD Carlo Cencini, Prof. PhD Giovanni Gentile Marchetti. Alma Mater – Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.

Other Research Presentations