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Art-based education. Dynamics of the contemporary art system. Cultural policies and city making.

I specialised with a qualitative assessment on an art-based educational project. As ASK researcher, I work on projects that deal with the intertwining of contemporary artistic and social practices in cultural and urban ecosystems.

History of cultural institutions and art markets, History of Culture, Cultural Management, Rights Management, Museum Studies.

I am researcher in Economic History and I teach at SDA Bocconi. Since 1996 I have taught courses and seminars in several Bocconi degree programs, in particular within the Bachelor of Economics and Management of Arts, Culture and Communication and the Master of Science in Economics and Management of Arts, Culture, Media and Entertainment. I collaborate with ASK (Art, Science, Knowledge) research center. I was Research Fellow at the University of Sussex (2001-2003), I won the Research Rellowship for the Getty Institute Research Center of Los Angeles (2003-2004), and I was Deborah Loeb Brice Fellow at I Tatti, The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies (2003-2004). Since 2005, I have collaborated with the Research Department of Victoria and Albert Museum of London, where I am invited as Visiting Professor for academic year 2008-2008. I am contributor to il Sole24Ore financial daily and il Giornale dell'Arte art journal.

Heritage studies, museum studies, critical/difficult heritage, decolonial studies,  organization studies, fascist heritage.

I am Research Collaborator at  LYNX research center and PhD candidate in Analysis and Management of Cultural Heritage at IMT School for Advanced Studies in Lucca. I did a visiting research period at HDK - Valand, Academy of Art and Design at University in Göteborg and I have published in academic journals, such as Museum Management and Curatorship and Engramma. Graduated in MSc Economics and Management for Art, Culture and Entertainment at Bocconi University, I worked in cultural institutions in Milan, such as La Triennale di Milano, BASE, and Pirelli HangarBicocca. I collaborate with ASK Research Center at Bocconi University.

A first research interest concerns the structuring and institutionalization of cultural systems, ranging from organizational studies to economic analyses of the creative sectors. Specifically, I have worked on the contemporary art market, museum organization and strategy, project spaces, and the creation of value in the comics industry in Italy. A second research interest, on which I wrote her doctoral thesis, falls within the field of critical heritage studies and in particular of difficult heritage, i.e. I have dealt with issues of cultural heritage conservation from a critical and interdisciplinary perspective that includes issues of collective memory, the political use of history, and decolonial theories. My doctoral thesis focuses on the concept of dissonance and heritage, by studying the reuse of former case del fascio in three Italian provinces and by analyzing and deconstructing the process of justification of the choices of reuse, preservation, or destruction.

Cultural commoning, urban regeneration, hybrid spaces, cultural innovation, social innovation, social movements.

I am currently PhD student in regional planning and public policy at Università Iuav di Venezia, and project manager of the European platform “MERITA, Where chamber music, cultural heritage and talent meet”. From 2019 to 2021 I was project coordinator at Le Dimore del Quartetto. I graduated with honour in 2017 at Bocconi University in Economics and Management in Arts, Culture, Media and Entertainment, with a research thesis conducted with ASK Centre, “Measuring cultural sustainability at city level”. I have collaborated with Bocconi University and ASK research centre as teaching assistant and researcher.

Art fairs, audience development, audience engagement, exhibitions, art market, art galleries.

I am a PhD candidate and visiting fellow at the ASK Research Center. I hold a DIRS-COFUND scholarship and carries out her doctoral research at the Institute of Leisure Studies of the University of Deusto (Bilbao), where I had also obtained her Master's degree in Euroculture as a BMU-MID Erasmus Mundus grantee in 2015. As a part of the research team of the University of Deusto, I am involved in the development of the European Projects CYCLE, EUREKA and UNIC. As a part of the ASK research team, I am assisting in the development of research projects on the art market.
My main research focus is on art events, exhibitions and audience development. For my PhD Thesis I am carrying out a research on the socially oriented audience development strategies for the Art Fairs in Spain and Italy. 
My research interest is supported by a working experience, managing exhibitions and special events at Venice Biennale (2017-2019), Federico Luger FL Gallery (2018), Peggy Guggenheim Collection (2016), art fair Art Marbella (2015), Florence Biennale (2014/2015), as well as collaboration with different international art projects. Combining practical experience and theoretical knowledge, I am interested in providing functional solutions in terms of audience development and social issues, to the cultural institutions and organizations.