/ Phd student /
Gaia Turconi is a mathematician and mathematics teacher. Her research interests concern the affective and metacognitive aspects of learning mathematics in undergraduate students. She has collaborated with several universities as a tutor, as well as teaching support for students with difficulties. Also through the use of digital technologies, including Artificial Intelligence, she wants to promote inclusive, accessible, and challenging learning environments.
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Lara Balleri is a PhD student in the XXXIX cycle of the Digital Humanities program at the Unipegaso Telematic University. As a social-pedagogical Educator and Pedagogist, she is a member of several research groups and serves as a teaching tutor in General and Social Pedagogy at the IUL Telematic University of Studies. Her main research topic is narrative in its autobiographical form. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1808-8640
/ Assistant Professor /
Luca Benvenga teaches General Sociology, Sociology of Web Environments and Internet Studies, and Sociology of Cultural and Communicative Processes Applied to Sport at the Department of Psychology and Health Sciences at Pegaso University, where he holds a Research Tenure Track position. His main research areas are the sociology of health and the sociology of sport. Specifically, he focuses on sociological theories, care systems and ICT, physical activity, and active ageing. On these topics, he has published several articles in national and international journals.
/ Tenure Track Researcher /
Erika Bernacchi, Ph.D in Gender Studies at University College of Dublin, is tenure track researcher at Pegaso Telematic University in Sociology of Cultural and Communicative Processes (SPS/08).
Her areas of research include: gender and migration; multiculturalism and women’s rights; feminist and decolonial theories; gender stereotypes in education; cyberbulling and online violence; masculinities studies.
/ Associate Professor /
Giuliano Cenati, PhD, is associate professor of Italian Literature at Pegaso Online University. He mainly studies modern and contemporary Italian fiction, considered in all its sociocultural manifestations, from entertainment to experimentalism to mixed genres, with particular attention to comics and short forms. He authored monographs on the Italian experimental writers Carlo Emilio Gadda and Vittorio Imbriani, and Figure da leggere (Figures to read, Mimesis, 2023; “Franco Fossati” Prize 2024) on the genres and practices of comics in Italy from the 1930s to the age of the graphic novel.
/ Full Professor /
Francesco Epifani has a degree in Mathematics, Economics and Management Engineering. He completed an MBA at INSEAD Institute and Post-Graduate Courses in Mathematics, Management of Teaching and Economics and Business Organization. He has over 20 publications in impacted journals. He has been working for over 15 years as CEO/CSO in Public and Private Healthcare Companies. Full Professor of Mathematics, Statistics and Economics and Business Organization. Since 2023 he has been a PhD student in Digital Humanities at UNIPEGASO.
/ Associate Professor /
Leonardo Galteri is Associate Professor at UniPegaso and co-founder of the spin-off Small Pixels. With a PhD in Computer Engineering, he specializes in computer vision and AI for cultural heritage and e-learning. He has authored 20+ peer-reviewed papers and has contributed to major European projects. His research blends deep learning, multimedia computing, and visual quality enhancement. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7247-9407
/ Tenure Track Researcher /
Nicola Pannofino is Tenure Track Researcher in Sociology of Cultural and Communicative Processes (SPS/08) at the Department of Psychology and Health Sciences at Pegaso Telematic University, where he is member of the Learning Environment laboratory. He earned a PhD in Comparative Social Research at the University of Turin. His fields of research include: sociology of contemporary spirituality; digital folklore; critical life events; conspiracy theories; qualitative and creative methods.
/ phd Student /
Sara Selmi, graduated in Modern Literature in Medieval Latin Literature, continued her studies in Religious Sciences, with a thesis in Eschatology. Teacher in Secondary schools, she conducted research on behalf of public institutions (Historical Archives of Florence) and private institutions (Caript Foundation, Pistoia) and collaborated in editorial activities. Her research interests concern the E-tutoring in Higher Education, Media Education, AiEd & creativity.
/ Researcher /
Roberto Talamo is a Researcher in Literary Criticism and Comparative Literature. He serves as the Italian Correspondent for the Fonds Ricœur in Paris and is a member of the International Research Group “Harpocrates.” He collaborates as an editor with the scientific journal “Enthymema”. Since 2018, he has been promoting the research project “Videogames and High Culture”.