My fascination with Language and IT led me to become a linguist, specialised in Corpus and Cognitive Linguistics, and CADS (Corpus-Assisted Discourse Studies).
Having worked in several interdisciplinary projects I developed methods and tools to collaborate with different disciplines - from the project design to the data analysis, using Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) - providing a linguistic perspective to better understand the data under investigation.
I actively collaborate with the civic factory OvestLab, applying language and data analysis to projects concerning social inclusion, civic innovation, and urban regeneration.
From February 2019 I am vice-president of CivicWise Italia.
PhD in Corpus and Cognitive Linguistics, 2015
Lancaster University
MA in Languages, 2010
Università degli studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia
BA in Languages, 2007
Università degli studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia
Analysing the language of Far-Right groups on Twitter.
Using Linguistics to profile transactional behaviour in crypto-drug markets.
Approaching creativity in language-change and cognition through Corpus Linguistics methods.
An open digital archive of oral sources on the ‘Villaggio Artigiano’ neighbourhood (Modena).
Using Corpus-Linguistics to understand Jihadist propaganda.
Using language-analysis to evaluate how industrial poles promoted themselves.