Research: Reviewing Environmental Drivers of Internal Migration in Sub-Saharan Africa
CURRICULUM Demography
PhD student in the School of Statistical Sciences, Demography curriculum, at La Sapienza University, I am currently attending the European Doctoral School of Demography (EDSD), an international advanced training programme promoted by EAPS (European Association for Population Studies).
I graduated with honours in Public Administration and Policy (LM-63) from Roma Tre University, with an experimental thesis entitled “Nightlife and youth aggregation in Rome's 8th Municipality: a multidimensional analysis”. I deal with contemporary demographic and social transitions, with a particular focus on forms of youth sociality, territorial dynamics and the evaluation of public policies.
At the same university, I previously obtained a degree in Political Science and International Relations (L-36), discussing a thesis in Political Sociology entitled "The transformations of capitalism with respect to the two most important current systemic challenges: digitalisation and ecological transition", dedicated to the analysis of digital and ecological transition as tools through which contemporary capitalism renews and legitimises itself, reproducing itself in new forms.
I have gained experience in university research, coordinating teaching activities and organising social projects and initiatives. These include academic research as part of a PRIN project on political communication (“Framing visual politics in the platform society: The case of the Italian electoral campaign”), coordinating tutors for students with disabilities and SLDs, and collaborating with civil society organisations (Oxfam Italia) and university laboratories (Transport Research Lab).
I have had two Erasmus experiences — at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul and the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela — which have strengthened my ability to adapt and consolidated my operational autonomy in different academic and cultural contexts, also contributing to the development of my language skills. I speak Italian (native language), English, Spanish and Portuguese.
I am an assertive and patient person, with a natural predisposition for listening, problem solving and cooperation. I continue to cultivate a strong passion for politics and sociology, maintaining a curious and open mind towards what I do not know. My goal is to contribute to producing knowledge that is useful for understanding and eliminating the structural inequalities that affect our society.
Currently, while continuing to develop my master’s research on youth sociality and intergenerational inequalities in urban areas, I have also begun working on the international MAPS project — Migration and Displacement Action Plan for Sub-Saharan Africa. In this project, I am focusing in particular on internal migration in ten Sub-Saharan African countries, with a special focus on the role of climate change and environmental factors in determining these migratory dynamics.