Rector pro-tempore of the University of Roma Tre since 22 June 2022, he is Full Professor in the Scientific-Disciplinary Sector M-PED/01 and teaches general, social and intercultural pedagogy. From 17 December 2017 to 21 June 2022 he was Director of the Department of Educational Sciences of the University of Roma Tre, Coordinator of the Board of Department Directors and member of the Academic Senate. In the Department of Education Sciences he is also scientific coordinator of CREIFOS (Research Center on Intercultural Education and Development Training) (www.creifos.org) and Director of the II level Masters in "Intercultural Education". Since January 2021 he has been National President of the Italian Society of Pedagogy (SIPED – www.siped.it). From 2018 to 2021 he was Vice President of the National University Conference of Education Sciences (CUNSF). Previously he was Coordinator of the PhD in Pedagogy and Coordinator of the Degree Course in Educational Sciences. He is a member of the "National Observatory for the integration of foreign students and intercultural education" active at the Ministry of Education. His research interests focus mainly on social and intercultural pedagogy with particular attention to the topic of inclusion of students with a migratory background, social inequalities and dispersion. He also deals with general and social pedagogy, adult education and training, analysis of training needs, quality of training. He is the author of over 250 publications.