Talks and Teaching
Talks and Conferences
April 30, 2024 - “Understanding Disinformation Online, Impact and response” - World Press Freedom Day 2024 (Santiago, Chile)
January 21, 2024 - “Beyond Disinformation: Strengthening our societies against. Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference” - Round table - European External Action Service
March 16, 2023 - “Countering disinformation - Not only a State role” - Panel, Side event, UN Human Rights Council (Geneva)
March 9, 2023 - “Trust, Truth, & Influence in the Digital Age - Panel, Italian Embassy in DC
March 7, 2023 - “Disinformation on Wikipedia: an example in community-led information sharing” - Invited talk, University of Michigan
February 27, 2023 - “Neo-fascists & new technologies: how propaganda is going digital.” - Invited talk, Columbia University
February 23, 2023 - “Community-organized information sharing: An antidote to disinformation?” - Invited talk, Duke University
February 16, 2023 - “Tracking propaganda narratives in media - Algorithms, classifications, and building key analysis entities” - Invited talk, Media Futures, Luiss DataLab
February 10, 2023 - “Open stakeholders consultations for the UN Global Digital Compact” - Consultations input, United Nations
June 14, 2022 - “Rome Foreign Policy Club: Gruppo di riflessione strategica su Italia, multilateralismo e nuove sfide” - Roundtable, Ministero degli Affari Esteri/ European Council on Foreign Relations
March 15, 2022 - “Disinformation and geopolitics: an old tool for a new world” - Invited talk, University of Tor Vergata
March 10, 2022 - “Sfide tecnologiche e Connettività nel 2022: quale ruolo per l’UE” - Roundtable, European Council on Foreign Relations
December 7, 2021 - “Practical responses to disinformation” - Lecture, Africa Open Data Collaboratives
November 8, 2021 - “Neo-fascists & new technologies: how propaganda is going digital” - Lecture, Columbia University
October 20, 2021 - “May Democracy survive to technology?” Invited talk, Festival della Diplomazia
October 19, 2021 - “Big data and the dictatorship of Algorithms.” Invited talk, Festival della Diplomazia
October 18, 2021 - “Cyber superpower Players and Internet Global and European Governance” Invited talk, Festival della Diplomazia
September 27, 2021 - “The AI times: the application of Artificial Intelligence to Journalism” Invited workshop, Media Futures AI, Luiss University
June 30, 2021 - “Information Operations: Public and Private responses to Disinformation and Cybersecurity Threats.” Host and roundtable moderation. Luiss University
May 15, 2021 - “Otherside//Europe. A transatlantic roundtable on human mobility.” Invited talk, Otherside//Europe in collaboration with IOM. Columbia University, Committee on Forced Migrations and Studio Europa Maastricht
April 21, 2021 - “The role of online platforms, the case of Wikipedia” Disinfo observatory closing event - Countering disinformation: strategies, policies, research. European Disinformation Observatory
March 26, 2021 - “Winning Likes and Minds: Creative responses to the international struggle over information.” Invited talk American Society of International Law Annual Meeting
March 17, 2021 - “Practicing Trustworthy AI - Case Studies from Frontline Workers.” Invited talk, Mozilla Festival
February 25, 2021 - “Rebuilding trust.” Invited talk, Luiss University
February 25, 2021 - “Anti-disinformation on Wikipedia. Defending knowledge integrity.” Invited talk, University of Michigan
November 11, 2020 - “Understanding Misinformation on Social Media: How to spot it, what to do.” Invited talk, Africa Digital Skills Conference
July 4, 2020 - with Irene V. Pasquetto, “Mis- and disinformation for journalists.” Invited talk, Luiss University, Master of Journalism
March 10, 2020 - with Irene V. Pasquetto, “Hate Speech on Social Media: A European Case.” Invited talk, Harvard University - Center for European Studies
March 9, 2020 - Lecture on Misinformation during the course Ignorance, Lies, Hogwash, and Humbug, Prof. Robichaud, Harvard University - Harvard College
February 5, 2020 - with Irene V. Pasquetto, Symposium “Misinformation, Media Manipulation, and Antisemitism,” Invited talk, Columbia University - Italian Academy for Advanced Studies
October 4, 2019 - “Comparative Approaches to Disinformation” Conference organization and panel moderation, co-hosted by Harvard Law School, Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard & Center for Digital Inclusion, University of Kansas
June 27, 2019 - “Global Green New Deals: social movements and climate emergency discussion with David Harvey,” panel moderation, People’s Forum | DiEM25
Teaching
Luiss University, Seminar on Disinformation and community led models - Spring 2025
Harvard University, Senior Teaching Assistant – Public Leadership Credential, Policy Design, and Delivery, Policy Design & Delivery: A Systematic Approach, Faculty: Michael Walton, Spring 2020
Harvard University, Teaching Assistant – Public Leadership Credential, Policy Design, and Delivery, Policy Design & Delivery: A Systematic Approach, Faculty: Michael Walton, Fall 2019
Harvard University, Teaching Assistant – Public Leadership Credential, Policy Design & Delivery: Innovation and Scaling, Faculty: Michael Walton, Fall 2019
Harvard University, Teaching Assistant – Leaders and Leadership in History, Faculty: Moshik Temkin, Fall 2018