Senior researcher at SUPSI University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, Department for Environment Constructions and Design, Institute of Design, since 2013. Wikidata:Q117275061
Coordinator of Ecomuseo delle Grigne Grigne, since 2008. Volunteer. Wikidata:Q17629229
Institutional responsibilities at SUPSI
Board member, SUPSI, 2020-2024.
Head of research for “Culture and Territory” area at the Laboratory of visual culture, SUPSI, since 2017.
Consultant for Open Science, Research and innovation Services, 2019-2022.
Member of the research axe 7 “The role of arts in life and well-being of citizens and their communities”.
Member of the Competence centre for Cooperation and Development.
Membership in panels and boards
Member of the Sounding Board Researchers (SBR) of the Swiss National Open Research Data Strategy and Action Plan, since 2022.
Representative of citizens for education in the Technical Committee of Repubblica Digitale, Italian Ministry for the technological innovation and digital transition (Ministero per l’innovazione tecnologica e la transizione digitale, rappresentante delle associazioni dei cittadini nel Comitato Tecnico Guida di Repubblica Digitale – primo asse di intervento della Strategia Nazionale per le competenze digitali – istruzione e formazione superiore), since 2022.
Chair of the international committee of the Wikipedia world conferences, since 2017. Volunteer.
Representative of SUPSI in the consortium DARIAH-CH, Swiss national affiliate of DARIAH Digital research infrastructure for the arts and humanities, since 2023.
Scientific committee, Research centre for the radio | Usmaradio (CRIR), Università degli studi della Repubblica di San Marino, since 2021. Wikidata:Q66614469
Member ACASA-Art Council African Studies Association, since 2007. Member of the working group CCRBP Making North American African Art Collections Accessible & Visible Subcommittee, since 2022. Wikidata:Q117287304
Substitute member for Switzerland for the COST ACTION SEADDA Saving European Archaeology from the Digital Dark Age, since 2019. Wikidata:Q117287585
Member of the Network of the Ecomuseums of Lombardy Region (Rete degli Ecomusei della Lombardia), since 2010.
Scientific committee, Africa e Mediterraneo, Bologna, Italy, January 2007-2020. Wikidata:Q3606233
International Jury, Wiki Loves Monuments, 2014.
Consultant, Prince Claus Fund for Culture and Development, Amsterdam, 2008-2013. Wikidata:Q2561137
Advisory Board, Kunstverein Foundation of contemporary art, Amsterdam and Milano, 2009-2011. Wikidata:Q117287530
Member of the group OpenGLAM promoted by opendata.ch, since 2020. Wikidata:Q108945201
Member of Wikimedia Italy, since 2009; member of the board of guarantors (Collegio dei garanti) 2016-2019; chair of the association since 2020. Wikidata:Q15136611
Founding member Wiki in Africa and member of the board, since 2016; in 2016-2017 Chair. Wikidata:Q82020264
Member of the Swiss society for African studies, since 2014. Wikidata:Q117287502
Member of Association for African studies in Italy / ASAI Associazione per gli studi africani in Italia, since 2012. Wikidata:Q113494803
Member ACASA-Art Council African Studies Association, since 2007. Member of the working group CCRBP Making North American African Art Collections Accessible & Visible Subcommittee, since 2022. Wikidata:Q117287304
Member of the association Amici del Museo delle Grigne Onlus, since 1990. Wikidata:Q19900592
Past Affiliations
Scientific director, Moleskine Foundation – former lettera27 Foundation (2007-). Wikidata:Q15884541
Strategic consultant, Africa Centre, Cape Town and StellenboschSouth Africa, 2006-2008. Wikidata:Q3606224
Founder and board member, iStrike Foundation, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2005-2008. Wikidata:Q117287062
Consultant, doual’art, Douala, Cameroon, January 2005 – April 2007. Volunteer. Wikidata:Q1051789
Collaborator, Multiplicity Research Agency, Milan, Italy, June 2004 – 2005. Volunteer.
Researcher, Africa e Mediterraneo, Sasso Marconi, Bologna, Italy, 2002-2006. Wikidata:Q3606233
Credit Suisse Award for Best Teaching for the pilot applied research project Case-based communication of research for education (second place), 2017.
Melvin Jones Fellow for dedicated humanitarian services, Lions Club International Foundation, 2017.
Sodalitas Social Award 2016 for Wikimania Esino Lario- Elmec for the Multi-Stakeholders commitment
Prize FamilyWork 2010 by Lombardy Region and the Catholic University of Milan for the project “Esino Lario family and child-friendly.
Prize Wikimedia Italia 2009 for the use of open license on the Pietro Pensa Archive and contribution to the Wikimedia projects.
Prize Emerging Talents, Strozzina Foundation 2009 for the artwork of Rossella Biscotti commissioned and produced by the Associazione Amici del Museo delle Grigne.
Mondriaan Foundation Visitors Program for foreign experts 2005.
Foundation Banca del Monte di Lombardia, Progetto Professionalità 2005.