Valentina Bazzarin is a clinical psychologist from the university of bologna, she now works as a freelance analyst, strategist, consultant and external expert. She has a multidisciplinary background and a transdisciplinary approach to research and data management. This, she told me, is in part because she had the fortune to study communication in a programme established by Umberto Eco. Her research interests are on data feminism and data-driven public policies.

Recently she founded ThinkTankPeriod, the first feminist think tank in Italy promoting advocacy actions and represents women as a lobby. She also teaches public and data ethics at different levels. She is part of the group of founders of the community of Open Education Italy and she is a supporter and a testimonial of several Open Education and Open Science activities. If that is not enough, Valentina produces since 2018 a weekly radio program called EcoEtico.

Valentina has a truly multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary way of thinking, knowing and working. She does so many things and I am very curious to know more about how she approaches ethical issues in the world of data and data-driven systems, as a feminist and an activist.

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Think Tank Period: "We come from different backgrounds and different cities (Bologna / Rome) but we share the desire to bridge the gender gap of our country through the drafting of new policies and with an inclusive language: feminism has taught us to think, analyze and share knowledge for the emancipation of the whole society."
Unboxing Carovana STEM, an online campus that promotes STEM subjects
Open data e risorse educative aperte (Open Data and Open Educational Resources)Experiences of Reuse Aimed to Achieve a Full Digital Citizenship Bazzarin & Martinelli https://doi.org/10.4399/97888255361645

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