Giovannipaolo FerrariResearch and projects
Research areas, funded programmes, laboratories and public engagement. Each item links to the institutional record or the project’s official website whenever available.
Research as a rigorous, comparative and public practice: a Global Sociology that interprets social change across worlds and returns knowledge to communities.
Digital methods, artificial intelligence, platforms, social media, data visualisation and changing professions.
Sport policy, disability, inclusion, sport professions, digital culture and representations of athletes.
Comparative health systems, AI governance in welfare, public policy and inequality.
Action research, civic participation, environmental movements and the shared production of knowledge.
National and European programmes bringing together research, teaching and public impact.
Scientific lead, DISUFF — University of Salerno
Researcher, digital-education expert and lecturer; MUR / PNRR project
Scientific coordination: public sociology, digital citizenship and civic participation in Campania
Editorial team, Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Module, European Commission
Researcher: Paralympic sport, media representations and disability stigma
Scientific coordination and research, DISUFF
Postdoctoral research on epistemology, the pandemic and data visualisation
Researcher, DISPS — University of Salerno
Scientific lead, RAI / Dalian University of Foreign Languages
Scientific coordination and research, Salerno–Montpellier Vinci Programme
Researcher, University of Salerno
Principal investigator, Sapri / UNISA / S9 Social District
Expert in a European project
Principal investigator, Campania Region
Research extends to public spaces for discussion, Southern cultures and the return of knowledge to local communities. Founder, artistic director and scientific lead of Meridies—Festival of Southern Cultures; president and scientific director of the Giovanni Ferrari Association; director of the series ‘Meridies. Studies and Research in the Social Sciences’.