About

I am a proactive, driven and sensitive woman. A PhD candidate in Geography, investigating territorial policies in relation to the phenomenon of remote work, at the University of Salento. I completed a School of Management at Royal Holloway and an MSc pertaining sustainable development at UCL, during which I collaborated with Beijing's Agricultural University. Most recently completing the Limes School of GeoPolitics in Italy. Previously I worked in both the private and public sectors, gathering international work experience in Malaysia, Singapore, Italy and England. I performed several and varied roles, amongst which: CSR analysts in the Humanitarian and Energy sector, Business Operations Manager in the FMCG sector and a Geography teaher in the European High School. I chose to get back into Higher Education in 2021 to investigate potential solutions to bridging EU's north-south divide. This intent was driven by the fact that in 2018 I was elected local councilor (position held for 5 years, ended last month) in Brindisi, Puglia - the town in which I was raised - where incrising depopulation and unemployment eagered my quest to find links between technology, sustainble development and EU's southern regions. I am conducting my research within the 'Human and Social Sciences in memoria di Giulio Regeni ricercatore' doctoral program in Università del Salento and as of next month I will start a visiting in the Universidad de Barcelona's 'Geography, Territorial Planning and Environmental Management' doctoral program.