Giorgia Scuderi is a political scientist with a MA´s degree in human rights. She is pursuing a PhD at the Department of Educational Antropology and Educational Psychology at Aarhus University.
Prior to joining the PARTICIPATE project and commencing her PhD at Aarhus University, she worked as a European project manager for an Italian NGO focused on promoting educational innovation, participation, and growth. Specifically, she oversaw the implementation of Erasmus+ projects, conducting research and producing tools and resources to enhance the school educational system and foster safer, more inclusive school communities.
In her work, she addressed various topics, including early school leaving, digitalization, career and life counseling, emotional, social, and digital well-being, diversity, inclusion, bullying, and online bullying.
Ms. Scuderi has both received and delivered training in creative techniques such as storytelling, Symbol work, Folk tales work, and Theatre of the Oppressed.
She has gained extensive experience in networking, project writing, and organizing events such as conferences, workshops, and training sessions, primarily targeting school communities, social workers, and individuals with migrant backgrounds.
During her MA degree in human rights, Ms. Scuderi was selected to attend a winter school in Kathmandu, providing in-class and onsite training in Microfinance. Additionally, she participated in fieldwork, where she had the opportunity to observe, learn, and discuss the economic and educational challenges of remote areas in Nepal.
Finally, she wrote an award-winning master's degree thesis on humanitarian corridors in the emergency context of the Syrian conflict. With the prize money, she funded a trip to Ghana, where she spent three months working as a volunteer teacher in a primary and vocational school, conducting social research and writing projects for the social and economic development of the Nkwanta North District area.
Ms. Scuderi is currently pursuing a PhD with her research project title "Young people and parents negotiating and policing gender thorugh online bullying".
The study aims to shed light on the complex and multifaceted dynamics of online bullying, analyzing gender as part of such behavior , and how it contributes in shaping identities and communities.
The research is conducted involving young people aged between 11 and 15 years old, their parents and/or carers, and teachers in Demark and in Sicily (Italy).
Drawing on the work of scholars who engaged with art-based research, she is employing various artistic practices in my ethnographic work, including drawings, Boal´s Theatre of the Oppressed exercises, and storytelling as main approach.
