Francesca Pasquali

Francesca Pasquali serves as Full Professor at the University of Bergamo specializing in Sociology of Cultural and Communicative Processes. Her academic career spans multiple research domains at the intersection of media, culture, and society in digital environments.

Her research focuses on critical areas including:

• Sociology of Cultural Processes and Media
• Media Theory and Digital Communication
• Media and Social Imaginaries
• Media Participation and Civic Engagement
• Urban Media Studies
• Generational Differences in Media Consumption
• Media and Embodiment
• Digital and Transmedia Narrative Forms
• Social Reading Practices and Evolving Authorship Theories

Professor Pasquali has led significant research initiatives including coordination of the 2009 National Research Project (PRIN) examining Italian social networking experiences and identities. She served on the Management Committee for COST Action IS0906 'Transforming Audiences, Transforming Societies' and previously contributed to COST Action 298 on broadband society participation. Currently, she actively participates in the multi-institutional PRIN project 'Death, Dying and disposal in Italy: Attitudes, Behaviours, Beliefs, Rituals' led by Professor Asher Colombo of the University of Bologna.