Assunta Viteritti

Assunta Viteritti is a Full Professor at the Department of Social and Economic Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, specializing in the Sociology of Education and Social Studies of Science and Technology. Her research focuses on processes of change in educational systems, the social construction of science and technology, gender dynamics in STEM fields, and the interplay between education and professional skills.

• Department: Department of Social and Economic Sciences
• University: Sapienza University of Rome

Her work explores the sociomaterial dimensions of learning, emphasizing how bodies, technologies, and networks shape educational practices. She has coordinated major research units like STILe and served as Editor-in-Chief of Scuola Democratica. Recent projects address interdisciplinarity in education, pandemic impacts on social sciences, and digital transformation in universities.

Scientific awards and roles include leading national research grants (2020, 2018, 2016), organizing conferences, and publishing extensively in top-tier journals. She has edited volumes on gender stereotypes in scientific fields and digital interferences in education.

Her publications, such as Scienza in Formazione (2012) and contributions to Tecnoscienza, examine how materiality and non-human agency influence pedagogy. She also co-edited The academic profession in the making (2020), analyzing teaching innovation and digital challenges in higher education.