Giovanna Comerio

Giovanna Comerio is a Lecturer in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education at the University of Nottingham, leading the 'Practitioner Inquiry' module in the PgCert Teaching in Higher Education. She is affiliated with the Pedagogy Research and Innovation Group. Her expertise includes transnational education, teacher identity, and the pedagogical use of GenAI.

Education: EdD in Education from the University of Nottingham (2022), Master's in Teaching Italian to Foreigners from Università Ca' Foscari (2005), and a Bachelor of Arts (1996).

Research focuses on transnational education contexts, Chinese students' learning experiences, and teacher agency. She has contributed to the UN Sustainable Development Goal on Education. Key publications explore teacher excellence, student adaptation in overseas campuses, and language learning autonomy in China-based universities.

Awarded Senior Fellow status by Advance Higher Education (2016). Her work emphasizes pastoral care, pedagogical innovation, and GenAI integration in education.