Petra Mazzoni

Petra Mazzoni is a Ph.D. student in Science of Communication at the University of Italian Switzerland (USI), affiliated with the Institute of Media and Journalism (IMeG) under the Faculty of Communication, Culture and Society. She also works as a researcher at the Media and MINT Laboratory (MEM) and the Competence Centre for Innovation and Research on Education Systems (CIRSE) at the University of Applied Sciences of Southern Switzerland (DFA), and serves as a lecturer for multiple courses.

Research Interests: Petra focuses on:

• Media use across age groups (via projects like SWIPE, MIKE, JAMES)
• Media concentration (Global Media and Internet Concentration Project)
• Artificial intelligence in journalism
• Competencies assessment in education systems (PISA, VeCoF, ROSE)

Teaching: Lecturer at DFA for Bachelor's courses (“Education Science Module V”, “Media Education”) and Master's courses (“Media and Technology Education”, “Digital Education”).

Organizational Roles: Social Media Manager at USI’s ITDxC (2018–2023), coordinator for ECREA conferences, and participant in Locarno Film Festival’s Movie & Media Labs.

Contact: petra.mazzoni@usi.ch | +41 58 666 4554 | Black Building, Office P107, Lugano.