Simona Finetti

Simona Finetti is a Lecturer in Education at Sapienza Università di Roma and Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, specializing in the history of pedagogy and educational poverty. She holds a PhD in Educational Sciences (2022) from Università Cattolica, Milan, focusing on 'La povertà educativa: un'analisi in prospettiva pedagogica.'

Her research focuses on reconstructing the history of media education, analyzing educational poverty through interdisciplinary lenses, and exploring youth perspectives. She currently serves on editorial boards for Rivista di Storia dell’Educazione and Encyclopaideia, and is a member of CIRSE and SIPED. Recent roles include leading research on non-formal education history and contributing to the PRIN 2017 project on school memories.

• Teaching: History of Pedagogy (Sapienza), Youth Education History (Università Cattolica Piacenza)
• Research Groups: CIRSE Working Group on Educational Non-Formal History, SIPED New Sources for Educational History
• Grants: Tenure Track position (Sapienza 2025), PhD collaboration with PRIN 2017 project

Awards highlight her contributions to pedagogical scholarship, including the 2024 Italian Pedagogy Prize for her monograph and recognition for impactful youth-focused research.