PhD Fellows XXXIX Cycle

PhD fellowsSupervisors Co-supervisors
Arianna BienatiGabriele Pallotti
(Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia)
Jennifer-Carmen Frey
(Eurac Research)
Erica BiaginiChiara Bertolini 
(Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia)
Alison Clark
(University of South-Eastern Norway)
Laura BerniDaniel Wilson
(University of Oxford)
Stefania BettuzziLiliana Silva
(Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia)
Zini Andrea
(Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia)
Francesco CagninCarla Bagnoli
(Unimore, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei)
Federica Malfatti
(Universität Innsbruck)
Rossella FalcianiAntonio Gariboldi (Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia)Antonella Pugnaghi
(Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia) 

Paola Damiani
(Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia) 
Lisa May Moulton GoddardMara Krechevsky
(Harvard Project Zero)
Benedetta MelloniCarola Suarez-Orozco
(Harvard)
Leticia Munhoz VellozoAline Sommerhalder
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos)

Antonio Gariboldi
(Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia)
Sergio PassananteFranca Zuccoli
(Università di Milano-Bicocca)
Francesca Ervas
(Università di Cagliari)

Raquel Barata
(Lisbon Botanical Garden)
Davide PerrottaGabriele Pallotti
(Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia)
Hamed YaghmaeianReza Sheikh
(University of Tehran)
Roberta Mineo
(Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia)

PhD Fellows XXXVIII Cycle

PhD fellows  Supervisors Co-supervisors
Letizia Capelli Chiara Bertolini
(Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia)
Francesco CarloniTim Zumhof
(University of Trier)
Andrea Mariuzzo
(Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia)
Eloise Drure Majlinda Gjelaj
(University of Prishtina)
Cristian Fabbi
(Presidente di Reggio Children SRL)
Annalisa LiuzziIngrid Pustijanac
(Università degli studi di Pavia)
Carla Cuomo
(Università di Bologna)
Chiara MuzziAntonio Gariboldi
(Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia)
Beate Christine Weyland 
(Università di Bolzano)
Susanna Stagnini Annamaria Contini
(Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia)
Andrea Tinterri
(Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia)
Matilde Teggi Ilaria Filograsso
(Università degli studi “Gabriele d’Annunzio” Chieti-Pescara)
James Bradburne
(Accademia di Brera)

PhD Fellows XXXVII Cycle

PhD fellows  Supervisors Co-supervisorsThesis titles
Kayina AbudurexitiLaura Franchin
(Università degli studi di Trento)
Massimo Stella
(Università degli Studi di Trento)
Investigation of character strengths in early childhood
Fatimah AlyamiAli Ashour Al-Jaffar
(College of Education Kuniv)
On Becoming A Better Ateliersta: An Autoethnographic Inquiry
Rosa BuonannoMonica Guerra
(Università degli studi di Milano-Bicocca)
Beate Christine Weyland
(Università di Bolzano)
An ecosystem in the classroom: The environment as a co-builder of dialogue between Nature and culture.
Jennifer CoeErik Fooladi (Volda
University College)
Paola Cavazzoni
(Reggio Children and Pause)
Broadening the debate around the culture of taste and food education: investigating Reggio Approach food ateliers
Francesca D’AlessandrisAnnamaria Contini
(Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia)
Massimiliano Tarozzi
(Università di Bologna)
Children and the Infinity. A Phenomenological-Grounded Research on the Sublime in Learning Processes and Pre-School Education
Eloisa Di RoccoVeronica Pacini Ketchabaw
(University of Western Ontario)
Roberta Mineo (Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia)Toward a model of sustainability education: Comparative analysis of some educational experiences
Marco IoriMaria Chiara Michelini
(Università degli studi di Urbino)
Lavinia Bianchi
(Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia)
Reflecting together on values: An indispensable global competence.
Piera MarescaPaola Dusi
(Università degli studi di Verona)
Not one less: Building renewed school-family co-responsibility in primary school as a tool to counter educational poverty. A dialogue in two voices towards the design of a New Charter of Rights and Duties of the Educating Community.
Frashia NdunguLaura Sigad
(Oranim College of Education)
Roberta Mineo (Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia)
Exploring the Experiences of Young Carers in Murang’a County

PhD Fellows XXXVI Cycle

PhD fellows  Supervisors Co-supervisorsThesis titles
Camilla CantadoriLaia Mogas-Soldevila (University of Pennsylvania)Giulio Ceppi (Politecnico di Milano)
Fiorenzo Omenetto (University of Tufts)
Living Learning Environments: Lifelong Education for a Sustainable Future
Marcella ColacinoAntonia Liguori (Teesside University) James Bradburne (Accademia di Brera)Evaluating Museum Inclusion as Education for Complexity
Valeria FarinacciJames Bradburne (Accademia di Brera)Elisa Perego (Università degli studi di Trieste)The Impact of Retranslation on Museum Interaction: Results from the Pinacoteca di Brera
Werther GianniniAlessandro Bortolotti (Università di Bologna)Mike Brown (Auckland University of Technology)Adventurers’ adventures as a spark to resume experiential
activities in places where human activities are sustainable and in defense of biodiversity.
Agathe Francine GilletLia Karsten (University of Amsterdam)The Influence of Parenting Practices in France and Italy on Children’s Independent Mobility (CIM) and Its Effects on Spatial Knowledge
Massimiliano MassimelliSamuel Ronfard (University of Toronto)Paul Harris (Harvard University)The Role of the Reggio Emilia
Educational Experience in Children’s Thinking about
Learning.
Cristiana PrestianniAnnamaria Contini (Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia) Luisa Zecca (Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca)Creativity and aesthetic experience.
Crossings from the Reggio Emilia Approach to the Widespread School for New
learning/teaching.
Faustino RizzoPaola Milani (Università di Padova)
Marcelle Padovanì (journalist)Challenges and perspectives in the protection of the rights
of children in mafia contexts.
Giulia TucciLuca Aversano (Università di Roma Tre)Mauro Casadei Turroni Monti (Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia)The Music High School in the Educational Pathway: Historical Identity, Challenges, and Perspectives
Esther Miriam Van Der Walt Gayle Letherby (University of Plymouth)On being a parent: a social construction

PhD Fellows XXXV Cycle

PhD fellows Supervisors Co-supervisorsThesis titles
Enrico Barbetti James Bradburne (Pinacoteca di Brera)Federico Montanari (Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia)Sociosemiotics and visual arts education.
Between the training of practitioners and the description of meaning.
Pierina Giovanna Bertoglio Annamaria Contini
(Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia)
Franca Zuccoli
(Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca)
Tools and opportunities for the development of imaginative thinking, disciplinary knowledge, and active citizenship skills.
Daniela Caserta  Lianne Hoogeveen (University of Radboud)Marina Santi
(Università di Padova)
Eleonora Zorzi
(Università di Padova)
Giftedness: Making
Room in the Italian Classroom.
Barbara DonniciMitchel Resnick
(MIT Media Lab Boston)
Matteo Rinaldini
(Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia)
A playful approach to learning in education. How and when do educators shift their
ways of thinking about learning.
Annamaria GentileRoberta Cardarello (Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia) Chiara Bertolini
(Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia)
Learning to learn in childhood: an
exploratory research on the conceptions and educational practices
oh preschool teachers in Italy.
Carmela GesmundoSusanna Pietralunga 
(Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia)
Antonio Gariboldi
(Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia)
How to design, within the prison, suitable environments to
support the quality of encounters between incarcerated parents
and children.
Sofya Komarova Franca Garzotto (Politecnico di Milano)        Smart Multisensory Environment fostering diverse children’s well-being.
Laura LandiChiara Bertolini
(Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia)
Rita Bertozzi
(Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia)
Mauro Bonaretti (municipality of Reggio Emilia)
Supporting innovation
in evaluation to change teaching methods.
Deborah SteelCarla Rinaldi
(President of Fondazione Reggio Children)
Harold Valdemar Göthson
(Reggio Emilia Institutet)
The Reggio Emilia Approach and the inclusion of the superdiverse child.