Elisa is a research fellow at the Faculty of Informatics at the Università della Svizzera italiana, Lugano, TI (Switzerland).

Her research focuses on the effect and the role of digital technology and online communication in human activities as well as investigating the socio-technical issues encountered.

Her research falls into two main areas:
(1)    Educational technology in informal, cultural and touristic locations, as well as formal settings, K13 schools and university.
(2)    Interactive media in public spaces for enhancing the access and sharing of online information and improving the communication and subsequent appeal of a cultural site or touristic location.

 

She earned a Doctorate of Philosophy in Computer Science at the University of Florence and the Laurea (equivalent to B.Sc.+M.Sc.) in Communication Sciences at the University of Siena.

 

She has been conducted research activities since 2001 in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) field, with a focus on the theoretical, methodological and practical issues of designing New Media Technologies to support individual as well as social activity and their interaction within public and semi-public spaces.


She has been teaching classes since 2006 at the graduate and undergraduate levels, and Doctoral school – in Italy (Università di Siena and Università di Firenze), Switzerland (University of Applied Science Western Switzerland and Università della Svizzera italiana), France (Université Paris8) and Japan (Institute for Advanced Media, Arts and Sciences, IAMAS)