Gabriella Punziano, PhD in Sociology and Social Research, is Assistant Professor in Sociology and Methodology, Department of Social Sciences, University of Naples Federico II where she teaches New data and new methods for communication analysis and Software for qualitative and quantitative analysis. Her research interests include: the methodology of social research, the new analytical frontiers and the challenges introduced by new data, mixed and integrated and digital perspectives; social policies and welfare regimes in relation to social inclusion, territorial cohesion and community integration; the analysis of public, institutional and political communication phenomena through innovative content analysis techniques; risk communication analysis on social and digital platforms; socioeconomic effects, individual behavior, risk governance, communication of science, and the role of expertise in the Covid-19 era.
Angela Delli Paoli graduated cum laude in 2005 with a master degree in Communication and a thesis in Social Research Methods at the University of Salerno (Italy). She received her Ph.D. in Entrepreneurship and Innovation in 2010 from the Second University of Naples (Italy). She was visiting researcher at the London Business School (UK) in 2008. She held a Postdoctoral Research Fellow position at the University of Salerno (Italy) from 2010 to 2017. She was Adjunct Professor of “Social Research Methods” and “Sociology” at the University of Salerno and of “Research Methods in Scientific Research” at the Second University of Naples. Now, she is Assistant Professor at the Department of Humanities, Philosophy and Education (University of Salerno). Author of monographic studies, several essays, book chapters and articles published in national and international academic journals, she has also teaching experience at both undergraduate, postgraduate and master levels. She participated as senior researcher and expert evaluator in several European (Horizon 2020 interim evaluation, Eurofound expert groups), national (INVALSI; Youth Department, etc.), and regional expert groups. She acts also as independent evaluator for the European Commission General Directorate for Research and Innovation and the European Commission Research Executive Agency (REA). Her current research interests are qualitative and quantitative social research methods; epistemology, online research methods, big data, netnography.