Professor Giovanna Mascheroni
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Professor of Sociology of Digital Media, School of Social and Political Sciences, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
Profile
Giovanna Mascheroni, PhD in Sociology, is a sociologist of digital media, and Full Professor in the Department of Communication, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. Her work focuses on the social consequences of digital media, datafication and AI for children and young people, and families. She joined the EU Kids Online network in 2007 as the Italian team leader, and since 2023 has been its Vice-Coordinator. She is a Partner Investigator in the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child. She has worked closely with the EC, JRC, CoE, OECD and WHO on the implications of AI and social media for children's wellbeing and rights and has participated in the Special Panel for Child Safety Online convened by President Von per Leyen.
Research
Publications
- Siibak, A., Mascheroni, G. (2026). Children and AI: Changing Digital Childhoods. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Mascheroni, G. (2025). Per i bambini: le sfide di IA, algoritmi, media digitali ai diritti dell'infanzia. Milano: Mondadori.
- Mascheroni, G. & Siibak, A. (2021). Datafied Childhoods: Data Practices and Imaginaries in Children’s Lives. New York: Peter Lang.