Stefano coordinates the work of the Research and Analytics team. He holds a Master's in Natural Sciences from the University of Bologna and a Ph.D. in Social and Cultural Anthropology from Indiana University – Bloomington. He conducts applied research and analytics in co-participation with stakeholders – the goal being the co-identification of data, its use to produce actionable knowledge and the establishment of cyclical analytic-to-action practices. Building on social science frameworks, his approach has progressively integrated knowledge from a variety of academic disciplines and practices: institutional analysis and development, participatory action research, statistics, qualitative analysis, and learning analytics.