Roberta PIAZZA

Roberta Piazza, PhD in Education, is Full Professor of Education at the University of Catania, Department of Science of Education. She teaches Community education, Adult education, and Educational planning (master level)

She is director of the University Research Centre on Community Engagement - CURE (Community University Research Engagement) and member of the scientific committee of RUIAP (Network of Italian Universities for Lifelong Learning) (https://www.ruiap.it/). She was vice-Rector for Continuing education and lifelong learning (2017-2019). 

Associate director in Europe of PASCAL Observatory (Place management, Social Capital and Learning Region, www.pascalobservatory.org) (from 2014), she is also European Network Coordinator of the Research Network 4 "National Strategies for Lifelong Learning" dell’ASEM Education and Research Hub for Lifelong Learning (ASEM LLL Hub) (http://asemlllhub.org/researchnetworks/nationalstrategies/rn4members/). She has participated in several EU-funded projects on learning city, lifelong learning, lifelong guidance, recognition of prior learning, apprenticeship, teacher training.

Appointed as quality assurance evaluator on a national level for undergraduate and post graduate programs by the National Agency of University Evaluation, she was scientific referee for the recognition of competences in continuing education courses funded by National Trade Unions and chair of University Committee for Validation of competences.

Expert Peer Reviewers for Italian Scientific Evaluation (RePRISE), she is a rewierer and member of the SH3 Panel for the European Commission (ERC 2020, 2021). She was an external examiner for the Postgraduate Diploma in Education programme (2018-2020, 2020-2022) at the Education University of Hong Kong.