About me
I am a dual national by birth (British-Italian) and a naturalized Senegalese citizen. Nomadic spirit, I have lived and worked in different European, African and Asian countries. Since 2009, I am based in the Netherlands. I have two beautiful children and in my spare time I love meeting people from different walks of life, am a keen Instagram user, enjoy swimming, outdoor hiking and biking, and listening to (live!) music.
About my work
I have a passion for collaborative work with people from different scientific disciplines and professional fields. Ethnography is my core research method, which I use to uncover people's voices where they tend to go unheard. I believe in anthropology that is theoretically sound, understandable and relevant for those I collaborate with in my research.
In my work, I have a keen interest for issues of power, knowledge, decision-making, representation, equity and social justice. I currently research these issues in healthcare. In my latest research, I support Dutch university hospitals to make explicit some of the invisible dimensions of interdisciplinary (team)work among healthcare professionals. Good care is often quantified through protocols, checklists, and technology. Ethnography helps qualify it, which is essential to co-create more resilient healthcare solutions and services.
Relatively new to healthcare research, I have spent many years ethnographically researching humanitarianism, development, migration and its governance. In these fields, I have extensive experience working at the crossroads between academia and practice. I have conducted research-based assignments for the European Commission, United Nations, intergovernmental agencies, NGOs and industry companies.
I have held positions at universities in Italy (Milan-Bicocca), Senegal (IFAN), the UK (LSE, Goldsmiths), and the Netherlands (Erasmus-ISS, VU Amsterdam). Prior to my academic career, I was an international development practitioner in Sub-Saharan Africa and South-East Asia, where I managed projects, mainly in healthcare.
In my work, I have a keen interest for issues of power, knowledge, decision-making, representation, equity and social justice. I currently research these issues in healthcare. In my latest research, I support Dutch university hospitals to make explicit some of the invisible dimensions of interdisciplinary (team)work among healthcare professionals. Good care is often quantified through protocols, checklists, and technology. Ethnography helps qualify it, which is essential to co-create more resilient healthcare solutions and services.
Relatively new to healthcare research, I have spent many years ethnographically researching humanitarianism, development, migration and its governance. In these fields, I have extensive experience working at the crossroads between academia and practice. I have conducted research-based assignments for the European Commission, United Nations, intergovernmental agencies, NGOs and industry companies.
I have held positions at universities in Italy (Milan-Bicocca), Senegal (IFAN), the UK (LSE, Goldsmiths), and the Netherlands (Erasmus-ISS, VU Amsterdam). Prior to my academic career, I was an international development practitioner in Sub-Saharan Africa and South-East Asia, where I managed projects, mainly in healthcare.
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