Chiara Giaccardi

Chiara Giaccardi graduated in Philosophy and holds a PhD in Social Sciences from the University of Kent (UK). She is Professor of Sociology and Anthropology of Communication at the Università Cattolica in Milan, where she also serves as editor-in-chief of the journal Comunicazioni Sociali. Her research focuses on the notion of social generativity as a framework for critiquing capitalism and promoting social change. Her books include La comunicazione interculturale nell’era digitale (Il Mulino, 2025), and, co-authored with Mauro Magatti, Generativi di tutto il mondo unitevi! (Feltrinelli, 2014), Supersocietà (Il Mulino, 2023), and Generare libertà (Il Mulino, 2024).