Dr. Valentina Nerino

Postdoctoral Researcher & Lecturer

Pronouns: she/her

Telefon
+41 31 684 65 83
E-Mail
valentina.nerino@unibe.ch
Büro
142
Postadresse
IZFG
Mittelstrasse 43
3012 Bern
Sprechstunde
upon request
Präsenzzeiten
Monday – Thursday

Present work

I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Interdisciplinary Center for Gender Studies (ICFG), University of Bern (Switzerland), where I am currently working on the Horizon Europe project titled "UNTWIST: Policy recommendations to regain ‘losers of feminism’ as mainstream voters". In collaboration with other members of the consortium, I investigate the role of gender in the narratives and mobilization of far-right groups across Europe. Overall, my research agenda spans a range of topics, including online political communication, propaganda, issue framing, identity, and their intersections with decision-making. In my Ph.D. project, I delved into the mechanisms driving the proliferation of political propaganda on social media, with the ultimate aim of identifying the social and cognitive factors that contribute to the likelihood of social media users sharing such content online. 

Brief profile

  • Scholar of political sociology, communication studies, and behavioral sciences
  • Dr. (Ph.D in Sociology and Social Research, 2023)
  • MSc. Political Sociology, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), U.K., 2015 – 2016 
  • Ph.D. Sociology and Social Research, University of Trento, Italy, 2018 – 2023 
  • Ph.D. Dissertation title “Understanding Persuasive Communication: The Role of Heuristic Thinking, Context, and Debiasing in the Evaluation of Online Political Information” – defended on July 19th, 2023 
  • at IZFG since April 2023

Focus areas

Thematic focus

  • Political communication 
  • Online media and social networking platforms 
  • Anti-feminist narratives and movements 
  • Collective identity/ies formation and consolidation 
  • Information processing and decision making  

Methodological focuses

  • Experimental design 
  • Factorial surveys  
  • Text and content analysis  
  • Mixed-methods 

Memberships

  • ECPR Standing Group on Internet and Politics (2019 – on going)  
  • ECPR Standing Group on Political Communication (2019 – on going)  
  • ECPR Standing Group on Political Psychology (2020 – on going)  
  • ECPR Standing Group on Politics and Technology (2020 – on going) 
  • ECPR Standing Group on Politics and Gender (2023 – ongoing) 
  • SISP Standing Group on Gender and Politics (2023 – ongoing) 

Teaching

  • Teaching Assistant – Quantitative Research Methods University of Trento, Italy 
    Sep. 2020 – Jan. 2021 
    Degree Program: BSc in Sociology and Social Research 

  • Teaching Assistant – Social Network Analysis, Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis, UK  
    Jul. – Aug. 2019  
    Course: Advanced Social Network Analysis - Statistical Analysis for Cross-sectional and Longitudinal Social Network Analysis course