I DAY - 26 FEBRUARY 2026
9:00 - 9:30 > AULA MAGNA
REGISTRATION AND INSTITUTIONAL GREETINGS
9:30 - 10:30
Chair conference: Stefania CAPOGNA
Link Campus University
Rector: Carlo Alberto GIUSTI
Link Campus University
Rector’s Delegate: Emilio GRECO
Link Campus University
ESA Board: Michela FRANCESCHELLI
Associate Professor of Sociology, UCL – ESA Chair of the Council of Research Networks
ESA RN24 Previous coordinator: Ana DELICADO
University of Lisbon
AIS EDU: Maurizio MERICO
University of Salerno
AIS TSTS: Francesco ANTONELLI
Roma Tre University
10:00 - 10:15 PROGRAM PRESENTATION
Melissa SESSA
CNR - IRPI
10:15 - 11:15 > AULA MAGNA
GENERATIVE AI AND THE SOCIAL OF SCHOLARSHIP
Keynote speaker: Ella McPHERSON
Queens' College, Department of Sociology - Deputy Head of Cambridge’s School of the Humanities and Social Sciences
11:15 - 11:30 | break
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11:30 - 13:30
PARALLEL SESSION I
I PANEL: AI IN EDUCATION > AULA MAGNA
II PANEL: AI & GOVERNANCE > ANTICA BIBLIOTECA
13:30 - 14:30 | lunch
14:30 - 15:30 > AULA MAGNA
WHEN AI MEETS EDUCATION: NAVIGATING PROMISE, PERIL, AND SYSTEMIC CHANGE
Keynote speaker: Francesca POZZI
Director of the Institute for Educational Technologies of the National Research Council
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15:30 - 17:30
PARALLEL SESSION II
III PANEL: AI RESEARCH AND ACADEMIC ISSUES > AULA MAGNA
IV PANEL: AI IN EDUCATION > ANTICA BIBLIOTECA
17:30 | Closure
19:15 | Social Dinner
II DAY - 27 FEBRUARY 2026
9:00 - 9:30 > AULA MAGNA
REGISTRATION
Introduce e modera: Stefania CAPOGNA
Link Campus University
9:30 - 10:30 > AULA MAGNA
TRANSFORMING GENDER EQUALITY AND INCLUSION IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN IRELAND
Keynote speaker: Bernadette BRERETON
Dundalk Institute of Technology - ESA Chair of the Council of Research Networks
10:30 - 11:45 | break
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10:45 - 12:45
PARALLEL SESSION III
V PANEL: AI IN EDUCATION > AULA MAGNA
VI PANEL: AI AND PEOPLE AND CITIZENSHIP > AULA B
VII PANEL: AI AND HEALTH INCLUSION > AULA C
12:45 - 13:45 | lunch
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13:45 - 15:45
PARALLEL SESSION IV
VIII PANEL: AI & WORK > AULA MAGNA
IX PANEL: AI IN EDUCATION > AULA B
X PANEL: AI AND PEOPLE AND CITIZENSHIP > AULA C
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15:45 - 17:45
PHD SESSION
PHD PANEL > AULA MAGNA
18:00 | Closure
SCIENTIFIC COMMITEE
Gonçalo Marques Barbosa, University of Porto
Stefania Capogna, Link Campus University
Romina Gurashi, Link Campus University
Roberta Iannone, Sapienza University
Melissa Sessa, CNR - IRPI
ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Federica Cagnoli, PhD Representative, Board Member, ESA RN24
Elisa Pistone, DITES research center, Link Campus University
Gianluca Senatore, Sapienza University
Ilaria Iannuzzi, Unitelma Sapienza
Giorgia Elisa CAFIERO, Sapienza University
Tiziano Censi, Leoniano Theological Institute
Nicholas Pietropaolo, Sapienza University
Caterina Petrocchi, Sapienza University
Francesco Pietroniro, Sapienza University
Nicolò Santone, University of L'Aquila
FOR FURTHER DETAILS:
rn24.sstnet@gmail.com; dites.progetti@unilink.it