ABOUT US
Principal investigator:
Anna Berti Suman

Institutional webpage: https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/anna-berti-suman_en
Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8973-8436
CV, Publications, Talks: https://tinyurl.com/2d5y5m2h
Anna Berti Suman is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellow at the European Commission Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy. She is principal researcher of the project 'Sensing for Justice' aimed at exploring the potential of civic monitoring as a source of evidence for environmental litigation and as a tool to foster environmental mediation. She is Qualified Barrister, admitted to the Bar of Rome, following climate and environmental law cases at the firm 'Dini-Saltalamacchia' and at 'Systasis - Study Centre for the Prevention and Management of Environmental Conflicts', Milan. Anna obtained her PhD in 2020 after a four-year trajectory at the Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society, The Netherlands. Her PhD project aimed at investigating how civic monitoring influences the governance of environmental health risk and how the practice can be integrated within institutional models of risk governance. Anna has a background in Law from the University of Bologna and Transnational Law from the University of Geneva. She has work and research experience in health law and technology (UK), environmental litigation (Italy, The Netherlands, Ecuador) and water law (Chile).
Scientific Supervisor: Sven Schade
Sven Schade is Scientific/Technical Project Officer at the European Commission Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy, where he works on public sector innovation and digital transformations. He acts as leading expert for the European arena on the use of Citizen Science for policy and other institutional purposes. Sven Schade has (co-)authored more than 100 publications in relevant fields. Among other, Sven Schade co-chairs the Advisory Board Member of the European Citizen Science Association (ECSA), and is the co-chair of the Citizen Science COST Action 15212 to promote creativity, scientific literacy, and innovation throughout Europe, Working Group 3 "Improve society-science-policy interface". Sven Schade has also curated numerous training programmes, such as, the Vespucci Training School on Digital Transformations in Citizen Science and Social Innovation.
OUR TEAM
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Anna Berti Suman
Principal investigator

Sven Schade
Scientific Supervisor
Veronica Dini
Project Advisor
Environmental lawyer and expert in the mediation of environmental conflicts;

Margherita Pescarin
Collaborator media & outreach
Background in philosophy, Master at Sciences Po on urban studies and sustainability

Sandra Gargowitsch
Sculptor, poet & writer
Specialist in engaging diverse audiences in sensorial experiences with clay

Bela Pinheiro
Visual consent illustrator
Researcher on Philosophy of Law and visual storyteller for children and adults

Alessia Romano
Performer & social theatre

Alice Toietta
Art & Science facilitator
Specialist in illustration of scientific content and live scribbling during events
We also work with several other artists and professionals, such as ad-hoc scribblers in situ during research events, video-makers for multimedia contents and a cartographer for map-based storytelling.