Heidi Campana Piva got her PhD degree from the University of Turin (Italy) in September 2026. Her MSCA doctoral research was supervised by Prof. Massimo Leone (University of Turin; Bruno Kessler Foundation, Italy) and co-supervised by Prof. Julian Junk (Peace Research Institute Frankfurt, Germany). In the past, Heidi has worked at the University of São Paulo Innovation Office (Brazil) as head of the audiovisual work in the Communications Team. She obtained her Master’s degree Cum Laude in Semiotics from the University of Tartu (Estonia) and her Bachelor’s degree with Highest Honours in Social Communication from the São Paulo State University (Brazil). For some time, Heidi has designed cover artworks and illustrations for scientific dissemination in high impact journals (which are available at her art portfolio at: https://hcpiva.wordpress.com), and has worked for more than a decade as a translator (from Portuguese to English). During her academic journey, Heidi has explored many subjects such as: complex narratives in televion, participatory culture and fan studies, science communication and democratization, conspiracy theories, and political radicalization.
