Francesco Fabbro, PhD in Education, is a junior researcher at the University of Florence. His main research interests are Media and Citizenship Education, Media Activism and Critical Discourse Analysis. He has worked on several research projects on the uses of digital media by young people and social movements in Europe and educational practices aimed at tackling racism, sexism and homophobia through the promotion of social and political empowerment both in schools and in informal settings of learning. On these topics he has published a number of articles in different scientific journals and has worked with youngsters and teachers/educators. He also collaborated as a researcher and author to the production of a set of short documentaries on the state of youth in Europe.
