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Donatella Padua

General Sociology - GSPS-05/A

She has been an Associate Professor of General Sociology (SSD SPS/05-A) at UniCamillus since 2022, qualified for the position of Full Professor since 2018, and holds a Ph.D. in Educational Sciences.

At UniCamillus, she teaches General Sociology and carries out several institutional roles: Delegate for Third Mission and Social Impact, Chair of the Third Mission Committee, Secretary General of the Advisory Board, and member of both the University Quality Assurance Body and the Committee for Equal Opportunities.

Specialized in the Sociology of Health and the Digital, she is the author of Digital Cultural Transformation. Building Strategic Mindsets via Digital Sociology (Springer). Her scientific work investigates digital transformation processes, digital culture, and social complexity as applied to the field of health, examining their impact at global, organizational, and individual levels, including dynamics in doctor–patient interactions.

A sociological researcher since 2005 and Associate Professor at the University for Foreigners of Perugia since 2017, she has extensive teaching experience in Italian (Unistrapg, UniPg, LUISS, LUISS Business School, Tor Vergata) and international institutions (UEL, Imperial College London, Aix-en-Provence), delivering courses in both English and Italian.

From 2012 to 2014, she served as Scientific Director of the Intelligent Positioning Research Centre (UK) — now PI-Datametrics, a leading digital analytics company — and has held significant national roles, including member of the Technical Secretariat for Research Policies at the Ministry of Universities (2016–2017) and Scientific Director of Futura Istruzione at the Italian Ministry of Education and Digital Innovation (MIUR, 2016–2020).

Drawing also on professional experience gained in the 1990s in strategic and organizational positions at multinational companies such as Procter & Gamble and in national organizations as Marketing Director, from 2006 to 2022 she continuously served the University for Foreigners of Perugia as Rector’s Delegate for Third Mission, International Relations, and Communication, as well as CRUI Delegate for the University–Labour Observatory, coordinating the launch of high-impact international projects with strong social and cultural relevance.

She is the author of more than 70 publications, including scientific articles, book chapters, and monographs.