CHINAZZI ANNA
Biography
Anna Chinazzi, PhD in Education, has a background in Cultural Anthropology and Philosophy.
She is currently a collaborator at the Department of Human Sciences for Education "Riccardo Massa" at the University of Milano-Bicocca.
Her research interests focus on contemporary tensions and antinomies in education, especially emerging 'alternative' educational forms (especially home education / homeschooling).
Among her publications:
- Uncovering Home Education in Italy (2024, with A. Fensham-Smith)
- A Social Contract for Home Education (2023)
- Netnografia e ricerca educativa in contesti online (2023, with C. Bove)
Publications
Chinazzi, A., Ruffolo, E., Biscaldi, A. (2025). Unschooling in Italy: Navigating Idealisations, Constraints, and De-Colonising Promises. In Scuola democratica (a cura di), Proceedings of the Third International Conference of the journal Scuola Democratica. Education and/for Social Justice. Vol. 1: Inequality, Inclusion, and Governance. Associazione “Per Scuola Democratica”. (pp. 384-392). ASSOCIAZIONE “PER SCUOLA DEMOCRATICA”. Detail
Chinazzi, A., Mussi, A. (2025). School Dropout in the Perspectives of Parents: Insights from a Qualitative Study in a Peripheral Neighbourhood in Milan. In Scuola democratica (a cura di), Proceedings of the Third International Conference of the journal Scuola Democratica. Education and/for Social Justice. Vol. 1: Inequality, Inclusion, and Governance. (pp. 1421-1429). Associazione "Per Scuola Democratica". Detail
Chinazzi, A., Fensham-Smith, A. (2025). Uncovering home education in Italy: characteristics, motives, and pedagogic practices. EDUCATIONAL REVIEW, 77(2), 595-617 [10.1080/00131911.2024.2392586]. Detail
(2024). Istruzione Parentale: A Culturally Situated Study of Home Education in Italy. (Tesi di dottorato, , 2024). Detail
Brambilla, A., Antonacci, F., Chinazzi, A. (2024). Game elements in Classcraft. Proposal for a taxonomy. NUOVA SECONDARIA, 2, 293-304. Detail
Awards
Awards
- Premio Internazionalizzazione della Ricerca, Università di Milano-Bicocca, 2023
- International scholarship exchange of PhD candidates and academic staff, Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange, 2022
Research and teaching assignments
- Visiting Researcher - The Open University, 2023
Congresses/Conferences
- Partecipazione al comitato organizzativo - "Making and reframing communities Cultivating a dialogue between education and anthropology" Pre-conference ESREA 2022(Italia), 2023