CINO DAVIDE

Davide Cino is Assistant Professor of General and Social Pedagogy at the University of Milano-Bicocca (Italy). His research focuses on digital parenting, children’s media use, lifelong learning, and informal education. He is the Principal Investigator of DigiPE (“Digital Parenting Ecologies: Evolving Landscapes of Parenting and Caregiving Practices in the Age of Digital Media and Generative Artificial Intelligence”), funded by the Italian Science Fund (Fondo Italiano per la Scienza – FIS 3). DigiPE investigates the mechanisms through which parents learn and negotiate knowledge related to parenting and caregiving within digital ecosystems, particularly through digital media and generative artificial intelligence systems. Combining a national survey, qualitative interviews, and digital ethnography, the project explores contemporary parents’ experiences from pregnancy through early childhood (0–8 years).

He earned his PhD at the University of Milano-Bicocca. His doctoral research on sharenting, conducted in Italy and the United States (Northwestern University), received awards from the International Communication Association and the Swiss Association of Communication and Media Research, and his monograph Sharenting won the 2024 Premio Italiano di Pedagogia (SIPED). He later worked as a postdoctoral researcher on two Horizon 2020 projects –ySKILLS and CO:RE– collaborating with international teams investigating young people’s digital skills, online experiences, and non-formal learning. Since 2023, he has served as Assistant Professor at the University of Milano-Bicocca and has been involved in the PNRR Age-It research program, studying older adults’ everyday life transitions. His expertise lies at the intersection of social pedagogy, family studies, and media studies. Across his research, he adopts an interdisciplinary lens and works with qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods approaches.

He is a member of EU Kids Online, contributing to international research on childhood, parenting, and digital media, with particular attention to children’s online engagement, risks, and opportunities. He is also affiliated with the Center for Educational Changes and Potentials in the Digital Transition (University of Milano-Bicocca), the Center for Educational Studies on Children and Families (University of Bologna), the Children’s Digital Media Center (UCLA), and the Center on Media and Human Development (Northwestern University). He has been a Visiting Scholar at Northwestern University and an independent visiting researcher at UCLA/California State University, Los Angeles, and the Complutense University of Madrid. He has also held research and teaching positions at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Milan), the University of Bergamo, and the University of Padova.

He is Managing Editor of the Journal of Transformative Education (SAGE), serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Children and Media (Taylor & Francis) and Ricerche di Pedagogia e Didattica, and is a member of the scientific committee of the book series Educazione e Digitale (Anicia). He has authored and co-authored over 50 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters, two monographs, more than 45 peer-reviewed conference presentations, and 13 research reports, and has been an invited speaker at several academic and outreaching events.

Beyond academia, he engages public audiences through podcasts, interviews, and a documentary (She, Othello), and has appeared in outlets including Vanity Fair, Il Sole 24 Ore, La Stampa, and Il Fatto Quotidiano.

EDUCATION

Bachelor’s Degree (Laurea triennale) in Educatore Sociale e Culturale, University of Bologna – 110/110 cum laude (3 July 2014), thesis in Pedagogia delle Famiglie.

Master’s Degree (Laurea Magistrale) in Pedagogia, University of Bologna – 110/110 cum laude e Dignità di Stampa (22 November 2016), thesis in Pedagogia dell’infanzia e delle Famiglie.

PhD (Dottorato di Ricerca) in Education in Contemporary Society, University of Milano-Bicocca – Eccellente cum Laude (3 February 2021), SSD M-PED/01.

MEMBER OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTERS AND NETWORKS

CREIF – Centro di Ricerche Educative su Infanzie e Famiglie – University of Bologna

Children’s Digital Media Center – UCLA & California State University, Los Angeles, USA

Center on Media and Human Development – Northwestern University, Chicago, USA

EU Kids Online

MEMBER OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES AND ASSOCIATIONS

Full member (Socio Ordinario) of Società Italiana di Pedagogia (SIPED)

Full member (Socio Ordinario) of Società italiana di Pedagogia Generale e Sociale (SIPeGeS)

Co-coordinator of the Gruppo di Proposta, Ricerca e Studio (GPRS) “Ecologia del digitale e dell’intelligenza artificiale” (SIPeGeS)

Member of the SIPED working group “Pedagogia delle Relazioni Familiari ed Educative” (PREF)

Member of the SIPED working group “Teorie e metodi della ricerca empirica in educazione” (TMRE)

Member of NeuroMI – Milan Center for Neuroscience

APPOINTMENTS

Change Agent (teaching and technological innovation) for the Department of Human Sciences for Education “Riccardo Massa”, University of Milano-Bicocca

Co-lead (Co-referente) of Action 1.2 of the Gender Equality Plan: “Eventi, laboratori, consulenze per supporto alla genitorialità e alla conciliazione vita-lavoro”

Member of the Inter-Commissione Internazionalizzazione, coordinator (referente) of the Giornate dell’Internazionalizzazione