Marisa Ponti

I am a Research Affiliate with the Division of Learning, Communication and IT at the Department of Applied IT, University of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology.

At present my research interests include the study of Internet-based open forms of collaborations involving volunteers in education and science.

I earned my Ph.D. in Information Science from the University of Gothenburg with a thesis titled: "Actors in Collaboration - Sociotechnical Influence on Practice-Research Collaboration."

My academic background is cross-disciplinary. I hold a BA in Sociology from the University of Rome, Italy, and a M. Sc. in Information Management from Syracuse University, USA. Before turning to research, I was Sr. Information Scientist for a multinational pharmaceutical company, as a member of a Global Information Network.
I worked as a contract researcher at the IT-University of Gothenburg, Sweden, at the research and teaching unit called Learning, Communication and Information Technology.

I participated in different European funded projects related to technology-enhanced learning, including EQUEL-Virtual European Centre in e-learning, Engaging Networks for Sustainable eLearning (ENSEL) in Small and Medium Enterprises, and Kaleidoscope ERT on Productive Conditions in Networked Learning Environments and Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Special Interest Group.
I also collaborated with Centro Dondena - Centre for Research on Social Dynamics at Bocconi University on this project: http://portale.unibocconi.it/wps/wcm/connect/Centro_Dondena/Home/Projects/ASL-GE/

For a partial list of publications: http://en.scientificcommons.org/marisa_ponti

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