About me
I am a Research Fellow at the Department of Sociology and Social Research (University of Trento, Italy), where I obtained my PhD in Sociology. My research focuses on vaccine hesitancy and childhood vaccination, with particular attention to science–society relationships and public health communication.I am currently involved in the Science Technology & Society – STSTN project, the SCARER project on risk communication, and the SCICOMM Master.My research interests include science communication, visual communication, sociology of science, and organizational studies.
Papers
Fabbri E. & Fattorini E. (2025), Media Representation of Flood Events in the Italian Daily Press, 1910-2023, Science, Technology and Society Magazine, Observa Science in Society, 2: 43–46.
Barrett A., Consolandi M., Fattorini E. & Vecchione K. (2025), Altruistic ageing: how age inequality contributes to care work’s construction as a burden, Ageing and Society, 1–18.
Fattorini E. & Loner E. (2025), Exploring Vaccination Narratives: An Analysis of the Vaccination Media Discourses in Italy Between 2016 and 2023, Journalism and Media, 6(2): 67.
Loner E. & Fattorini E. (2025), From space to social media: How female and male NASA astronauts promote women’s participation in STEM on Facebook, The Communication Review: 1–23.
Fattorini E. & Balazka B. (2025), Is Religion Bad for You? Vaccine Hesitancy and Religiosity in the Pandemic Context, in M. Giansoldati (ed), Pandemia e vaccinazioni Aspetti economici, sociali e politici nel caso del Covid-19, "Biblioteca della società aperta. Studi e ricerche", Edizioni Università di Trieste, Trieste; pp. 145–174.
Fattorini E. (2023), Rediscussing The Primacy of Scientific Expertise: A Case Study on Vaccine Hesitant Parents in Trentino, Tecnoscienza – Italian Journal of Science & Technology Studies, 14(1): 77–103.
Laconi A., Saracino B., Fattorini E., Pellegrini G., Bucchi M., Bailoni L. & Piccirillo A. (2023), SARS-CoV-2 and Companion Animals: Sources of Information and Communication Campaign during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Italy, Veterinary Sciences, 10(7): 426.
Loner E., Fattorini E. & Bucchi M. (2023), The role of science in a crisis: Talks by political leaders during the COVID-19 pandemic, PloS ONE, 18(3):e0282529.
Joubert M., Guenther L., Metcalfe J., Riedlinger M., Chakraborty A., Gascoigne T., Schiele B., Baram-Tsabari A., Malkov D., Fattorini E., et al. (2023), ‘Pandem-icons’ — exploring the characteristics of highly visible scientists during the Covid-19 pandemic, JCOM, 22(1):A04.
Bucchi M., Fattorini E. & Saracino B. (2022), Public Perception of COVID-19 Vaccination in Italy: The Role of Trust and Experts’ Communication, International Journal of Public Health, 67:1604222.
Bucchi M., Fattorini E. & Saracino B. (2020), In addition to vaccine, trust will be needed, Public Understanding of Science Blog, 23 November 2020.
Bucchi M., Loner E. & Fattorini E. (2019), Give science and peace a chance: Speeches by Nobel laureates in the sciences, 1901-2018, PloS ONE, 14(10): e0223505.
Conferences
Scolozzi R., Fattorini E. & Fasoli G. (2025, July 10), “Should I stay or should I go": citizens' perceptions of natural hazards and imaginaries on community futures in Southern Italy, 10th Ethnographic and Qualitative Research International Conference, Trento, Italy.
Bucchi M. & Fattorini E. (2024, June 6), How issues travel across social conversation: The case of AI in Italy, Science Communication in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (AISCICOMM24), Zurich, Switzerland.
Barrett A., Consolandi M. & Fattorini E. (2023, November 10), Food Talk as Aging Talk: Listening to Older Italians, Tampa, Florida, United States.
Barrett A., Fattorini E. & Consolandi M. (2023, November 8), Socially Active or Isolated? Older Community-Dwelling Italians’ Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic, GSA 2023, Tampa, Florida, United States.
Bailoni L., Saracino B., Fattorini E., Pellegrini G., Bucchi M., Laconi A. & Piccirillo A. (2022, June 16), Consumption of animal source foods: survey on the behavior of Italian citizens during the COVID-19 pandemic, 75° Convegno SISVET, Lodi, Italy.
Laconi A., Piccirillo A., Saracino B., Fattorini E., Pellegrini G., Bucchi M. & Bailoni L. (2022, June 16), COVID-19 and companion animals: sources and levels of information of Italian citizens, 75° Convegno SISVET, Lodi, Italy.
Fattorini E. & Balazka D. (2022, June 13), Vaccine Uptake and Mandatory Vaccination in the Italian Context of COVID-19: The Role of Religion, Risk Perception, and Trust in Science, ResPOnsE COVID-19 Workshop, Milano, Italy.
Rocchetti D. & Fattorini E. (2022, June 13), Disentangling the authoritarian paradox during the COVID-19 pandemic, ResPOnsE COVID-19 Workshop, Milano, Italy.
Data visualization
Italians and Coronavirus – first wave
Italians and Coronavirus – second wave
Italians and Covid-19 'second wave'
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