I am a Research Fellow at the Institute for Research on Population and Social Policies of the CNR (IRPPS – CNR) as part of the H2020 Research Program 'Modifying Institution By Developing Gender Equality Plans', for the valorisation of research results of the MINDtheGEPs project” under the scientific responsibility of Dr. Lucio Pisacane.

I obtained my PhD in Developmental Psychology and Educational Research at Sapienza, University of Rome and post-doc at the same university, with research on gender education in primary school.

Trainer and researcher on gender education in childhood and adolescence, I deal in particular with gender representations in illustrated literature as part of the independent projects Read Without Stereotypes and Let Me Understand.

Since 2011, I have been a founding member of the APS Scosse and subsequently of the national network Educare alle Differenze, of which I organize the national meeting annually in the month of September.

I collaborate and have collaborated with various universities, public administrations, associations, collectives and anti-violence centers in projects to combat gender-based violence and to deconstruct citerosexist stereotypes.

Among the publications:

• Di.Re – Women online against violence (coordinated by) (2024). Report of the “Italian civil society organizations for CEDAW”. https://www.direcontrolaviolenza.it/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Report-CEDAW24_ITA.pdf
• Educating for Differences (2023). What to do? Everything you wanted to know to combat gender-related violence at school. Educate about differences
• Marini S. (2022). Gender education: co-constructing a survey on the point of view of primary school teachers | Gender education: co-constructing a survey on the point of view of primary school teachers, in Marzano, A., & La Marca, A. (2022). Educational research and teacher training for the development of Soft Skills. SIRD, 11, 1-1193.  https://www.pensamultimedia.it/download/2010/1146d1111808/ricerca-didattica-e-formazione-insegnanti_sird-palermo.pdf 
• Marini, Benvenuto G. (2022), Gender education. A laboratory experience with primary education science students, in Pedagogy of differences – Bulletin of the «Vito Fazio-Allmayer» Foundation, LI, 2, 103-122. https://www.pedagogiadelledifferenze.it/home/index.php/pdd/article/view/43/30 
• Di.Re (ed.) (2020). Position Paper. The change we want. Feminist proposals 25 years after Beijing. https://www.direcontrolaviolenza.it/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/9-lug_Il-cambiamento-che-vogliamo.pdf 
• Fierli, E., Franchi, G., Lancia, G., Marini, S., Scosse (2020). Gherkins and clownfish. Breaking gender norms in children's illustrated literature. Roots and routes, X/34
• Fierli, E., Franchi, G., Lancia, G., Marini, S. (2020). Let me understand. A research among the representations of bodies, affectivity and sexuality in illustrated books, to deconstruct stereotypes and prejudices. Education Sciences & Society, 11 (2), 2020.
• Marini, S. (2019). Gender education in primary school. A snapshot of the state of the art in 2018-2019 in Italy. Moretti, G., Vannini, I., La Marca A., (ed.) (2019) Educational and didactic research in doctoral schools in Italy (Peer Reviewed e-book). Think, pp. 221-240
• Fierli E., Franchi G., Lancia G., Marini S. (2015). Read without stereotypes. Educational paths 0-6 years to imagine the future. Cagli: Seven-nine.