Research Director at the National Research Council, at the Institute for Research on Population and Social Policies (IRPPS) in Rome.
Main research interests concern the area of science policy and higher education with particular regard to studies on human resources for research, international mobility, gender issues, new media, and social aspects of technology
In addition to research activities carried out within the CNR, in collaboration with universities and Italian and foreign research institutions on the aforementioned topics, during her career she is or has been:

Within the OECD, Paris (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) she has been:
Chair of the OECD Working Group on Steering and Funding of Research Institutions of the Committee for Scientific and Technological Policy.
Italian representative (as CNR representative) of the OECD-UNESCO-Eurostat Project, Careers of Doctorate Holders.
Vice-Chair of the OECD Ad Hoc Working Group on Steering and Funding of Research Institutions of the Committee for Scientific and Technological Policy
Chair of the Sub-Group on Human Resources of the OECD Ad Hoc Working Group on Steering and Funding of Research Institutions.
Italian delegate to OECD Women in Science of the Committee for Scientific and Technological Policy
Italian delegate to the OECD Focus Group on Mobility.
Italian delegate to OECD activities on Public Understanding of Science and Technology.
National coordinator of the Group on Human Resources for Science and Technology (measurement and indicators for OECD/Eurostat, Canberra Manual).
Italian delegate to OECD activities on The Global Research Village, Information Technology and Research.
National expert to the OECD Working Group on: Postgraduate Training: future perspectives.
National expert to the OECD Working Group: Education and Employment: the Changing Relationship; Continuing Professional Education.

At the European/International level:
CNR coordinator of WP 3 RIPEERS (Pilot experiences for improving gender equality in research organisations) 2018 ongoing
Italian coordinator of the European Project EVIDENCE2e-Codex, Linking EVIDENCE into e-CODEX for EIO and MLA procedures in Europe. (2018-ongoing)
Italian coordinator of the European Project GENERA, Gender Equality Network in the European Research Area, Societal Challenge: Support to research organisations to implement gender equality plans (2015-ongoing)
Italian coordinator of the European Project CITYCoP, Citizen Interaction Technologies Yield Community Policing (2015 ongoing)
Italian coordinator of the European Project CARISMAND, Culture And RISkmanagement in Man-made And Natural Disasters (2015-ongoing)
Italian coordinator of the European Project EVIDENCE, European Informatics Data Exchange Framework for Courts and Evidence SMART Scalable Measures for Automated Recognition Technologies (2013-2016)
Italian coordinator of the European Project MAPPING, Managing Alternatives for Privacy, Property and INternet Governance, (2013–2016)
Italian coordinator of the European Project CONSENT Consumer sentiment regarding privacy on user generated content services in the digital economy (2010-2013)
Italian coordinator of the European Project RESPECT, Rules, Expectations & Security through Privacy-Enhanced Convenient Technologies (2011-2014)
Italian coordinator of the European Project SMART, Scalable Measures for Automated Recognition Technologies, (2011-2014)
Italian coordinator of the European Project SET-DEV project, Science, Ethics and Socialization of Science, (2008-2011)
Italian coordinator of the European Project PoHR, Policies for human resources (2006).
Italian coordinator of the European Project RESCAR, Researchers’ Careers (2006-07).
Italian coordinator of the European Project MOMO, Human Resources in Research & Development: Career Paths and Mobility Flows (2005)
Italian coordinator of the European Project Brain Drain: Emigration Flows of Qualified Scientists (2000-03).
Expert evaluator for the Horizon2020 Programme, Brussels.
Member of the European Network of Excellence PRIME (Policies for Research and Innovation in the Move towards European Research Area)
Italian coordinator of the European research network ENMOB (European Mobility Network).
Italian delegate and CNR representative to the UNESCO World Conference on Science, Budapest.
Member of the European research network PG Network (Postgraduate Training Network) coordinated by the University of Turku RUSE Finland.
Member of the G7 Group on Public Understanding of Science and Technology, NSF Washington.

Within the CNR and/or at the national level she is or has been:
Coordinator of the Sistan-Istat project study “Analysis of the characteristic elements of scientific personnel aimed at constructing indicators”.
Expert of the Sistan-Istat Quality Circle “Scientific Research”.
Member of the Sistan-Istat Quality Circle “Education and training”.
Chair of the CNR Study Commission on Human Resources for Science and Technology (CORUS).
Member of the CNR International Relations Commission.
President of the Association Women and Science
Coordinator (with C. Decaro) of the CNR Commission “European Charter for Researchers: ethical profiles”
Member of the scientific committee of the National Conference on Science Communication, SISSA, Trieste.
Member of the European Consortium of Researchers in Higher Education
Lecturer at the Doctoral School ‘Socialtrends’ “Applied Research in Social Sciences”, Sapienza University of Rome
Lecturer at the Higher School of Public Administration in Rome and Bologna within the Master’s programme ‘Science, technology and innovation’.
Lecturer at the University of Catania within the Jean Monnet Courses of the European Union.
Has participated as chairman or invited speaker at numerous national and international conferences.
Contract professor at the University of Cassino, course: Organization and training for research.

Author of 16 monographic volumes and over 200 articles in national and international scientific journals.