Founder and CEO of Smart Venice Maria Sangiuliano have been involved in designing and implementing several projects promoting active participation, contrasting inequalities and leveraging on intersected social differences to support responsible and sustainable technological innovations and organizational changes which are necessary to face contemporary societal and environmental challenges.

    FP7 program

Maria has delivered a Gender & Social Innovation in Cities Toolkit was designed and tested in 10 national networks of social innovators.

H2020 program

Maria  has coordinated research actions and delivered the WeHubs Scorecard as tool for gender inclusiveness of digital start-up ecosystems within the StartUP Europe Initiative.

 

Initiatives for Contrasting Gender Stereotypes in the Labour Market

Maria  has 15 years experience in research, training and delivering raising awareness tools for bringing more women and girls into STEM and ICT.

Some previous works…

• Girls digital future designed and coordinated withing the e-skills week 2012 Italian Campaign

• Some videos from the interactive CD ROM “Al lavoro dentro e fuori” (Working inside out) within the EQUAL Project PONTI, used to deliver peer education with upper secondary schools students

A co-edited book on good practices and policies for engendering education.