Chiara Deodato

Nomadic at heart, Chiara moved to Bologna in 2017, getting to know the city through grassroots community work. Born in Northern Italy with Southern roots, she has long combined advocacy for human rights with professional expertise in social and environmental justice, through local and global lens. Based on holistic and intersectional approaches, her work mainly spans public and private institutions, NGOs, and social enterprises focusing on marginalization, community empowerment, youth activism, culture and education. Founding member of a feminist and artistic collective and volunteer organizations, she manages projects and consults on DEI, gender, ethics, and sustainability, and designs ethical travel experiences grounded in sustainable tourism and community empowerment. After studying Political Science, she earned an M.Sc. in International Humanitarian Action, conducting research on community-based DDR and Climate Change in collaboration with Monash University, followed by a field research in South Asia. Her subsequent experiences ranged from participation in UN fora to fieldwork across Europe, Africa, and South America.
At the Italy Center, she oversees and leads intentional, educational and sustainable travel experiences based on social and environmental justice; she is also the Service Learning and Internship Coordinator and Adjunct Professor of Social Sciences courses.