Antonia Liguori is a Professor of Participatory Storytelling and Public Policy at the School of Social Sciences, Humanities & Law at Teesside University, UK. She has always been drawn to the space where history and technology intersect, and opportunities for methodological innovation arise. Over her career, she has had the privilege to experience a very diverse and exciting pathway, both in the heritage sector in Italy and in academia in the UK (Loughborough University 2014-2023; Teesside University 2024-present). She earned her PhD in History and Computer Science from the University of Bologna, Italy, in 2005. Since then, she has been involved in a variety of international research projects to develop tools and methods to foster innovation in education; to explore the role of storytelling and memories in today’s digital world; to investigate and trial ways of using digital storytelling as a participatory methodology for interdisciplinary research. Over the past five years her research has been focusing on three main strands: applied storytelling on environmental issues; digital storytelling in (cultural/heritage) education; storytelling, sense of place and cultural values. In 2018, she was awarded an AHRC Fellowship at the Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access, in Washington DC, US, to explore digital storytelling as a teaching strategy within the Smithsonian Learning Lab.

More info and a list of her publications on her personal blog.