2023, November: Dr. Alice Scavarda (University of Turin) is the first CHARM Chair holder
Dr. Alice Scavarda is Assistant Professor at the Department of Cultures, Politics and Society of the University of Turin (Italy). She is trained as a medical sociologist and co-founded and co-directed the international research group ESA Epistemic Community on Welfare Disability Policies in Europe (2021-2023). She is a member of the Advisory Board of the European Society for Health and Medical Sociology (ESHMS) and a founding member of Graphic Medicine Italia. Her main research interests are disability, chronic illness and prevention, with a focus on stigma and medicalisation. She is also interested in analysing the methodological and ethical features of creative methods, in particular comics and applied theatre.