Member: Maria Rosa Lorini

Dr. Maria Rosa Lorini

Post-Doctoral Research Assistant, School of Business and Management, Royal Holloway, University of London

Maria Rosa Lorini is a researcher and project management practitioner. She is working primarily on digital technologies and migration as part of the WP9 team contributing to the Migration for Development and Equality (MIDEQ) initiative faciltating migrants and digital tech experts to develop solutions together that can be used to reduce inequalities. 

Prior to joining Royal Holloway, University of London and MIDEQ, she was a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Cape Town, working on co-design projects in the underserved communities of South Africa and collaborating with Oldenburg University on a Hub for Education on ICT for Sustainability. She also has a background in civil society organisations. Between 2008 and 2012 she directed a HIV/AIDS and gender-based violence project for an international foundation in South Africa, and before that she worked for the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire on human rights and the rule of law.