Giulia Genna

Giulia Genna recently completed her PhD in Innovation in Global Development in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society. Giulia works as an instructor in the College of Global Futures, where she teaches an undergraduate course on Science and Technology in Society and the Future, and a graduate course on Corporate Social Responsibility and the Future of Work.

Giulia’s work merges the scholarships of Feminist theories, Development theories, and Science and Technology to analyze methods for agency building, especially among teenage girls, and explore how the implementation of education technologies can facilitate the expansion of girls’ career aspirations and potentially alleviate economic and social inequalities. Giulia has designed and developed a gamified learning platform for financial literacy which has been implemented successfully in her research. The platform, which has won the eSeed Grant Challenge for the Social Innovation Startup pitching competition, has been designed implementing future scenarios frameworks to encourage high school students to explore potential financial challenges and pathways. She has presented her work at multiple international conferences, and she has delivered guest lectures on gender and technology, development, sustainability, and political science. She has been invited to participate on panels focusing on agency, capabilities, and technology for social good.

Originally from Italy, she holds a BA in International Relations and Diplomacy from Long Island University, and a MSc in International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies from the London School of Economics and Political Science.