Dario Rodighiero

Biography

Dario is a research scholar at <a target=""_blank"" rel=""nofollow me noopener noreferrer"" href=""https://metalabharvard.github.io/"">Harvard Metalab</a>, a research unit dedicated to innovation in the arts and humanities and hosted at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society. The <a target=""_blank"" rel=""nofollow me noopener noreferrer"" href=""http://www.snf.ch/"">Swiss National Science Foundation</a> granted him two consecutive fellowships.<br>His capacity at the intersection of <strong>design, science, and humanities</strong> makes him comfortable in multiple disciplines. His education begins in theory and technology of communication, while his doctoral studies brought him to investigate the field of digital humanities.<br>All his scientific works are characterized by a strong and clean sense of design according to the interdisciplinary approach of the <strong>Bauhaus</strong>. He thinks research should also be addressed through public exhibitions, digital installations, and open-source software.<br>A part of his research revolves around the concepts of <strong>quantified self and self-recognition</strong>. Specifically, he is interested in the way in which individuals perceive themselves through data and their visual representations, and how these shape their daily practices and behaviors.<br>His current projects examine the <strong>social dynamics of research</strong> in terms of international collaborations and mobility flows. When public events went online, he designed a visual method to map conference speakers according to their lexical affinity.<br>After attending the doctoral program of Architecture and Sciences of the City, the <a target=""_blank"" rel=""nofollow me noopener noreferrer"" href=""https://www.epfl.ch/"">Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne</a> (EPFL) awarded him a Ph.D. in Science.<br>He has lectured in many institutions, including the King’s College London and the CERN. Formerly he was employed at <strong>MIT, Sciences Po, and the European Commission</strong>, which recently appointed him as an external expert in data visualization and interface design.<br>As a member of the ERC project led by <a target=""_blank"" rel=""nofollow me noopener noreferrer"" href=""http://www.bruno-latour.fr/"">Bruno Latour</a>, Dario is a proud finalist of the ADI Compasso d’Oro Award 2020, one of the most prestigious design awards.