Barbara Lucini (Phd in Sociology and Methodology of Social Research) is a researcher at the Faculty of Humanities, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Milan.

She teaches Media Literacy and Digital Cultures at the Faculty of Humanities, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan.

She is co-director and lecturer for the Master Crisis & Disaster Management: Organisational Functions in Civil Protection, Security and Civil Defence, Faculty of Letters and Philosophy, Catholic University, Milan.

She has been involved in the scientific coordination of several research projects (European and non-European) focusing on radicalisation, extremism, terrorism, crisis management, risk communication, risk perception, security, resilience.

Her research interests are oriented towards the processes of radicalisation, terrorism, extremism, security, sociology of disasters, risk communication, disaster management and resilience.

She is the author of several publications on these research topics.