Diego Di Masi

Background

Diego Di Masi, PhD in Educational Sciences, works as an associate professor at the Department of Philosophy and Educational Sciences at the University of Turin, where he teaches Inclusive Education. He conducts research and training in school contexts, social services and NGO to promote inclusive practices and collaborative methodologies among professionals involved in social-psycho-educational work. He is a member of the ISMI Laboratory (Intersectional Studies on Multiple Inequalities – www.ismi.unito.it) and collaborates with the Laboratory for Research and Intervention in Family Education (LabRIEF – www.labrief.fisppa.it). He is Director of the Interdepartmental Research Centre for Service-learning (CIRcLe – www.circle.unito.it) at the University of Turin and a founding member and Vice-President of the Italian University Association for Service-learning (UNISL).

International collaboration 

• Member of Cultural-Historical Psychology and Education Research Virtual Lab, Monash University, Melbourne (Australia) 
• Country coordinator Southern Europe Region of ISCAR (International society for Cultural-Historical Activity Research 
• Member of the international network COOPERO. Network of European and Latin American Universities for international cooperation on research training in education. 
• Member of the GESEC (Society, Health, Education and Culture) Research Group coordinated by Prof. Fidel Molina Luque, Faculty of Education, Psychology and Social Service, University of Lleida
• Head of the local group of the ENTENDER (ENabling sTudEnts with NeuroDivERsity) project. Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices – Capacity Building in the field of Higher Education

Recent publications

Books

Sità C., Di Masi D., Petrella A. (2023) Le città visibili: la ricerca trasformativa nei Laboratori Territoriali, Padova University Press, Padova

Di Masi, D. (2017), Poli§ofia. Progettare esperienze di cittadinanza in una prospettiva inclusiva, Liguori Editore, Napoli

Segatto, B., Di Masi, D., Surian, A., (2018), L’ingiusta distanza. I percorsi dei minori stranieri non accompagnati dall’accoglienza alla cittadinanza, FrancoAngeli, Milano

Santi, M., Di Masi, D. (2017), InDeEP University. Un progetto di ricerca partecipata per una università inclusiva, Padova University Press, Padova

Articles 

Alga, M. L., Di Masi, D., & Sità, C. (2025). I genitori come soggetti epistemici nella relazione con i servizi sociali, sanitari, educativi. Una ricerca basata sulla Teoria dell’Attività. Rivista Italiana Di Educazione Familiare, 26(1), 59–72. https://doi.org/10.36253/rief-17583

Di Masi D. (2025), “Inclusion is not enough”: teoria storico-culturale e apprendimento espansivo per un nuovo oggetto dell’educazione inclusiva, L’Integrazione Scolastica e Sociale

Grigolo, S.; Bruschi, B.; Di Masi, D.; Bena, C.; Armando, L.G.; Cena, C. (2024) Identification of Barriers for Active Disease Management and of Medication-Related Problems through Therapeutic Patient Education in Older Home-Care Patients. Healthcare, 12, 231

Di Masi, D.; Torre, E.; Di Leva A., Ricchiardi, P. (2023). Hacer frente a las crisis con el aprendizaje-servicio: la inclusión escolar de los niños ucranianos refugiados. RIDAS, Revista Iberoamericana de Aprendizaje-Servicio, 16, 93-111

Di Masi, D., & Di Leva, A. (2023). Service-learning and inclusion in higher education contexts. A thematic analysis. Form@re – Open Journal Per La Formazione in Rete, 23(2), 44–60. https://doi.org/10.36253/form-14690

Albanesi, C., Bergamin, M., Cecchini, C., Compare, C., Culcasi, I., De Piccoli, N., & Di Masi, D. (2023). The Manifesto of Italian Universities Network for Service-Learning. Form@re – Open Journal Per La Formazione in Rete, 23(2), 7–12. https://doi.org/10.36253/form-14780

Di Masi, D (2022), “Il servitore di due padroni”: l’assistenza scolastica nella prospettiva dell’educatore, L’Integrazione Scolastica e Sociale,