Luca De Biase

Luca De Biase

Director

Imminent, Translated’s Research Center

Luca De Biase is a journalist, writer, and director at Imminent, Translated’s Research Center. Previously, he was director at Media Ecology Research network for Reimagine Europa, head of the innovation section at Il Sole 24 Ore, professor of knowledge management at the University of Pisa, and digital citizenship at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. His recent books include Armonie future (Rubettino, 2021), Il lavoro del futuro (Codice, 2018), and Homo pluralis (Codice, 2015). Luca was a member of the Mission Assembly for Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities at the European Commission and chair of the Working Group on the phenomenon of hate speech online established by the Italian government. He was cofounder of the ItaliaStartup Association. Luca earned the 2011 Moebius Award in Lugano and a 2011 Lovie Award in London for La Vita Nòva, a pioneering bimonthly review for tablets. In 2016, his work was honored by the Media Ecology Association with the James W. Carey Award for Outstanding Media Ecology Journalism.