Andrey Felipe Sgorla, PhD in Social Sciences (Brazil) and PhD in Learning and Innovation in Social and Work Contexts (Italy), is an assistant professor in Didactics and Educational Research at the Department of Social, Political, and Cognitive Sciences at the University of Siena. His area of research is developed through an interdisciplinary approach, through which he articulates the anthropology of craftwork and business, the sociology of professions and workplace learning. He focuses on how situated learning and participation in communities of practice promote skills, work knowledge and professional development. Furthermore, it investigates how these factors influence artisanal entrepreneurship, new career paths, passion for work, meaningful work, career, apprenticeship, identity, authenticity, quality and sustainability in the context of the renewed interest in contemporary “craft worlds”.
His experience includes postdoctoral research fellowships at the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, in collaboration with the National Center for Future Biodiversity (NBFC), and at the University of Gastronomic Sciences. He has undertaken international research stays at several prestigious institutions. He was a visiting researcher at the Institute of Social Sciences at the University of Lisbon (Portugal) and the College of Business, Technology and Engineering at Sheffield Hallam University (United Kingdom). Furthermore, he was a visiting professor in the doctoral program in Sociology at the Federal University of Pelotas (Brazil) and in the doctoral program in Law, Economics, and Commerce at the University of Vic (Spain).
His research has led to the publication of two doctoral theses, books, book chapters, articles in national and international journals of pedagogy, anthropology, and sociology, and presentations at international conferences in 15 different countries. He collaborates with international research groups in Brazil, Spain, England, Italy, and Portugal.