Francesco Pontarelli è assegnista di ricerca presso il Dipartimento di Filosofia e Beni Culturali dell’Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia e ricercatore associato affiliato al centro di ricerca in Community, Adult and Worker Education presso University of Johannesburg (Sudafrica). Ha conseguito un dottorato in Sociologia presso University of Johannesburg; un master in Labour, social movements and development presso la SOAS – University of London (UK); e un master in relazioni internazionali presso l’Università di Napoli L’Orientale. 

Le sue aree di ricerca abbracciano ambiti utili ai processi trasformativi, tra cui studi sul lavoro e movimenti sociali, il lavoro tramite piattaforma, il pensiero politico di Gramsci, pedagogia critica e economia politica internazionale.

Francesco Pontarelli is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Philosophy and Cultural Heritage at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, and an affiliated Associate Researcher at the Centre for Community, Adult and Worker Education at the University of Johannesburg (South Africa). He holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Johannesburg, an MA in Labour, Social Movements and Development from SOAS – University of London (UK), and an MA in International Relations from the University of Naples “L’Orientale”. He is Managing Editor of Notebooks: The Journal for Studies on Power. His research interests focus on areas relevant to transformative processes, including labour studies and social movements, platform labour, Gramsci’s political thought, critical pedagogy, and international political economy.