Dr Anita Lavorgna is Associate Professor at the University of Bologna (Italy). Anita has an international research track record on and expertise in interdisciplinary research drawing together criminology, socio-legal studies, and web science. She has worked extensively on cybercrime, serious and organised crime, and online social harms.
Scientific articles on COVID-19
• Lavorgna, A. (2021). Information pollution as social harm: Investigating the digital drift of medical misinformation in a time of crisis. Emerald Publishing.
• Lavorgna A., & Myles, H. (2021). Science denial and medical misinformation in pandemic times: a micro-level analysis of “alternative lifestyle” subcultural groups. European Journal of Criminology. https://doi.org/10.1177/1477370820988832