Anita Lavorgna

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