The kandINskij Project is directed by Professor Catia Giaconi and Professor Simone Betti.
Catia Giaconi is Vice Rector of University of Macerata and Delegate to the Third Mission. She is Full Professor of Didactics and Special Pedagogy at University of Macerata and President of the Italian Society of Special Pedagogy (SIPeS). She is director of multiple scientific editorial collections, scientific director of numerous national and international projects and director of the Teaching and Learning, Inclusion, Disability, and Educational Technology Research Centre (TIncTec) of University of Macerata. Her research activities concern approaches and tools for didactic and special pedagogy, the Quality of Life of adults with disability, technological innovation in educational contexts, and teachers training.
Simone Betti is Full Professor of Geography and Head of Education, Cultural Heritage and Tourism Department at University of Macerata. He is the Delegate for the University Informatic Centre and participates in the research activities of the TIncTec Centre. He is member of numerous scientific groups in the geography sector and Regional Responsible for the Italian Geography Society. His research interests concern social and population geography, regional and territorial systems geography, cultural and cultural heritage geography and economic geography.
The kandINskij Project is developed by Tommaso Santilli and Lorenzo Virgini.
Tommaso Santilli is a PhD student in Didactics and Special Pedagogy at University of Macerata and participates in the research activities of the TIncTec Centre. His research interests concern educational technologies, leisure for people with disabilities, inclusive design and cultural contexts accessibility.
Lorenzo Virgini is a PhD student in Geography at University of Macerata and participates in the research activities of the TIncTec Centre. His research interests concern didactic of geography, didactic and cartographic geotechnologies, urban geography and behavioural and cultural geography.