Chiara is a researcher at the Care Policy and Evaluation Centre (CPEC) at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). She is involved in research studies in dementia care, informal care, and social/long-term care.

Chiara has specific skills in qualitative research methods, collaborative approaches to research (e.g., co-creation, participatory action research), theory of change approaches, the design and evaluation of complex interventions, and the conduct of research with ‘vulnerable’ groups.

Chiara’s research interests are in research ethics in the context of collaborative research involving groups labelled or potentially perceived as vulnerable, intersectionality, health inequalities. She has contributed to theoretical developments to explain unmet care need and information work in the context of health and social care.

Chiara holds a BSc in Public Administration and International Institutions Management and an MSc in Economics and Management of Public Administration and International Institutions, both from Bocconi University (Milan, Italy).  Chiara is a PhD candidate in the department of Social Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Her PhD explores co-creation in dementia care, building on a six-year action research project carried out  in an English local health and care economy.