Olivia Levrini is an Associate Professor in Physics Education and History of Physics at the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Bologna, Italy. Her current research work concerns: interdisciplinarity in STEM education; educational reconstruction of advanced current topics in physics (thermodynamics, relativity, quantum physics); cognition and conceptual change; identity and processes of appropriation; instruction design on future-oriented STEM issues (climate change, artificial intelligence, quantum computing). She coordinated the European Erasmus + Project called I SEE – Inclusive STEM Education to Enhance the capacity to aspire and imagine future careers (www.iseeproject.eu), and, currently, she coordinates the European Erasmus + Project IDENTITIES – Integrate Disciplines to Elaborate Novel Teaching approaches to InTerdisciplinarity for STEM challenges (www.identitiesproject.eu)and the Horizon 2020 project FEDORA – Future-oriented Science EDucation to enhance Responsibility and engagement in the society of Acceleration and uncertainty.

She served as Conference President for the 2019 ESERA conference (www.esera2019.org).